History of Massachusetts - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
16) Colonists dressed as natives dumped chestsof tea into the harbor in protest of British tax in this event	Boston Tea Party	100%
6) The oldest university in the US, openedin 1636	Harvard	100%
4) What baseball team broke the 86 yearcurse to win the World Series in 2004?	Red Sox	100%
1) The infamous witch trials took placein what city in 1692?	Salem	100%
2) What sport did James Naismith inventin Springfield in 1891?	Basketball	91%
25) What NFL team plays in Foxborough?	Patriots	91%
15) What patriot made his famous midnightride into the countryside to warn of the British invasion?	Paul Revere	91%
3) Where did the Pilgrims land in 1620to create a settlement?	Plymouth	91%
10) What peninsula in SE Mass is a popularvacation spot?	Cape Cod	82%
5) What stadium, built in 1912, do theabove play in?	Fenway Park	82%
23) What president hailed from Braintree, MA?	John Adams	82%
9) What Mass politician was the first to signthe Declaration of Independence?	John Hancock	82%
12) What novel by Herman Melville was abouta captain facing an enormous whale?	Moby Dick	82%
20) What island off of the southeast coast was oncethe "whaling capital of the world"?	Nantucket	82%
7) Boston suburb where the above is located	Cambridge	73%
17) The "shot heard around the world" was firedin this rural town outside Boston during the Revolution	Lexington	73%
11) What city was a vital textile industry in the1800s-1900s?	Lowell	64%
8) What is the name of the mountain rangein western Mass?	Berkshires	55%
24) What prestigious research intensive university is located in Cambridge, close to Harvard?	MIT	55%
22) What Boston church did Robert Newman hang 2 lanterns to warn of the British invasion?	Old North	55%
13) What SE Mass city was once an importantwhaling center?	New Bedford	45%
21) What sport was invented in Holyoke in 1895 atthe YMCA?	Volleyball	45%
14) What nearby city to the above was the siteof the Lizzie Borden murders of 1892?	Fall River	36%
18) What port did the ill fated Andrea Gail sail out ofin October 1991?	Gloucester	36%
19) Name of the book based on the above events	Perfect Storm	27%

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