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