| Description | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Capital of Massachusetts | Boston | 99%
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| Famous for its witch trials of 1692 and 1693 | Salem | 94%
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| Location of Harvard and MIT | Cambridge | 87%
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| Where the Mayflower ship landed in 1620 | Plymouth | 87%
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| Birthplace of two Presidents named Adams | Quincy | 79%
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| Island formerly known for its whaling industry | Nantucket | 74%
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| Of 34 places with this name in the U.S., this one is the oldest | Springfield | 72%
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| Where the first battles of the American Revolution took place | Lexington | 67%
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| Where the first battles of the American Revolution took place | Concord | 65%
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| Namesake of a 2016 Casey Affleck movie | {Manchester}-by- the-Sea | 59%
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| Called the "Heart of the Commonwealth" because of its location in the state | Worcester | 57%
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| Home to the University of Massachusetts and two other colleges | Amherst | 56%
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| In the 1850s, its textile mills made it the largest manufacturing center in the U.S. | Lowell | 49%
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| Think hard and you might be able to guess this town home to Williams College | Williamstown | 47%
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| From its name, you might expect to see gray matter growing on branches | Braintree | 43%
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| Located at the tip of Cape Cod | Provincetown | 39%
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| Known for its Portuguese community and as the home of Lizzie Borden | Fall River | 24%
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| According to a song, it's the city of sin, where what looks like gold is really tin | Lynn | 24%
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| Former whaling city on the South Coast where part of "Moby-Dick" took place | New Bedford | 24%
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| County seat and largest city of Berkshire County | Pittsfield | 22%
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