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Boston Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the city of Boston and the nearby area?
Quiz by mac212121
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First submittedDecember 9, 2012
Times taken22,809
Average score60.9%
Rating4.33
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"Party" that took place in 1773
Boston Tea Party
Baseball stadium
Fenway
Suburb famous for witch trials
Salem
Ivy League school
Harvard
Popular 1980s sitcom set in Boston
Cheers
Red brick path leading to
historical sights
Freedom Trail
Rock band that sang "Walk This Way"
Aerosmith
Oldest public park in the United States
Boston Common
Daily newspaper (non-tabloid)
Boston Globe
Battle fought on June 17th, 1775
Battle of
Bunker Hill
Ship called "Old Ironsides" even
though it's made of wood
USS Constitution
Popular beer brand named
for a founding father
Sam Adams
Clue
Answer
NFL team
Patriots
NBA team
Celtics
Major river
Charles
Boston's most famous nickname
Beantown
Most common European ancestry
Irish
Variety of bowling played in Boston
Candlepin
Event that killed Crispus Attucks
and four others
Boston
Massacre
Sporting event that attracts
500,000 spectators each year
Boston
Marathon
International airport
Logan
Founding father who was famous
for his signature
John Hancock
Tunnel project famous for
being over budget
Big Dig
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41 Comments
LosScorpions
+2
Level 46
Dec 1, 2012
What about "candlestick" for bowling?
gravyfury
+10
Level 23
Dec 3, 2012
i have to respectfully say I have never heard of candle stick bowling. And I have lived in new england my whole life.
tjames
+4
Level 65
Feb 17, 2015
I'm from Worcester and Candlepin bowling was invented here, but its still not as popular as traditional style
Walacama
+5
Level 82
Jun 14, 2016
Candlepin and duckpin, no candlestick.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 89
Oct 26, 2018
I tried that too. So close, but not quite right.
gravyfury
+2
Level 23
Dec 3, 2012
You should also be able to accept duck pin if you accept candle pin. They are very similar. And in the same region.
tschutzer
+2
Level 91
Dec 4, 2012
I second that.
dt1
+3
Level 43
Dec 5, 2012
I disagree, we are known for candlepin bowling up here.
mightythor
+4
Level 66
Jan 22, 2015
Duckpin is CT and RI.
Walacama
+3
Level 82
Jun 14, 2016
Duckpin is different than candlepin. Duckpin is in Rhode Island. Fatter bottoms than candlepin.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 9, 2012
Added duckpin as an acceptable answer.
samiamco
+12
Level 69
Dec 15, 2017
You shouldn't have caved! Duckpin just isn't a thing in Boston. Down near the Cape, yes – but not in Boston.
mightythor
+5
Level 66
Jul 20, 2018
Boooo,
BizarroTommy
+4
Level 68
Mar 30, 2022
candlepin and duckpin are not the same at all
Quizmaster
+13
Level ∞
Aug 27, 2022
Duckpin will no longer be accepted!
bestanford
+6
Level 71
Dec 16, 2022
FREEEDDDDOOOOMMMMMMMM
Arp2600
+5
Level 86
Nov 9, 2015
'seems I don't know much about Boston. I love Pixies though :p.
samiamco
+5
Level 69
Dec 15, 2017
5/5! It's good to know you can take the girl out of Boston, but you can't take Boston out of the girl <3
TheCrusher
+10
Level 71
Jul 18, 2018
No Bruins or Sox? :(
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 87
Jul 18, 2018
I think having both Fenway and the Sox would be overkill.
mikeb
+7
Level 66
Jul 18, 2018
Only missed the tunnel question. Couldn't get Charlie on the MTA out of my mind!
bitterblue
+2
Level 58
Jul 18, 2018
i didn't realize there were other types of bowling! i thought the balls with the holes in them that you see in cartoons were some old way no one does it anymore
typhon
+6
Level 51
Jul 18, 2018
Got them all but one. Thanks, Fallout 4!
cranbeckh
+5
Level 68
Jul 18, 2018
Wicked awesome quiz!
Lilylee
+2
Level 75
Oct 26, 2018
Calling Salem a suburb of Boston doesn't seem right. Salem is considered to be part of New England City and Town Area (NECTA).
SouthwestChief
+6
Level 72
Oct 26, 2018
It's totally a suburb! It has its own commuter rail station and everything. The suburbs are generally considered to be what is within 495, but Salem is also within 128.
mwt137
+4
Level 58
Oct 27, 2018
This is just semantics, but technically, the tallest building in Boston isn't named for John Hancock- it's named for the Hancock Insurance, which used to be the main tenant in that building. That company moved, so the official name of the building is 200 Clarendon (no one calls it that though- people still call it the Hancock Tower).
Jmadden1632
+3
Level 17
Jan 16, 2019
Got 20/23 considering I'm from Boston. Smh
pen1s
+1
Level 35
May 16, 2022
harvard is in Cambridge
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 90
Dec 16, 2022
And Cambridge is in the Boston metro area.
Walacama
+4
Level 82
Dec 17, 2022
Harvard Business School, Medical School, Sports Complex, and many other facilities are in Boston, they are all part of Harvard, so Harvard is in Boston.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Jun 20, 2024
Boston is like London. Its proper city limits are small, but the many municipalities just outside it are so interconnected that they're all considered part of the city. Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, etc. are technically their own cities, but they're on the T, people who live in them pretty much exclusively work or go to school in Boston, and they have all of Boston's culture.
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 68
Dec 16, 2022
I know the song Dirty Water by the Standells, so I knew the name of Boston's river. Other than that I know little about Boston.
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 85
Dec 16, 2022
It sounds like ten-pin bowling is now more popular than candle-pin bowling in Boston:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/08/sports/flashback-why-was-candlepin-bowling-so-popular-boston-back-day/

("Flashback: Why was candlepin bowling so popular in Boston back in the day?")

I guess you can't fight globalization.

Walacama
+3
Level 82
Dec 17, 2022
Ryan Amusement used to be in the basement of Fenway Park and it had Candlepin. Those days are gone. You have to go to Southie or Eastie now for Candlepin.
Euronick61
+2
Level 67
May 22, 2023
Very good quiz .. Queen of disco Donna Summer was born in Boston
Yeetusman19
+3
Level 48
Oct 18, 2023
100% in 2:37. I'm Wicked Smaht
globalgourmand
+3
Level 45
Feb 9, 2024
Welp, haha, I literally just asked my husband: what's the name of the tunnel in Boston, you know, the one we call the Big Dig? And he thinks hard... and goes "I don't know" and I give up. I thought it had an official name!
shape816
+1
Level 65
Jun 20, 2024
Just an accuracy update - Hancock Tower was renamed simply 200 Clarendon St after Hancock's lease expired in 2015
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 20, 2024
Changed the question to remove the reference to the building entirely.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 59
Jun 21, 2024
should have known the freedom trail from Fallout 4...
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