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Quiz about Little Known Massachusetts Facts

Little Known Massachusetts Facts Quiz

I started this quiz with the idea of just throwing out some of the history that I know. As I went looking through various websites I realized I didn't know half of what there is to know about this state. I learned a great deal. Hope you do too!

A multiple-choice quiz by addytude. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
addytude

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,193

Updated
Dec 03 21

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1. Where in Massachusetts is the 'Paper House' located? Hint

Buzzards Bay

Pigeon Cove

Orleans

Orange

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2. What town is the 'House of Seven Gables' located in? Hint

Salem

Plymouth

Rockport

Sturbridge

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3. Where in Massachusetts is there a cheese monument? Hint

Orange

Cheshire

Pittsfield

Gardner

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4. What street is the 'Old State House' on? Hint

Beacon Street

Washington Street

Massachusetts Ave

Commonwealth Ave

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5. Where can you see (among other things) the submarine 'Lionfish' and a Japanese Suicide Attack boat? Hint

Woods Hole

Buzzards Bay

Boston

Fall River

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6. What warship, (one of the oldest in the world) is now berthed in Boston? Hint

USS Air Force One

USS Constitution

USS Patriot

USS Braveheart

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7. Where are the ashes of 'Jumbo' the elephant stored? Hint

Medway

Milford

Medford

Mendon

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8. Which friend of Paul Revere's hung the two lanterns in the loft of the Old North Church on April 18, 1775? Hint

Johnny Tremain

Ben Franklin

Clarence Darrow

Robert Newman

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9. In what city did Don Featherstone invent that beautiful lawn ornament, the pink flamingo? Hint

Gardner

Holden

Leominster

Fitchburg

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10. Where is the 'Irish Famine Memorial' located? Hint

Boston

Billerica

Brockton

Braintree

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11. Where is the Massachusetts Maritime Academy located? Hint

New Bedford

Woods Hole

Buzzards Bay

Martha's Vineyard

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12. Nicknamed 'The Big Dig', when was the Central Artery-Tunnel finally completed? Hint

2006

1995

2002

1999

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13. Where is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry located? Hint

Reading

Readville

Revere

Wrentham

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14. Where is the Museum of Bad Art? Hint

Dorchester

Dover

Douglas

Dedham

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15. How many U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts? Hint

two

six

eight

four

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16. In what county were all of the US presidents born in Massachusetts born? Hint

Suffolk

Middlesex

Worcester

Norfolk

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17. Who wrote the Massachusetts state song, 'All Hail to Massachusetts'? Hint

Ben Franklin

Emily Dickenson

Thomas Jefferson

Arthur Marsh

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18. Many, many famous people hail from Massachusetts. Where was John Chapman born? Hint

Lowell

Littleton

Lawrence

Leominster

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19. In what Massachusetts city was Leonard Nimoy born? Hint

Peabody

Worcester

Boston

Springfield

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20. In what Massachusetts city was Eli Whitney born? Hint

Marlborough

Attleborough

Northborough

Westborough

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21. What color is the ribbon around the shield of the Massachusetts state flag? Hint

Red

White

Blue

Green

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22. Where was the birth control pill invented? Hint

Worcester

Westminster

Woburn

Weymouth

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23. What date is the 'Boston Tea Party' reenactment every year? Hint

April 18

October 31

December 16

July 4

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24. What was the year of the first basketball game ever to be played? Hint

1891

1805

1791

1905

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25. Which is the first established college in North America? Hint

Boston University

Boston College

Suffolk University

Harvard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where in Massachusetts is the 'Paper House' located?

Answer: Pigeon Cove

Built by Elis F. Stenman in 1922, the entire house and furnishings except for the piano are made of paper. The piano was covered with paper to keep with the theme. Construction was completed in 1924.

2. What town is the 'House of Seven Gables' located in?

Answer: Salem

Salem is known as the 'Halloween Capital of the World'.

3. Where in Massachusetts is there a cheese monument?

Answer: Cheshire

This monument commemorates the making of a half-ton cheese that was sent to president Thomas Jefferson.

4. What street is the 'Old State House' on?

Answer: Washington Street

This building on 206 Washington St. was where the first reading of the 'Declaration of Independence' was to the citizens of Massachusetts. Out in front of the building is where the 'Boston Massacre' occured.

5. Where can you see (among other things) the submarine 'Lionfish' and a Japanese Suicide Attack boat?

Answer: Fall River

They are both located at 'Battleship Cove'.

6. What warship, (one of the oldest in the world) is now berthed in Boston?

Answer: USS Constitution

This ship was nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' because the cannonballs that hit it bounced harmlessly off its sides.

7. Where are the ashes of 'Jumbo' the elephant stored?

Answer: Medford

P. T. Barnum's first elephant, he was run over by a train on Sept. 15, 1885. His skin was preserved and displayed at Tufts University until a fire in 1975. An administrator ran into the building after the fire and scooped up the ashes into a peanut butter jar which is now locked in a safe in the athletic department.

8. Which friend of Paul Revere's hung the two lanterns in the loft of the Old North Church on April 18, 1775?

Answer: Robert Newman

9. In what city did Don Featherstone invent that beautiful lawn ornament, the pink flamingo?

Answer: 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.

10. Where is the 'Irish Famine Memorial' located?

Answer: Boston

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

11. Where is the Massachusetts Maritime Academy located?

Answer: Buzzards Bay

12. Nicknamed 'The Big Dig', when was the Central Artery-Tunnel finally completed?

Answer: 2006

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

13. Where is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry located?

Answer: Readville

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

14. Where is the Museum of Bad Art?

Answer: Dedham

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

15. How many U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts?

Answer: four

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

16. In what county were all of the US presidents born in Massachusetts born?

Answer: Norfolk

17. Who wrote the Massachusetts state song, 'All Hail to Massachusetts'?

Answer: Arthur Marsh

18. Many, many famous people hail from Massachusetts. Where was John Chapman born?

Answer: Leominster

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

19. In what Massachusetts city was Leonard Nimoy born?

Answer: Boston

'Live long and prosper.'

20. In what Massachusetts city was Eli Whitney born?

Answer: Westborough

Inventor of the cotton gin, among other things.

21. What color is the ribbon around the shield of the Massachusetts state flag?

Answer: Blue

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

22. Where was the birth control pill invented?

Answer: Worcester

Invented at Clark University.

23. What date is the 'Boston Tea Party' reenactment every year?

Answer: December 16

24. What was the year of the first basketball game ever to be played?

Answer: 1891

That first game was played in Springfield.

25. Which is the first established college in North America?

Answer: Harvard

It was founded in 1636.

Source: Author addytude

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