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100

In 1830, the first transportation system of its kind built a station in Maryland. What is its name?

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

100

Annapolis is know at the capital of the world for what sport?

Sailing

100

Baltimore Puppeteer Kevin Clash rose to fame through the creation of what renowned puppet character?

Elmo

100

What is one of the nicknames for Maryland?

The Old Line State, Free State or Little America, America in Miniature

100

The first six packs of beer ever were produced by what Maryland company?

Natty Boh

200

This specialty medical school was the first of its kind in the USA.



UMMD Dental School

200

What Maryland town is known as the decoy capital of the world?

Havre de Grace

200

This Baltimore person's Bible was used during the recent inauguration.

Thurogood Marshall

200

Other than the common reference to DMV as The Department of Motor Vehicles, what else do these letters represent?

D.C., Maryland and Virginia

200

Besides blue crabs, what other seafood does Maryland produce the most of in the USA?

Soft clams

300

Maryland was the first state to enact what type of law to protect workers?

Worker's Compensation (1902)

300

What community located in Maryland was the first planned city in the US?

Greenbelt

300

What famous musician in a group called The Mothers of Invention that first hit the charts with its album "Freak Out" was born in Baltimore?

Frank Zappa

300

What do Hoco and Moco mean?

Howard County and Montgomerty County

300

The first cathedral in the United States is located in Baltimore, and is called....

The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

400

Samuel Morse received the first telegraph message in Bladensberg, MD, in 1844. What were the words of his famous message from Baltimore to Washington?

What hath God wrought?

400

What is Maryland's only inhabited island?

Smith Island.

400

What was the occupation of Francis Scott Key?

Lawyer

400

What is the complete name for the been know as Natty Boh?

National Bohemian

400

The second longest continuous truss bridge in the USA is in Maryland. What is its name?

The Francis Scott Key Bridge

500

The Maryland Flag is the only state flay based on English heraldry. What family coat of arms is represented in the black and gold quarters of the flag?

Calvert

500

The first Methodist church of America was organized in 1784 in what Maryland community?

Perry Hall

500

This best-selling espionage author was born at Franklin Square Hospital in 1947, and wrote The Hunt For Red October while working for an insurance company in Owings Mills.

Tom Clancy

500

What movie name has a completely different meaning at Christmastime in Baltimore?

Miracle on 34th Street

500

Of Maryland's 23 counties, how many border on tidal water?

Sixteen

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