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Famous People From Maine | 10 Question People Multiple Choice Quiz

See how well you know some of the better known residents of the great state of Maine!

A multiple-choice quiz by Youadoodledoo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Youadoodledoo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,057

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
623

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This author penned such novels as "Carrie" and "Pet Sematary". Hint

John LeCarre

Ari Wingate

Delta Winford

Stephen King

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which member of O.J. Simpson's dream team makes/made his home in Maine? Hint

Robert Shapiro

Alan Dershowitz

F. Lee Bailey

Johnny Cochran

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Question 3 of 10

3. What movie producer graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in civil engineering? Hint

Harvey Weinstein

Lawrence Bender

George Lucas

Jerry Bruckheimer

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who makes their summer residence at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine? Hint

The Bush Family

The Reagan Family

The Kennedy Family

The Rockefeller Family

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Question 5 of 10

5. The only Maine college to produce a future President of the United States was Bowdoin. Who was the President? Hint

Franklin Pierce

Woodrow Wilson

Rutherford B. Hayes

Millard Fillmore

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mt. Hope cemetery in Bangor, Maine has Abraham Lincoln's first Vice-President buried there. Who is it? Hint

Andrew Johnson

Stephen Douglas

Henry Clay

Hannibal Hamlin

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Question 7 of 10

7. What classic American novel was penned in Brunswick, Maine in 1851? Hint

Uncle Tom's Cabin

To the Lighthouse

The Red Badge of Courage

Brave New World

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who accepted the formal surrender of General Robert E. Lee, at the request of General U.S. Grant? Hint

General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 20th Maine

General Neil H. Dow, U.S. Volunteers

Brevet Colonel Thomas Chamberlain, 20th Maine

Colonel Robert G. Shaw, 54th Massachusetts

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Question 9 of 10

9. What civil-war general from Maine was also considered the father of prohibition? Hint

General Joshua L. Chamberlain

General Neil H. Dow

General Joshua A. Preble

General Zoe T. Pan

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Senator and Representative from Maine was the first woman to have seats in both houses of the United States Congress? Hint

Olympia Snowe

Mary Hathaway

Susan Collins

Margaret Chase-Smith

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author penned such novels as "Carrie" and "Pet Sematary".

Answer: Stephen King

Stephen King is considered one of the world's premier authors. He makes his home in Bangor, Maine.

2. Which member of O.J. Simpson's dream team makes/made his home in Maine?

Answer: F. Lee Bailey

Mr. Bailey lives near Bar Harbor on Mt. Desert Island.

3. What movie producer graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in civil engineering?

Answer: Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender has gone on to produce such movies as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Good Will Hunting.

4. Who makes their summer residence at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine?

Answer: The Bush Family

The Walker's Point compound has drawn many comparisons to the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.

5. The only Maine college to produce a future President of the United States was Bowdoin. Who was the President?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States, serving only one term.

6. Mt. Hope cemetery in Bangor, Maine has Abraham Lincoln's first Vice-President buried there. Who is it?

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin

Hamlin was replaced on the ticket for the 1864 election by Andrew Johnson.

7. What classic American novel was penned in Brunswick, Maine in 1851?

Answer: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher-Stowe's husband, Calvin, was a professor at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.

8. Who accepted the formal surrender of General Robert E. Lee, at the request of General U.S. Grant?

Answer: General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 20th Maine

Gen. Chamberlain was a professor of theology and the classics at Bowdoin prior to the outbreak of war in 1861. He was highly motivated by the writings of the wife of fellow Bowdin professor, Calvin Stowe. Her name was Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

9. What civil-war general from Maine was also considered the father of prohibition?

Answer: General Neil H. Dow

General Dow was the founder of the temperence movement, the predecessor of prohibition.

10. What Senator and Representative from Maine was the first woman to have seats in both houses of the United States Congress?

Answer: Margaret Chase-Smith

Margaret Chase-Smith first entered the United States Congress following the death of her husband.

Source: Author Youadoodledoo

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