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Know Beans About Boston? Trivia Quiz

Boston has its own special cachet among the capital cities of the world. If you're a Bostonian, this quiz should be a snap! But even Londoners or New Yorkers can learn something here!

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

Author
tjoebigham

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
24,873

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
2495

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (1/15), Guest 93 (6/15), Guest 136 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. According to an old rhyme, Boston is home to the _____? Hint

Cheers Bar

Red Sox and Bruins

bean and the cod

Patriots

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Question 2 of 15

2. Boston is named after an English city.

True

False

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Question 3 of 15

3. Where in Boston is there a wooden codfish? Hint

The Public Library

Union Oyster House

City Hall

The State House

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Question 4 of 15

4. What Civil War Regiment is honored outside the State House? Hint

The Fighting 69th

The 54th of Massachusetts

The Irish Brigade

Merrill's Marauders

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Question 5 of 15

5. Name the music conductor most associated with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Hint

Seiji Ozawa

Keith Lockhart

John Williams

Arthur Fiedler

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Question 6 of 15

6. What legendary baseball player was considered the cause of the Red Sox' longtime losing streak through most of the 20th Century? Hint

Lou Gehrig

Ted Williams

Jimmy Piersall

Babe Ruth

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Question 7 of 15

7. What kitchen utensil is prominent in Boston? Hint

a runcible spoon

a ladle

a teapot

a fork

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which Boston monument became the logo of a famous publisher? Hint

Claes Oldenburg's Clothespin

Charles Bulfinch's Eagle

Rodin's Thinker

Cyrus Dallin's Indian

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which famous opera was the inspiration for the Swan Boats? Hint

Bizet's Carmen

Wagner's Lohengrin

Mozart's Magic Flute

Verdi's Aida

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Question 10 of 15

10. Besides swans and seagulls, what other birds are connected with Boston (especially in one specific area)? Hint

road runners

ducks

ostriches

flamingos

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Question 11 of 15

11. The author of 'The Man Without A Country' has a statue of him in the Boston Public Garden. Name him. Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Edward Everett Hale

Henry James

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which poet was instrumental in saving U.S.S. Constitution? Hint

James Russell Lowell

Robert Lowell

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Amy Lowell

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where is the Quincy Market located? Hint

Beneath the State House

Next to Fanueil Hall

On Beacon Hill

Aboard the Constitution

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Question 14 of 15

14. What was the vocation of famed freedom rider Paul Revere? Hint

silversmith and dentist

tea dealer

horse breeder

cod fisherman

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Question 15 of 15

15. Name the black patriot who died in the Boston Massacre. Hint

Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglass

Crispus Attucks

Harriet Tubman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to an old rhyme, Boston is home to the _____?

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.

2. Boston is named after an English city.

Answer: True

Named for Boston, England, itself originally St. Botolph's Town.

3. Where in Boston is there a wooden codfish?

Answer: The State House

The renowned 'Sacred Cod' in the Legislative Room, symbolizing the State's early fishing industry.

4. What Civil War Regiment is honored outside the State House?

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.

5. Name the music conductor most associated with the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Answer: Arthur Fiedler

Fiedler has a giant bust in Hatch Shell Park-tribute to his long-standing fame as leader of the Boston Pops.

6. What legendary baseball player was considered the cause of the Red Sox' longtime losing streak through most of the 20th Century?

Answer: Babe Ruth

'The Curse of the Bambino' was finally broken and the Sox won three World Series.

7. What kitchen utensil is prominent in Boston?

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!

8. Which Boston monument became the logo of a famous publisher?

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.

9. Which famous opera was the inspiration for the Swan Boats?

Answer: Wagner's Lohengrin

Lohengrin concerned enchanted swans, thus inspiring one of Boston's most recognizable symbols.

10. Besides swans and seagulls, what other birds are connected with Boston (especially in one specific area)?

Answer: ducks

Robert McClosky's famed 'Make Way For Ducklings' inspired the bronze sculptures of a mother duck and her brood in Boston Commons.

11. The author of 'The Man Without A Country' has a statue of him in the Boston Public Garden. Name him.

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.

12. Which poet was instrumental in saving U.S.S. Constitution?

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).

13. Where is the Quincy Market located?

Answer: Next to Fanueil Hall

Both the Hall and the Market are popular tourist spots.

14. What was the vocation of famed freedom rider Paul Revere?

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.

15. Name the black patriot who died in the Boston Massacre.

Answer: Crispus Attucks

The other three were from the Civil War, but Attucks could be considered a forefather to them.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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