| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What town is famous for its witch trials of 1692 and 1693? | Salem | 97%
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| What peninsula is shaped like a hook? | Cape Cod | 90%
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| What landmark can be found near the landing site of the Pilgrims? | {Plymouth} Rock | 86%
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| What whaling island was home to Captain Ahab? (oft-mentioned in limericks) | Nantucket | 83%
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| What suburb of Boston is home to the Harvard University? | Cambridge | 80%
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| What Boston stadium is home to the Red Sox? | Fenway Park | 77%
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| What is Boston's most famous nickname? | {Bean}town | 76%
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| What is the largest ethnic group in Boston? | Irish | 74%
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| What name is given to a city in twenty-five U.S. states - but Massachusetts's is nation's most populous one (by urban area)? | Springfield | 73%
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| What is the main airport of Boston? | Logan | 69%
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| On what Massachusetts did the Kennedy family vacation? | Martha's Vineyard | 66%
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| What is the oldest public park in the United States? | Boston {Common} | 62%
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| In what "pond" did Thoreau sojourn? | Walden Pond | 58%
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| What city was the center of the U.S. textile industry in the 1800s? | Lowell | 57%
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| What is the state nickname of Massachusetts? | The {Bay} State | 57%
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| What city at the extreme tip of the above has nation's highest rate of same-sex couples? | {Province}town | 56%
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| What part of the Appalachian Mountains cover the state's western portion? | Berkshires | 44%
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| What river makes the border between Eastern and Western Massachusetts? | Connecticut River | 43%
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| What bay does Boston overlook? | {Massachusetts} Bay | 38%
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| What chain of small islands is located right north of the above? (hint: common female name) | Elizabeth Islands | 28%
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