Patriots' Day commemorates the opening engagements of this war, fought between Great Britain and thirteen colonies.
American Revolutionary War
100
This Boston silversmith made a famous overnight ride, though he never actually shouted the usual movie line because secrecy mattered.
Paul Revere
100
This annual race, first run in 1897, is held in Massachusetts on Patriots' Day.
Boston Marathon
100
This 2016 film dramatizes the Boston Marathon bombing, which occurred on Patriots' Day in 2013.
Patriots Day
100
This church in Boston displayed the lantern signal associated with the British troop movement.
Old North Church
200
These two Massachusetts towns are linked by the fighting of April 19, 1775.
Lexington and Concord
200
This patriot, not Paul Revere, completed the ride to Concord after Revere was detained by British troops.
Samuel Prescott
200
This MLB team traditionally plays a morning home game on Patriots' Day so fans can later watch the marathon.
Boston Red Sox
200
This actor played fictional Sergeant Tommy Saunders in Patriots Day.
Mark Wahlberg
200
This famous Boston walking route links sites such as the State House, Old South Meeting House, and Paul Revere House.
Freedom Trail
300
This British commander, then military governor of Massachusetts, ordered the march to seize colonial military stores.
Thomas Gage
300
This Lexington captain is traditionally associated with the command, 'Stand your ground,' though the exact wording is debated.
John Parker
300
These two states officially observe Patriots' Day as a state holiday.
Massachusetts and Maine
300
This 2008 HBO miniseries, based on David McCullough's biography, traces the life of a central Massachusetts patriot and later president.
John Adams
300
Before joining Massachusetts in observing Patriots' Day, this state had once been part of Massachusetts until 1820.
Maine
400
This term described civilian militiamen expected to be ready for action at a minute's notice.
Minutemen
400
Often credited with hanging the lantern signal in Old North Church, this Boston patriot was a sexton, not a celebrity.
Robert Newman
400
This reenacted ride begins in Boston and retraces the warning mission associated with April 1775.
Paul Revere's Ride
400
Humorous trick question: this 2000 Mel Gibson film is set during the Revolution, but it is not actually about Patriots' Day, despite the title inviting confusion.
The Patriot
400
This 1837 Emerson poem supplied the phrase 'shot heard round the world.'
Concord Hymn
500
Trick question: this battle is often associated with the early Revolution, but it took place nearly two months after April 19, 1775, so it is not what Patriots' Day commemorates.
Battle of Bunker Hill
500
Trick question: legend asks who fired the 'shot heard round the world,' but historians generally give this answer.
No one knows / it is unknown
500
Historically rigorous and mildly mean trick question: Patriots' Day is not a federal holiday, so this group usually does not automatically get the day off just for being patriotic.
Federal employees / most Americans
500
This 1957 Disney film, set in Revolutionary Boston, introduced generations of viewers to the atmosphere surrounding the opening of the Revolution.
Johnny Tremain
500
Humorous but true: the 'Battle Road' taken by British troops from Concord back toward Boston was less a victory lap and more this kind of miserable military movement.