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Massachusetts Trivia

written by: denmother
 
Try your luck at this collection of historical, geographical, cultural, and sports trivia from the Bay State.

Question 1:


Among all 50 states, what unique designation does Massachusetts share with Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia?
They are the only states defined in their constitutions as commonwealths.
They are the only states to have at least four native-born citizens who became Presidents of the United States.
They were the first four of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
They are the only states to have elected women to the U.S. Senate.

Question 2:


At which Massachusetts facility was the birth control pill first developed?
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (Shrewsbury)
Bay State Medical Center (Springfield)
Astra Pharmaceuticals (Westborough)
Harvard Medical School (Boston)

Question 3:


Edward W. Brooke was Massachusetts' first black U.S. Senator, and the first popularly elected black Senator in the country. To which political party did he belong?
Libertarian
Socialist
Democrat
Republican

Question 4:


Which "beat generation" writer, whose works include "On the Road" and "Big Sur", hailed from Lowell, Massachusetts?
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
William S. Burroughs
Neal Cassady

Question 5:


Which of the following U. S. presidents was born in Massachusetts?
William Howard Taft
Franklin Pierce
J. Calvin Coolidge
George H.W. Bush

Question 6:


Robert H. Goddard, a scientist born in Worcester, Massachusetts, is known as the father of what?
University of Massachusetts Medical School
the birth control pill
Worcester Regional Airport
modern rocketry

Question 7:


Which one of the following Massachusetts cities and towns is not located in the county of the same name?
Franklin
Worcester
Barnstable
Hampden

Question 8:


Which of the following famous advocates of women suffrage was NOT born in Massachusetts?
Carrie Chapman Catt
Lucy Stone
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony

Question 9:


What is the highest peak in Massachusetts?
Mount Greylock
Mount Williams
Saddle Back Mountain
Mount Fitch

Question 10:


Who was the first female Governor of Massachusetts?
Margaret Heckler
Jane Swift
Edith Nourse Rogers
Louise Day Hicks

Question 11:

View the provided image.
The Boston bridge pictured here is named jointly for civil rights activist Leonard Zakim and for the patriots who fought a famous June 1775 Revolutionary battle. The battle, fought at Breed's Hill, is considered the first serious defeat suffered by British forces. What is the name of the battle?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Breed's Hill
The Battle of Lexington Green
The Siege of Boston

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Question 12:


Which town is located at the southwestern corner of Massachusetts?
Salisbury
Mount Washington
Williamstown
Chatham

Question 13:


What is the name of the highest court in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Commonwealth Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the Commonwealth

Question 14:


Which one of the following distinctions does the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) hold?
most expensive subway fare in the United States
longest subway system in the world
deepest subway station in use in the world
oldest subway tunnel still in use in the United States

Question 15:


The so-called "afflicted children", whose actions gave rise to the infamous Salem Witch Trials lived in which modern-day Massachusetts town?
Salem
Danvers
Beverly
Peabody

Question 16:


Which other state was originally a part of Massachusetts?
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island

Question 17:


This river, the longest in New England, runs north-south through western Massachusetts.
Charles River
Merrimack River
Blackstone River
Connecticut River

Question 18:


What was the name of the New England Patriots from 1960 through 1970, when the team was part of the American Football League?
Foxboro Patriots
Boston Patriots
Massachusetts Patriots
New England Minutemen

Question 19:


The Seven Sisters were a group of seven women's colleges in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. Which of these Massachusetts women's colleges was not one of the Seven Sisters?
Radcliffe College (Cambridge, MA)
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)
Regis College (Weston, MA)
Smith College (Northampton, MA)

Question 20:


Which of the following songs is not one of the official state songs of Massachusetts?
"Massachusetts" by Arlo Guthrie
"Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts" by Lenny Gomulka
"All Hail to Massachusetts" by Arthur J. Marsh
"Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees

 
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