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Massachusetts

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This is a fun quiz about Massachusetts.

Question 1:


Massachusetts is one of four Commonwealths in the United States. Name one of the other three.


Question 2:


Massachusetts' state song has these lines in it:
"For Lexington and Concord, and the shot heard 'round the world;
All hail to Massachusetts, we'll keep her flag ....."
What word follows flag?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 3:

View the provided image.
Which of W.C. Fields' catch phrases contains the name of Massachusetts' state bird?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)



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Question 4:


Niles Beach is one of Cape Cod's popular beaches.
True
False

Question 5:


Andrew Faneuil, a wealthy merchant, built Faneuil Hall and gave it to Boston on its completion in 1742.
True
False

Question 6:


What year was the first Boston Marathon run?
1897
1910
1898
1920

Question 7:


Rocky Marciano is from which city in Massachusetts?
Boston
Brockton
New Bedford
Rockland

Question 8:


What is Massachusetts' nickname?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 9:


The ship that can be seen in Plymouth, Massachusetts is called the Mayflower.
False
True

Question 10:


Chicago is to "The Windy City" as Boston is to what?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 11:


A murder case was memorialized in the popular rhyme,
"Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
And when she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one."
After her acquittal, Lizzie bought a new home in a wealthier section of Fall River. What did she call it?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 12:


On May 5, 1920 two Italian-Americans, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were arrested, tried, and executed for the April 15, 1920 murders of a South Braintree paymaster and security guard and theft of the payroll.
What did Sacco give as his alibi?
He was at the Italian consulate in Boston.
He was in Plymouth peddling fish at the time.
He was at work and had a time-card to prove it.
He was visiting friends in West Bridgewater.

Question 13:


One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories is called The Old Manse (Mosses from an Old Manse). The Old Manse was Nathaniel and his wife Sofia's first home and is located in Concord, Massachusetts.
True
False

Question 14:


Nathaniel Hawthorne is said to have changed the spelling of his name for what reason?
He was a descendant of John Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials.
He was a descendant of Nathan Hawthorne, accused of an Indian massacre.
It was the one he chose to write under.
He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials.

Question 15:


This word is usually used to refer to a New Englander.


 
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