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History of Massachusetts - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 8,351 times
- The average score is 16 of 21
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What product did the Sons of Liberty throw into Boston Harbor in a 1773 "party"? | Tea | 98%
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| What town is famous for its witch trials of 1692 and 1693? | Salem | 97%
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| What holiday was celebrated for the first time (sort of) in 1621? | Thanksgiving | 96%
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| What ship brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts? | The Mayflower | 95%
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| What name was shared by the second and sixth Presidents of the United States? | John Adams | 93%
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| What sporting event was bombed in 2013? | Boston Marathon | 91%
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| What university, founded in 1636, was the first institute of higher learning in the U.S.? | Harvard | 91%
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| What landmark can be found near their landing site? | {Plymouth} Rock | 90%
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| What novel by Herman Melville was about a Nantucket whaler? | Moby-Dick | 89%
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| What was the last name of brothers John, Robert, and Ted? | Kennedy | 86%
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| What team was "cursed" for 86 years after trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees? | Red Sox | 85%
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| What game was invented by James Naismith in Springfield in 1891? | Basketball | 82%
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| What folk hero was born in Massachusetts and went on to plant apple trees across the Midwest? | Johnny Appleseed | 79%
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| What Massachusetts resident was the first person to sign theDeclaration of Independence? | John Hancock | 75%
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| What 1997 film's script was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? | Good Will Hunting | 65%
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| What was 1960s serial killer Albert DeSalvo better known as? | Boston {Strangler} | 57%
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| Who spent two years roughing it in the not-so-remote area of Walden Pond? | Henry David Thoreau | 51%
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| Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980 | Mitt Romney | 46%
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| Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980 | John Kerry | 39%
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| Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980 | Michael Dukakis | 37%
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| What city was the center of the U.S. textile industry in the 1800s? | Lowell | 35%
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