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The Bay State Trivia Quiz

I was born a Bay Stater, and now you can match your knowledge against mine!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
23,298

Updated
Apr 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1834

Last 3 plays: Guest 102 (10/10), Guest 102 (10/10), Guest 196 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which English explorer discovered Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands? Hint

Henry Hudson

Bartholomew Gosnold

Sir Walter Raleigh

Miles Standish

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the state beverage? Hint

Milk

Cranberry Juice

Tomato Juice

Orange Juice

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which participant in the Boston Tea Party was related to the author of Moby Dick? Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Paul Revere

Thomas Melville

Samuel Adams

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where in Massachusetts did Melville live for a while? Hint

Fairhaven

Boston

Pittsfield

New Bedford

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Question 5 of 10

5. What monument did Melville dedicate a novel to? Hint

Bunker Hill

Washington

Mount Rushmore

San Juan Hill

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who gave Boston the nickname the Hub of the Universe? Hint

Henry David Thoreau

Edgar Allan Poe

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Question 7 of 10

7. What transcendentalist was actually born in Concord? Hint

Emerson

Thoreau

Alcott

Fuller

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did Buzzards Bay get its name? Hint

There are real buzzards there

For the shape of a rock there

The name of the man who found it is Buzzard

Gulls were mistaken for buzzards

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the rock mistaken for marble in Marblehead? Hint

Onyx

Quartz

Gypsum

Granite

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the Japanese boy who came to live in the Bay State for some time? Hint

Hokusai

Akiro Kursawa

Manjiro Nakahama

Basho

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which English explorer discovered Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands?

Answer: Bartholomew Gosnold

Standish went with the Pilgrims, Hudson claimed New York for the Dutch, and Raleigh is associated with Virginia.

2. What is the state beverage?

Answer: Cranberry Juice

The Bay State and the cranberry are virtually inseparable, and Ocean Spray still does great business!

3. Which participant in the Boston Tea Party was related to the author of Moby Dick?

Answer: Thomas Melville

Thomas was Herman's great-grandfather, and Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the poem 'The Last Leaf' about him.

4. Where in Massachusetts did Melville live for a while?

Answer: Pittsfield

Melville's Pittsfield home was Arrowhead, in sight of Mt. {Greylock;} here he wrote Moby Dick and other works.

5. What monument did Melville dedicate a novel to?

Answer: Bunker Hill

Melville dedicated his Israel Potter to the Bunker Hill monument.

6. Who gave Boston the nickname the Hub of the Universe?

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes

In his Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, Holmes wrote 'Boston is the Hub of the {Universe;} you can't pry that out of a Bostonian with a crowbar.' The name stuck.

7. What transcendentalist was actually born in Concord?

Answer: Thoreau

Thoreau was the only one born there and, except for occasional trips, lived there all his life.

8. How did Buzzards Bay get its name?

Answer: Gulls were mistaken for buzzards

Explorers mistook seagulls for buzzards, hence the name.

9. What is the rock mistaken for marble in Marblehead?

Answer: Granite

Pink granite was mistaken for marble.

10. Who was the Japanese boy who came to live in the Bay State for some time?

Answer: Manjiro Nakahama

Manjiro and his friends were shipwrecked in a storm, then rescued by a whaler; he then came with the captain to Fairhaven and lived with him. The knowledge of America proved valuable when he returned to Japan and helped open his homeland up to the West. Fairhaven still remembers and reveres Manjiro.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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