Masonic Presidents
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Masonic History
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Final Jeopardy

100

This President was Master of his Lodge when he assumed the office of President.


Who was George Washington?


100

This federal scout and Indian fighter was raised a Master Mason in Platte Valley Lodge No 32, in Nebraska.


Who was William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody?


100

They were the first two Freemasons to travel in the Dakota Territory.


Who were Lewis and Clark?


100

This Masonic Revolutionary General became a traitor


Who was Benedict Arnold?


100

This problem states that the square erected on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares erected on the two legs.


What is the 47th Problem of Euclid? (or Pythagorean Theorem)


Final Jeopardy Topic

Topic:

Famous Nebraska Masons

200

He was a Freemason and U.S. President who established an important doctrine in 1823.


Who was James Monroe?

(The Monroe Doctrine)


200

This Freemason opposed William McKinley for the Presidency in 1896, and subsequently became a Mason in 1902.


Who was William Jennings Bryan?


200

This Brother was the conductor of the United States Marine Band in the 1880's.



Who was John Phillip Sousa?


200

This man founded Prince Hall Masonry in 1784


Who was Prince Hall?


200

The Middle Chamber lecture refers to these two kinds of Masons.


What are operative and speculative Masons?


Final Jeopardy Answer


This Past Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 54 of Nebraska, who died in 1964 was one of the most prolific authors of Masonic and other works.



Who was Roscoe Pound?


300

He became a U.S. President in 1828, at the height of the anti-Masonic period.


Who was Andrew Jackson?


300

This Nebraska Mason was made Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI.


Who was General John J. Pershing?


300

This General and Freemason said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”


Who was General Douglas MacArthur?


300

The first Masonic library was founded in this state in 1844.


What is Iowa?


300

Of the seven liberal arts and sciences this one is most revered by Masons


What is geometry?


400

This U.S. President and Freemason won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.


Who was Theodore Roosevelt?


400

This author and humorist was raised a Master Mason in Lincoln Lodge No. 19, in Lincoln Nebraska in 1902.


Who was Will Rogers?


400

He wore a pin depicting the Masonic square and compass when he flew to Paris in 1927.


Who was Charles Lindbergh?


400

These two rival Masonic groups joined together in 1813.


Who were the Ancients and the Moderns?


400

This Lodge officer is armed with a weapon


Who is the Tiler? (sword)


500

This U.S. President and Freemason died three hours after he was scheduled to give a speech to the Knights Templar in Hollywood California.


Who was Warren Harding?


500

This American Grand Lodge was the second to recognize Prince Hall Masonry as a legitimate Masonic body.


What is the Grand Lodge of Nebraska?


500

This Freemason coined the term “iron curtain”.


Who was Winston Churchill?


500

The society formed in 1783, with George Washington as its president, to provide aid for widows and orphans of the Revolutionary War.


What is the Society of the Cincinnati? (It is still in existence)


500

A term applied to several raps of the gavel or clapping of the hands.


What is a battery?