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Do You Know New England? Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of New England with the questions in this quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by mrsx04. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mrsx04

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
228,832

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2473

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Former US President George Herbert Walker Bush had a summer home, which he used during his Presidency, at Walker's Point in which New England state? Hint

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Maine

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which New England state does not have a border with the ocean? Hint

Maine

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Vermont

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which New England state is Lake Winnipesaukee located? Hint

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

Maine

New Hampshire

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Question 4 of 10

4. Known as "the world's largest gaming facility", Foxwoods Resort Casino is located in which state? Hint

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which two New England states have a legal holiday called Patriot's Day? Hint

Vermont and New Hampshire

Massachusetts and Connecticut

Rhode Island and Connecticut

Maine and Massachusetts

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which state was a wind speed of 231 miles per hour once recorded? Hint

Massachusetts

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

7. Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, who was a professor at Bowdoin College, led his soldiers in a bayonet charge at Little Round Top in Gettysburg during the Civil War. Chamberlain was from which New England state? Hint

New Hampshire

Maine

Massachusetts

Vermont

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Question 8 of 10

8. The highest point of which New England state is 812 feet? Hint

Maine

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

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Question 9 of 10

9. The two largest New England cities are located in what state? Hint

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York

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Question 10 of 10

10. The sixteen counties of this state can be remembered by singing a song to the tune of "Yankee Doodle". Which New England state has 16 counties? Hint

Connecticut

Vermont

Maine

Massachusetts

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Former US President George Herbert Walker Bush had a summer home, which he used during his Presidency, at Walker's Point in which New England state?

Answer: Maine

Walker's Point is in Kennebunkport, Maine.

2. Which New England state does not have a border with the ocean?

Answer: Vermont

Vermont has Lake Champlain on its western border with upstate New York, but it does not border the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont shares a border with New Hampshire to the east and Massachusetts to the south. Maine's coastline is about 3,400 miles. The coastline of Massachusetts is more than 1,500 miles. New Hampshire's coastline with the Atlantic Ocean is about 13 miles.

3. In which New England state is Lake Winnipesaukee located?

Answer: New Hampshire

Lake Winnipesaukee is in central New Hampshire and covers 72 square miles.

4. Known as "the world's largest gaming facility", Foxwoods Resort Casino is located in which state?

Answer: Connecticut

Another casino, Mohegan Sun, is located near Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

5. Which two New England states have a legal holiday called Patriot's Day?

Answer: Maine and Massachusetts

Patriot's Day, which pays tribute to the Battle of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution, falls on the third Monday in April.

6. In which state was a wind speed of 231 miles per hour once recorded?

Answer: New Hampshire

A wind speed of 231 miles per hour was recorded at the summit of Mt. Washington in April 1934. This recording held the world record for wind speed recorded with an anemometer for several decades.

Answer: Maine

During the Civil War, the only battlefield promotion to General was given to Chamberlain, who was in charge of the 20th Maine Regiment. Bowdoin College is located in Brunswick, Maine.

8. The highest point of which New England state is 812 feet?

Answer: Rhode Island

At 812 feet, Jerimoth Hill is the highest point in Rhode Island. Mt. Frissell is the highest point in Connecticut at 2,380 feet. The highest point in Massachusetts is Mt. Greylock at 3,491 feet. At 5,268 feet, Mt. Katahdin is the highest point in Maine.

9. The two largest New England cities are located in what state?

Answer: Massachusetts

The largest city in New England is Boston. Worcester is the second largest New England city. Both are in Massachusetts. New York is not one of the six New England states.

10. The sixteen counties of this state can be remembered by singing a song to the tune of "Yankee Doodle". Which New England state has 16 counties?

Answer: Maine

"The Maine County Song" (sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"). "The sixteen counties in our state are Cumberland and Franklin, Piscataquis, Somerset, Aroostook, Androscoggin; Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, and Hancock; Waldo, Washington, and York; Oxford and Penobscot."

Source: Author mrsx04

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