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Quiz about Tidbits About Western Massachusetts

Tidbits About Western Massachusetts Quiz

Massachusetts has a rich history, and much of that history has been examined in other quizzes, but this one is specifically about the region between the City of Worcester and the border of New York State.

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

Author
Fauxnotfaux

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
325,597

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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332

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Monumental sculptor Daniel Chester French carved the seated figure of Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC at his studio in the Berkshires. What was the name of French's beautiful estate? Hint

Stonecarver's Cove

Chesterwood

French's Retreat

Daniella

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Question 2 of 10

2. The path of Route 2, which courses across the upper portion of Massachusetts from Boston to New York State, is said to follow closely the main migration and trade route of a Native American tribe. What is the popular name for the western end of Route 2? Hint

The Mohawk Trail

The Iroquois Highway

The Pocumtuck Path

King Philip's Retreat

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Question 3 of 10

3. One of the best known American poets who wrote during the nineteenth century was Emily Dickinson from Amherst, Massachusetts. Notoriously reclusive, what was carved on her headstone above her 1886 death date at her request? Hint

Passed to Glory

Gone Home

Called Back

Please Let Me Be

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale who sang on tours arranged by P.T.Barnum, spent her 1852 honeymoon in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her romantic description of the town is used to promote it to this day. What did she call Northampton? Hint

An Idyll on the Connecticut River

The Paradise of America

A Home for the Refined

A Secret and Sensual Garden

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Question 5 of 10

5. An internationally known music venue in the town of Lenox, Massachusetts has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. It hosts an eponymous annual Music Festival. Can you name it? Hint

The Koussevitzky Music Shed

Tanglewood

Seiji Ozawa Hall

Arthur Fiedler Memorial

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located in Springfield, Massachusetts near the site where James Naismith first introduced the game to students at Springfield College in December of 1891. About ten miles away is the Hall of Fame of another internationally known sport. Name the city and the sport. Hint

Pittsfield and Rowing

Holyoke and Volleyball

Westfield and Bowling

Longmeadow and Archery

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Springfield Armory, established by President George Washington, is still proudly producing military weaponry used by the brave men and women of the US Armed Forces.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Said to be the largest outdoor event of its kind in North America, the town of Brimfield, Massachusetts has been hosting what annual wingding since 1959? Hint

Boy Scout Jamboree

The Brimfield Cat Fanciers Show

National Maple Syrup Producers convention

The Brimfield Antique and Collectibles Show

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Question 9 of 10

9. The little town of Dalton, Massachusetts is nestled along the banks of the Housatonic River. Something is manufactured here that it is likely you, yes you, use every single day. What is it? Hint

The keyboards of most laptop computers.

The paper used in making United States currency.

The magnetic strips on ATM and credit cards.

Brass doorknobs.

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Question 10 of 10

10. HARL is the acronym of a highly specialized and privately funded research facility which has been in existence since 1937 and has occupied space in Greenfield, Massachusetts since 1977. For what does the acronym stand? Hint

Health Applications Residency League

Handwriting Analysis Research Library

Heterosexual American Realignment Laboratory

History and Religion, Ltd.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Chesterwood

French's home and studio at Stockbridge are open to visitors and the grounds are known for their display of modern sculpture.

Answer: The Mohawk Trail

Often called New England's first scenic highway, the Mohawk Trail spans just over 60 miles and was opened to vehicular traffic in 1923.

Answer: Called Back

Dickinson was born and died in Amherst. Though she did attend the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, now Mt. Holyoke College, and was known to have traveled to Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts, her life is mostly remembered as one of self-imposed seclusion. She died in her father's house in May of 1886.

Answer: The Paradise of America

Jenny Lind married a German musician, Otto Goldschmidt, whom she had originally hired to be her accompanist, in May of 1852. The Goldschmidt family lived in England and counted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert among their personal friends. Jenny Lind died in 1887.

Answer: Tanglewood

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Tanglewood Tales" while living in a nearby cottage in 1853 and the name was soon applied to an adjacent estate which ultimately became the 210 acre music venue. The Koussevitzy Shed and Ozawa Hall are buildings at the Tanglewood facility. The Arthur Fiedler Memorial is a pedestrian bridge near Boston Common.

Answer: Holyoke and Volleyball

The National Rowing Hall of Fame is in Mystic, Connecticut. Bowling Halls of Fame appear in several American cities. The Archery Hall of Fame is in Springfield, but it's Springfield, Missouri. William Morgan introduced volleyball at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895.

7. The Springfield Armory, established by President George Washington, is still proudly producing military weaponry used by the brave men and women of the US Armed Forces.

Answer: False

The Springfield Armory manufactured arms from 1794 to 1968 when it was discontinued by the federal government. Its buildings now house the Springfield Armory National Historic Site and Springfield Technical Community College.

8. Said to be the largest outdoor event of its kind in North America, the town of Brimfield, Massachusetts has been hosting what annual wingding since 1959?

Answer: The Brimfield Antique and Collectibles Show

The show at Brimfield has expanded over the years and is now held three times annually, each with something over 5,000 dealers from all over the United States and bargain hunters, serious collectors and the merely curious who attend numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

9. The little town of Dalton, Massachusetts is nestled along the banks of the Housatonic River. Something is manufactured here that it is likely you, yes you, use every single day. What is it?

Answer: The paper used in making United States currency.

Zenas Crane and his partners began their paper mill in 1801. Crane and Co. began making bank note paper before 1844, and they have been the exclusive provider of paper for currency and Federal Reserve Notes to the US government since 1873.

Answer: Handwriting Analysis Research Library

HARL is the first self-supporting non-profit graphological library in America. Its holdings of over 90,000 items now occupy over 180 linear feet of shelf space. Scholars may, by prior arrangement, study documents relating not only to graphology, but also to the history of the written word and the teaching of penmanship.

Source: Author Fauxnotfaux

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