IS & CT Multi-Day Postal Trivia

Who was the first Postmaster General?

• Aaron Burr

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

Which American city had the first mail delivery?

• New York City

• Gettysburg, PA

• Philadelphia, PA

• Boston, MA

From 1860s to the 1970s, the Railway Mail Service handled what percentage of all non-local mail in the U.S.?

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

• 93%

The Postal Service launched its first public internet site in which year?

• 1994

• 1998

• 2000

• 2002

Who was the first African American on a stamp in 1940?

• Frederick Douglas

• Langston Hughes

• Booker T. Washington

• Richard Allen

Created by Benjamin Franklin in 1772 to handle regulating post offices and auditing postal accounts, the first Postal Inspector positions were called?

• Postal auditors

• Surveyor

• Constables

• Bobby

In 1892 Congress imposed which of the following penalties for stealing mail?

• Probation

• Financial penalties

• 20-year prison sentence

• Death penalty

In 2020, how many postal employees were attacked by dogs?

• 180

• 580

• 2,800

• 5,800

The Peach Springs, AZ Post Office has walk-in freezers to store food, which is eventually delivered to the bottom of the Grand Canyon via what animal?

• Goats

• Dogs

• Mules

• Oxen

Out of 230,000+ total routes nationwide, how many does the Postal Service deliver by bicycle?

• 0

• 50

• 400

• 1,000