THE WAR SCHOLAR

JOHN ADAMS SNAKE PUZZLE #3

Based on the book by David McCullough and the HBO miniseries.  This website and puzzle is not affiliated with either David McCullough, the publishers of John Adams, with HBO or anyone else associated with these three entities and persons.

CHAPTER TWO: True Blue

DIRECTIONS:  

(1)  Answer the following trivia questions based on the book John Adams by David McCullough.  The number of letters in the answer (excluding spaces) is given in parentheses at the end of the question.                     

(2) Find the answers in the letter grid below.  The answers will be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward and back.  In addition, the answers are crooked, at a ninety degree angle, at some point or points in the clue.  The answers in the grid can also overlap each other.  

Example: If two separate answers are Adams and Abigail, possible clue configurations are as follows:

 

 

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(3) When you cross out all the answers in the grid, you will be left with a clue to another puzzle.  The clue can be found by reading all the unused letters, top to bottom, left to right, and will be hidden in the middle of the line of letters.  This clue will be used in a future puzzle.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS

Prior to the Revolutionary War, what was the largest and wealthiest city in British America? (12)

What Dutch island was the initial source of much of the war supplies shipped in to the colonists? (14)

In what building was the First Congress held? (14)

What man created a botanical garden on the banks of the Schuylkill River? (7)

Who was the author of Summary Views of the Rights of British America? (9)

In what public establishment did John Adams first meet George Washington? (10)

What term did some pacifist Quakers use to describe self-proclaimed patriots? (13)

Who was the royal governor of Virginia, a man who sided with the British? (11)

“We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it” is a line from the play Cato written by this man. (7)

This man was the oldest member of the Continental Congress? (8)

What Congressional delegate did Adams dislike so much that he referred to him as a Bob o’ Lincoln? (8)

Prior to arriving at the First Congress, the Massachusetts delegation was warned in a Frankford tavern that a particular state felt it had the right to lead the Congress.  Which state was that? (8)

This well respected member of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Congress was known as “the Farmer”? (9)

What was the name of a July 8, 1775 petition by the Congress to King George III for peace? (11)

On March 2, 1776, this man was appointed as a secret envoy to France to determine France’s disposition towards the idea of independence for the colonies? (10)

After Congress created a navy on October 13, 1775, the new naval committee would meet in a rented room in this public building? (9)

Adam’s Thought on Government was developed from a letter Adams wrote to this fellow Congressman.  (13)

Adams drew the phrase “an empire of laws and not of men” from this seventeenth century philosopher.  (10)

In outlining a new government for the colonies, what name did Adams give to a conjectural distinct assembly chosen by the larger representative legislature? (7)

In the same outline, what term did Adams use for the chief executive? (8)

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