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History of Maryland - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 6,646 times
- The average score is 10 of 16
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What author of "The Raven" died in Baltimore of unknown causes in 1849? | Edgar Allan Poe | 95%
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| What Maryland native assassinated Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth | 92%
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| During what war was that song written? | War of 1812 | 83%
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| Who was the top Confederate commander at that battle? | Robert E. Lee | 82%
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| What was the profession of the assassin? | Actor | 75%
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| What surveyor's line, drawn in the 1760s, separated Maryland from Pennsylvania? | Mason Dixon | 73%
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| Who wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry? | Francis Scott Key | 71%
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| What baseball player grew up at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys? | Babe Ruth | 66%
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| What philanthropist is the namesake of a famous university and hospital in Baltimore? | Johns Hopkins | 66%
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| What battle, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in U.S. military history? | Battle of Antietam | 58%
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| What Baltimore native became the first African-American member of the Supreme Court in 1967? | Thurgood Marshall | 55%
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| What message did Samuel Morse send via telegraph from Washington D.C. to Baltimore? | What Hath God {Wrought} | 52%
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| What musical, based on a John Waters movie, features the song "Good Morning Baltimore"? | Hairspray | 47%
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| What Triple Crown horse race was first held at Pimlico Race Course in 1873? | Preakness | 39%
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| Who was the top Union commander at that battle? | George B. McClellan | 31%
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| In 1830, Tom Thumb raced a horse and lost. What was Tom Thumb? | Locomotive | 25%
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