"I must study politics and war
that my sons may have liberty to study
mathematics and philosophy."
--John Adams
The answers are at the end of the quiz. 51. This Massachusetts leading museum is where an outstanding collection of Asian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, European, and American art is housed. What is it?
a. Brooks Academy Museum
b. Jasper Rand Art Museum
c. Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
52. The first one-page newspaper, called a broadside, published in the English colonies was printed in Cambridge in what year?
a. 1689
b. 1765
c. 1810
53. The first multipage newspaper, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, was published in Cambridge by whom in 1689?
a. Stephen M. Brewer
b. Richard R. Tisei
c. Samuel Green
54. The nation's first regularly-printed newspaper, the Boston News-Letter, was published in 1690 by whom?
a. Benjamin Harris
b. Robert E. Travaglin
c. Michael W. Morrissey
55. New England Courant was published by James Franklin, who employed his brother as an apprentice. Who was he?
a. Fred Franklin
b. Peter Franklin
c. Benjamin Franklin
56. The Christian Science Monitor was founded in Boston in 1908 by whom?
a. Mary Baker Eddy
b. Therese Murray
c. Joan M. Menard
57. The nation's first radio program was sent by Reginald Fessenden, broadcast from an antenna in where in 1906?
a. Woods Hole
b. Marshfield
c. Lynn
58. Who invented the telephone in Massachusetts?
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Thomas Edison
c. Brian P. Lees
59. The Handel and Haydn Society, one of the nation's oldest continually performing musical groups, was formed in Boston in 1815 by whom?
a. James P. Jajuga
b. Robert L. Hedlund
c. Gottlieb Graupner
60. What philanthropist founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra?
a. Henry Lee Higginson
b. Guy William Glodis
c. Robert S. Creedon, Jr.
61. Where does the Boston Symphony Orchestra give summer concerts?
a. Wellesley
b. Cohasset
c. Tanglewood
62. What division of the Boston Symphony Orchestra presents concerts of popular and light classical music?
a. The Boston Pops
b. Cape Cod Pops
c. Cambridge Pops
63. What is held every summer in Becket, in the Berkshires?
a. Goulart Day
b. Yankee Homecoming
c. The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
64. Where is the Cape Playhouse located?
a. Dennis
b. Yarmouth
c. South Yarmouth
65. Where is the Berkshire Playhouse?
a. New Bedford
b. Stockbridge
c. Newburyport
66. What Bostonian developed the Federal style?
a. Charles Bullfinch
b. Frederick E. Berry
c. Thomas F. Birmingham
67. Who designed more than 250 parks in Massachusetts in the second half of the 19th century, including the greenbelt known as the Emerald Necklace in Boston?
a. Robert A. Antonioni
b. Frederick Law Olmsted
c. Martin J. Walsh
68. Where is the John Whipple House?
a. Ipswich
b. Hyannis
c. Duxbury
69. The Parson Barnard House is where?
a. Hancock
b. Harwich
c. North Andover
70. Where is the Fairbanks House?
a. Dedham
b. Wareham
c. Wenham
71. The Reverend Lothrop house is located where?
a. Mendon
b. Barnstable
c. Medford
72. Samuel McIntire, an architect and woodcarver, lived where?
a. Salem
b. New Seabury
c. Brewster
73. What 19th-century architect created Trinity Church?
a. Joseph F. Wagner
b. Anthony J. Verga
c. Henry Hobson Richardson
74. What is the popular name for Route 2 as it winds along the Deerfield River and over the Berkshire Mountains between Greenfield and North Adams?
a. The Mohawk Trail
b. The Literary Trail
c. The Freedom Trail
75. What in the Connecticut River valley was the site of a Native American raid during Queen Anne's War in the early 18th century?
a. Ware
b. Deerfield
c. Westboro
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