| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| State capital | Boston | 98%
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| Oldest university | Harvard | 95%
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| Witch trial city | Salem | 93%
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| Island for rich people | Martha's {Vineyard} | 86%
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| Ship that landed on Plymouth Rock | Mayflower | 86%
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| Holiday first celebrated in 1621 | Thanksgiving | 79%
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| Massachusetts was the first state to legalize this, in 2004 | Same-Sex Marriage | 78%
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| Family name of John, Robert, Ted, and Rose | Kennedy | 77%
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| Hook-shaped peninsula | Cape Cod | 75%
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| Stadium with a green monster | Fenway Park | 63%
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| Religious group that founded Massachusetts | Puritans | 58%
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| Fruit that grows in a bog | Cranberries | 54%
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| Captain Ahab's island, oft-mentioned in limericks | Nantucket | 53%
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| Fill in the quote: My boy's ______ smaht | Wicked | 51%
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| In Manhattan, it has tomatoes. In New England it doesn't. What is it? | Clam Chowder | 49%
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| Pond where Thoreau sojourned | Walden Pond | 48%
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| Candlepin is a variety of what? | Bowling | 35%
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| State nickname | The {Bay} State | 35%
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| City famous for textile mills in the 1800s | Lowell | 32%
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| Mountain range in the west of the state (part of the Appalachians, starts with B) | Berkshires | 30%
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