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State Quiz - Maryland

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. state of Maryland?
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First submittedJuly 6, 2015
Times taken28,134
Average score70.0%
Rating4.26
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State capital
Annapolis
Most populous city
Baltimore
Communications device first
tested between the above city
and D.C. in 1844
Telegraph
Surveyor's line on Maryland's
northern and eastern borders
Mason-Dixon
Large ocean bay
Chesapeake
State bird
Baltimore Oriole
River on the Virginia border
Potomac
Brand of spice blend used
to flavor seafood
Old Bay
Swimmer who has won 23
Olympic gold medals
Michael Phelps
D.C. suburb or
"National Lampoon" actor
Chevy Chase
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State crustacean
Blue Crab
Top-ranked medical school
Johns Hopkins
John Waters musical about the
pleasantly plump Tracy Turnblad
Hairspray
Official team sport of Maryland
(hint: has sticks)
Lacrosse
Author of "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe
Baseball's "Iron Man"
Cal Ripken, Jr.
What is a terrapin?
a Turtle
Song written by Francis Scott Key
The Star-Spangled
Banner
Deadliest one-day battle of
the Civil War
Antietam
The B&O, opened in 1830,
is the oldest _____ in the U.S.
Railroad
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51 Comments
Freestatebear
+2
Level 88
Jul 24, 2015
The "Bay" question is confusing. The Chesapeake is an inland bay or estuary. An "ocean bay" would be a bay formed between the mainland and a barrier island - such as Assawoman Bay.
trebek
+31
Level 68
Nov 17, 2015
Only confusing if you want it to be confusing. Or if you want to be deliberately obtuse. Easy question. Easy answer.
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 92
Aug 2, 2018
Because what bay springs to mind first and foremost light years ahead of any other in Maryland?
IsleAuHaulte
+28
Level 92
Aug 2, 2018
I think you just wanted an excuse to say Assawoman.
jennywren21
+7
Level 62
Feb 3, 2021
If you live in Virginia or Maryland, it is an ocean bay, especially if you have ever driven the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel. It absolutely feels like you're driving over the ocean for 17 miles.
sambadojazz
+7
Level 55
Nov 15, 2015
Disagree- Not confusing at all. Just maybe not technically correct within a certain discipline, but who would know that? 0.001% of the population?
eric29cocoanuts
+6
Level 75
Nov 15, 2015
"River on the border with DC" would be okay on a Virginia quiz, but doesn't work here. It does form the Maryland/Virginia border and the D.C./Virginia border but not the Maryland/D.C. border, which is what the clue seems to be implying. The border of Maryland and D.C. is a land border.
dkuva
+3
Level 54
Nov 16, 2015
The question should read "River on the border with Virginia".
halpie
+3
Level 80
Sep 3, 2020
"River on the border with Virginia" would work. Doesn't work for DC.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 3, 2020
Fixed
luxint
+8
Level 67
Nov 16, 2015
bloody hell you dont make it easy for us europeans to get points sometimes
Bdubz
+3
Level 41
Dec 31, 2019
Why would you take this quiz if you're european?
PoetsCorner
+18
Level 87
Dec 20, 2020
For the same reason Americans take quizzes about Europe.
camus
+8
Level 80
Feb 3, 2021
Why would you take a quiz about dogs if you're a human?
Jacktheguy
+7
Level 93
Feb 3, 2021
I'm an American who was born and raised in Virginia, and I've taken European country quizzes that were easier than this.
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Feb 3, 2021
Disagree. Most of the European country quizzes for me were oddly specific and usually I either missed the mark for the badge by a few questions or just barely got it. This is also oddly specific to a certain extent, but I'm more familiar with many of these answers, especially as a Pennsylvanian.

I understand it's difficult for Europeans, but this seems like a fair enough difficulty for Americans.

FordGT2006FNF
+2
Level 24
Oct 15, 2024
lol now europeans no smart
esb219
+2
Level 73
Dec 8, 2016
All too easy
RobNobody
+7
Level 80
Sep 7, 2019
Would you consider accepting just "Hopkins"? It's more common to hear that in Baltimore than the full name.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 3, 2020
Okay
courthousedoc
+4
Level 79
Sep 3, 2020
Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics used in the Star Spangled Banner. He didn't write the song -- it was an English drinking song written by John Stafford Smith.
Ampersandwich
+1
Level 61
Jan 27, 2025
🎶To Anacreon in Heaven, where we sat in full glee 🎶
cornflakesfu
+9
Level 89
Sep 3, 2020
Knew the spice blend started with "Old," but the only thing that came to mind was "Old Spice" . . . which I would NOT recommend using to flavor seafood.
PoetsCorner
+5
Level 87
Dec 20, 2020
I KNEW I was doing something wrong at the dinner table last week!
hiathere
+2
Level 45
Jan 21, 2021
Chesapeake means Large Shelfish not Large Ocean.

Also the baseball question accepts Cal Ripken, make it include Jr since his father didn't have the same title.

RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Jun 18, 2022
The question isn't saying that "Chesapeake" means "Large Ocean," it's asking for the name of the ocean bay that is large.
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 83
Jan 27, 2021
Dang it, I kept saying Morse code instead of telegraph! any chance that could be accepted, since telegraphs use Morse code?
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Feb 3, 2021
Ha, probably for the best that you asked about our official team sport, and not our official sport.
martay
+2
Level 69
Feb 3, 2021
Makes sense. Jousting is the everyman's sport. What Marylander doesn't have easy access to a stable of horses, riding tack, and jousting equipment? If you look up squiring on Glassdoor, there's no dearth of opportunities for young apprentices... just choose your liege lord carefully.
aglelm
+2
Level 63
Feb 3, 2021
as a proud marylander this quiz was all too easy... nice work! any marylander worth their salt could get a 20 as well
nojik
+2
Level 67
Feb 3, 2021
the only state i have been to
TheBerryLegend
+2
Level 51
Feb 3, 2021
My home state
FaroPor
+3
Level 60
Feb 3, 2021
Yes
HeyItsMeJJ
+2
Level 65
Feb 3, 2021
Same!
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Feb 8, 2021
Twinsies @HeyItsMeJJ!
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Feb 3, 2021
I read "official team sport" as "official sports team" at first and I was shocked that Maryland had a *single* official sports team. A minute later, I realized I had the question all wrong :P
HeyItsMeJJ
+2
Level 65
Feb 3, 2021
Im suprised he didn't add anything about Jousting!
cookiethecow
+3
Level 49
Feb 4, 2021
Francis Scott Key only wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner; he didn't write the music.
Pontiac
+1
Level 62
Oct 28, 2025
he wrote it as a letter/poem first
DrWatson
+3
Level 74
Feb 4, 2021
Accept "telegram" for telegraph?
AayushD
+2
Level 77
Feb 14, 2021
Isn't Jousting the sport of Maryland??
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Apr 22, 2021
Yes, but lacrosse is the state team sport.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jun 3, 2021
Never heard of Old Bay Spice - is it any good?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 16, 2021
From Maryland, got 16. National Anthem should be acceptable
kogatora
+1
Level 96
Aug 31, 2021
disappointed the state bird is not a raven.
spleezleton
+1
Level 51
Mar 12, 2022
"Sharpsburg" is also a way to refer to Antietam.
fuanacdc
+1
Level 89
Nov 30, 2022
I can never spell Antietam. I always give up after trying Antiem.
Raffles
+2
Level 81
Apr 14, 2022
Can you accept "telegram" for "telegraph"?
LEEKMEBAULSAC
+1
Level 44
Oct 24, 2024
Telegram for telegraph please
MK411
+1
Level 70
Feb 1, 2025
Accept "JHU" for "Johns Hopkins" please
ThatsMrDuckToYou
+1
Level 47
May 20, 2025
The state sport of Maryland is jousting, you won't even have to change the question, just the answer.
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