Statistics for History of Maryland

Click here to take the quiz!

Question	Answer	% Correct
What author of "The Raven" died in Baltimore of unknown causes in 1849?	Edgar Allan Poe	95%
What Maryland native assassinated Abraham Lincoln?	John Wilkes Booth	92%
Who was the top Confederate commander at that battle?	Robert E. Lee	83%
During what war was that song written?	War of 1812	83%
What was the profession of the assassin?	Actor	76%
What surveyor's line, drawn in the 1760s, separated Maryland from Pennsylvania?	Mason Dixon	73%
Who wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry?	Francis Scott Key	72%
What baseball player grew up at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys?	Babe Ruth	66%
What philanthropist is the namesake of a famous university and hospital in Baltimore?	Johns Hopkins	66%
What battle, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in U.S. military history?	Battle of Antietam	59%
What Baltimore native became the first African-American member of the Supreme Court in 1967?	Thurgood Marshall	57%
What message did Samuel Morse send via telegraph from Washington D.C. to Baltimore?	What Hath God {Wrought}	53%
What musical, based on a John Waters movie, features the song "Good Morning Baltimore"?	Hairspray	48%
What Triple Crown horse race was first held at Pimlico Race Course in 1873?	Preakness	41%
Who was the top Union commander at that battle?	George B. McClellan	32%
In 1830, Tom Thumb raced a horse and lost. What was Tom Thumb?	Locomotive	27%