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    What Bay State town is known as the carriage capital of the world? (Horse and Buggy, not baby carriages)?All About Massachusetts

      Amesbury. Amesbury it is! A small town, about 35 miles north of Boston on the New Hampshire border.

    What town is the largest in area?All About Massachusetts

      Plymouth.

    Which city is closer to Boston in terms of miles?All About Massachusetts

      Revere. Revere is the only option that actually borders the city of Boston.

    Where is the main campus of the University of Massachusetts?All About Massachusetts

      Amherst. Amherst is the largest, and known as the "flagship" of the U-Mass system.

    Of those listed, which county is the biggest in population?All About Massachusetts

      Middlesex. While Suffolk contains Boston, it only includes three other communities. Middlesex is the largest. It includes a large swath of the state encompassing Cambridge, Arlington, Somerville all the way up to Lowell and Dracut on the New Hampshire line.

    What is the third largest city in Massachusetts?All About Massachusetts

      Springfield. Largest is Boston, then Worcester, then Springfield.

    What is the estimated population of Massachusetts?All About Massachusetts

      6 million. A little over six million people live in the commonwealth, more than half of whom live in the Boston Metro Area.

    Pleasure Island was an amusment park that was once located in what city?Massachusetts

      Wakefield. Pleasure Island operated form 1959 until 1969 and was famous for its Mobey Dick ride

    Fill in the blanks to this saying with what city? '______, ______, the city of sin, you won't come out the way you went in!Massachusetts

      Lynn. It's an old saying that North Shore kids used to say.

    What New England state was once part of Massachusetts?Massachusetts

      Maine. Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820, when it became a separate state.

    In what city were fried clams 'invented'?Massachusetts

      Essex. Lawrence 'Chubby' Woodman (Woodman's Resturant) invented the fried clam.

    In which city would you find the painting, 'The Spirit of '76', by Archibald Willard?Massachusetts

      Marblehead. 'The Spirit of '76', by Archibald Willard is displayed at Abbot Hall in Marblehead.

    What was the first subway station that opened in Boston?Massachusetts

      Park Street. Park Street station opened in 1897 and was the first subway station in North America.

    What city is known as the 'Leather City'?Massachusetts

      Peabody. Peabody was once the world's largest leather producer!

    Which is the first established college in North America?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Harvard. It was founded in 1636.

    What was the year of the first basketball game ever to be played?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      1891. That first game was played in Springfield.

    What date is the 'Boston Tea Party' reenactment every year?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      December 16.

    Where was the birth control pill invented?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Worcester. Invented at Clark University.

    What color is the ribbon around the shield of the Massachusetts state flag?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Blue. Written in the ribbon is, 'By the sword we seek peace but, peace only under liberty.'

    In what Massachusetts city was Eli Whitney born?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Westborough. Inventor of the cotton gin, among other things.

    In what Massachusetts city was Leonard Nimoy born?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Boston. 'Live long and prosper.'

    Many, many famous people hail from Massachusetts. Where was John Chapman born?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Leominster. aka Johnny Appleseed, his listed profession is 'Nursery Man'

    Who wrote the Massachusetts state song, 'All Hail to Massachusetts'?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Arthur Marsh.

    In what county were all of the US presidents born in Massachusetts born?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Norfolk.

    How many U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      four. John Adams - 1735 Braintree John Quincy Adams - 1767 Braintree John F. Kennedy - 1917 Brookline George Bush - 1924 Milton

    Where is the Museum of Bad Art?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Dedham. Its motto: 'Art too bad to be ignored.'

    Where is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry located?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Readville. Camp Meigs was established in March, 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, a member of a prominent Boston Abolitionist family.

    Nicknamed 'The Big Dig', when was the Central Artery-Tunnel finally completed?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      2006. The final ramp downtown, exit 20B from I-93 south to Albany Street, opened January 13, 2006.

    Where is the Massachusetts Maritime Academy located?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Buzzards Bay.

    Where is the 'Irish Famine Memorial' located?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Boston. It's located at the corner of Washington and School Streets, on the Freedom Trail. The memorial was dedicated on June 28, 1998.

    In what city did Don Featherstone invent that beautiful lawn ornament, the pink flamingo?Little Known Massachusetts Facts

      Leominster. Leominster is fast becoming known as the 'plastic city' because of the number of plastic factories there. The first pink flamingo was made in 1957.

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