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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : U.S.A. People : Born in Massachusetts

Introduction:
"This should be fairly easy. You probably already know these people, but may not have known they were all born in Massachusetts."


1. Which President of the United States served as George Washington's Vice President, and was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts?
    Thomas Jefferson
    John Quincy Adams
    Samuel Adams
    John Adams


2. Which President of The United States was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924 and was awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during World War II?
    George Herbert Bush
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    Richard Milhouse Nixon
    Ronald Reagan


3. What actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26, 1931, was nominated for three Emmy awards for his performance on the TV show 'Star Trek'?
    Leonard Nimoy
    DeForest Kelly
    William Shatner
    James Doohan


4. Which actress, born on April 5, 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts, won Best Actress Oscars for her work on the films Dangerous in 1935 and Jezebel in 1938?
    Margaret Sullavan
    Bette Davis
    Greer Garson
    Ginger Rogers


5. Which civil rights leader, born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, fought hard for womens suffrage, anti-slavery and temperance causes?
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    Dorothea Dix
    Susan Brownell Anthony
    Matilda Joslyn Gage


6. Which boxer, born in Brockton, Massachusetts on September 1, 1923, was World Heavy Weight Champion from September 23, 1952 - April 27, 1956?
    Archie Moore
    Marvin Haggler
    Rocky Marciano
    Sugar Ray Robinson


7. What scientist, born on October 05, 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, is noted for having launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926?
    Hermann Oberth
    Edwin Hubble
    Albert Einstein
    Robert Goddard


8. Which poet, known for his unconventional use of punctuation and form, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 14, 1894?
    W. E. B. Du Bois
    E. E. Cummings
    William Blake
    Robert Frost


9. Which children's writer, best known for his rhyming verses, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 02, 1904?
    Theodore Geisel
    Jacob Grimm
    Shel Silverstein
    John Scieszka


10. Which nurse, known as "the angel of the battlefield" due to her work during the American Civil War, founded The American Red Cross and was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821?
    Florence Nightingale
    Clara Barton
    Dorothea Dix
    Susan B. Anthony


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