Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is the ancestral home of whom?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

True or False: The mansion is the average size of most 18th century homes.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The mansion is 10 times the size of an average colonial home in Virginia.

The Key to the Bastille was given to Washington by?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• King Louis IVX

• Napoleon Bonaparte

True or False: George and Martha Washington are the only people buried at the estate.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Several Washington family members are buried at the estate, as well as many enslaved people.

True or False: Washington's dentures were made of wood.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Throughout his life Washington employed numerous full and partial dentures that were constructed of materials including human, and probably cow and horse teeth, ivory (possibly elephant), lead-tin alloy, copper alloy (possibly brass), and silver alloy.