PRELUDE: boston quiz

 

 

1. The sabotage of the tea-trading ships, which became known as The Boston Tea Party, took place in which year?
a) 1772
b) 1773
c) 1774

2. Which “America’s first” opened in Boston in 1898?
a) Steel mill
b) Lighthouse
c) Subway

3. Which globe-conquering rock act are natives of the city?
a) REM
b) Green Day
c) Aerosmith

4. Another date question: The city created Boston Common, the first public park in America, in which year?
a) 1634
b) 1734
c) 1834

 

5. The instruction not to shoot “until you see the whites of their eyes,” handed down to all who go into combat, was originally uttered by Colonel William Prescott during which 1775 battle?
a) The Battle of Beacon Hill
b) The Battle of Bunker Hill
c) The Battle of Boston Hill

6. What is Boston’s Green Monster?

a) The left field wall of the Red Sox’ Fenway Park baseball ground
b) The sea creature that allegedly ravished the docks in 1867
c) The famous beer-based cocktail created for the “Cheers” series

7. The city is famous for its huge variety of museums. The Sackler, on the corner of Quincy Street, has one of the world’s most important collections of what?
a) Chinese jades
b) African figurines
c) British cannonballs

AND DID YOU KNOW…

Charlestown is home to the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy. First launched in 1797, the USS Constitution was involved in over 40 engagements during the wars against the North African pirates. You can now takes tours of the vessel.

The world-renowned Salem district gained its grisly and ghostly reputation by being the center of a witch hunt some 300 years ago. Nineteen people were hanged and one crushed to death after being found guilty of consorting with the devil.

The Bull & Finch pub, located at 84 Beacon Street, was the inspiration behind the bar in the award-winning TV series “Cheers.”

 

 

 

Answers: 1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5b, 6a, 7a