Answer: The North End
The North End is primarily known as the "Italian" section of the city. It's loaded with exceptional restaurants and is rich with history.
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Answer: Atlanta Braves
Hank Aaron just barely missed playing in Boston.
From Quiz: Beantown
Answer: bean and the cod
All the others are there too, but the right answer refers to an old toast about the Bay State capital. When the Boston Patriots became the New England Patriots, they moved from Boston to Foxboro.
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Answer: The Freedom Trail
Walking the Freedom Trail is a great way to soak up the history of Boston.
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Answer: The Big Dig
The seemingly endless construction project wreaked havoc on commuters, went way over budget, and is now the source of much fodder for the locals.
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Answer: 1912
Get to Fenway before it is gone. A beautiful place to watch a game, just don't wear any Yankees gear.
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Answer: The State House
The renowned 'Sacred Cod' in the Legislative Room, symbolizing the State's early fishing industry.
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Answer: Bruce Springsteen
Zakim, a well-known civil rights activist, was introduced to Springsteen in the last year of his life. After a concert, one of Springsteen's managers brought Zakim backstage and introduced him to Bruce by saying, "This is a guy who's out there on the front lines doing what you sing about, his name's Lenny Zakim."
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Answer: Dorchester
A museum well worth the visit.
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Answer: The 54th of Massachusetts
If you saw 1989's Glory, it was about the 54th, America's first all-Negro regiment, led by Col. Robert Shaw. Augustus Saint-Gaudens did the still-standing monument and Robert Lowell's 'For The Union Dead' is about it.
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Answer: The Running of the Brides
The original Filene's Basement in Downtown Crossing was home to the annual "Running of the Brides", where brides-to-be had the chance to grab designer gowns at bargain basement prices. The event made Bruins' hockey practice look like a piece of cake!
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Answer: Ted Williams
The last man to bat .400.
From Quiz: Beantown
Answer: Arthur Fiedler
Fiedler has a giant bust in Hatch Shell Park-tribute to his long-standing fame as leader of the Boston Pops.
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Answer: Terry O'Reilly
Due to the amount of time he spent in the penalty box, the Bruins organization decided to give Terry his "home away from home". The old penalty box is now on display at the Boston Sports Museum.
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Answer: Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy is the brother of the late John F. Kennedy.
From Quiz: Beantown
Answer: Babe Ruth
'The Curse of the Bambino' was finally broken and the Sox won three World Series.
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Answer: The Boston Pops
One of our nations finest fourth of July celebrations.
From Quiz: Beantown
Answer: a teapot
Once advertising a tea company, it's a Boston landmark to the present, still there in the Sears Crescent--very appropriate to where the world's best-known 'tea party' took place!
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Answer: Brigham's
This red, white, and blue ice cream parlor has been a mainstay in the Boston area. Brigham's was started in 1914 in Post Office Square and was originally part of the Durand Company. In 1924, the flagship Brigham's store opened in Newton Highlands.
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Answer: Boston Public Garden
These pedal-powered boats have been around since 1876 and have been run by the Paget family the entire time.
From Quiz: Beantown
Answer: Charles Bulfinch's Eagle
Built to commemorate the beacon that gave Beacon Hill its name, it is also known as the logo of Boston's world-famed Little, Brown and Co.
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Answer: The Scooper Bowl
The Scooper Bowl is a taste-a-thon of leading ice cream makers from across the country. Held every June to benefit cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attendees pay a small fee to sample a variety of ice cream - from old favorites to new unreleased flavors!
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Answer: Charles River
The Head of the Charles regatta is one of the largest rowing races in the world.
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Answer: Wagner's Lohengrin
Lohengrin concerned enchanted swans, thus inspiring one of Boston's most recognizable symbols.
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Answer: Kenmore Square
Have you ever watched a Red Sox game on TV and seen the giant Citgo sign? It is right above Kenmore Square.
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Answer: ducks
Robert McClosky's famed 'Make Way For Ducklings' inspired the bronze sculptures of a mother duck and her brood in Boston Commons.
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Answer: Edward Everett Hale
This descendant of Nathan Hale's tale of a traitor who gets his wish never to see America again -literally- was a hit in the Civil War era.
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Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes
A physician and essayist as well as poet, Holmes' 'Old Ironsides' roused public support for the legendary warship, which survives today as the USA's oldest active battle vessel (the Lowells are, of course, Boston's poetic dynasty).
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Answer: Next to Fanueil Hall
Both the Hall and the Market are popular tourist spots.
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Answer: silversmith and dentist
French-descended Revere made silver utensils, performed primitive dentistry(Benet's A Tooth For Paul Revere is based on this)and even etched prints of the Boston Massacre! The copper company bearing his name was a giant in New Bedford, where the famous billboard with the galloping neon Revere has been restored.
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Answer: Crispus Attucks
The other three were from the Civil War, but Attucks could be considered a forefather to them.
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