Statistics for History of Massachusetts

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This quiz has been taken 6,580 times
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Question	Answer	% Correct
What product did the Sons of Liberty throw into Boston Harbor in a 1773 "party"?	Tea	98%
What town is famous for its witch trials of 1692 and 1693?	Salem	97%
What holiday was celebrated for the first time (sort of) in 1621?	Thanksgiving	96%
What ship brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts?	The Mayflower	95%
What name was shared by the second and sixth Presidents of the United States?	John Adams	93%
What sporting event was bombed in 2013?	Boston Marathon	91%
What university, founded in 1636, was the first institute of higher learning in the U.S.?	Harvard	91%
What landmark can be found near their landing site?	{Plymouth} Rock	90%
What novel by Herman Melville was about a Nantucket whaler?	Moby-Dick	89%
What was the last name of brothers John, Robert, and Ted?	Kennedy	87%
What team was "cursed" for 86 years after trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees?	Red Sox	86%
What game was invented by James Naismith in Springfield in 1891?	Basketball	82%
What folk hero was born in Massachusetts and went on to plant apple trees across the Midwest?	Johnny Appleseed	79%
What Massachusetts resident was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?	John Hancock	76%
What 1997 film's script was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck?	Good Will Hunting	65%
What was 1960s serial killer Albert DeSalvo better known as?	Boston {Strangler}	58%
Who spent two years roughing it in the not-so-remote area of Walden Pond?	Henry David Thoreau	53%
Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980	Mitt Romney	47%
Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980	John Kerry	40%
Name the Massachusetts politicians who have been a major party nominee for President since 1980	Michael Dukakis	39%
What city was the center of the U.S. textile industry in the 1800s?	Lowell	34%

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