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This 2.5-mile-long red-lined path leads you to 16 historically significant sites.
What is the Freedom Trail?
Your dessert tonight was invented at this historic hotel, where Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X both famously worked.
What is the Parker House (Omni Parker House)?
This four letter acronym refers to the city's subway and bus system.
What is MBTA or the "T"
In this 1997 film, Matt Damon plays a janitor at MIT who is a secret math genius.
What is Good Will Hunting?
This Red Sox tradition involves singing a specific Neil Diamond song during the 8th inning of every home game.
What is "Sweet Caroline"?
This oldest city park in the United States was once used as a cow pasture and a camp for British soldiers.
What is the Boston Common?
Boston is nicknamed "Beantown" because colonial settlers slow-cooked their beans in this sticky, dark byproduct of sugar.
What is Molasses?
This word is used by Bostonians as an intensifier, similar to "very" or "really." (Example: "That pasta is ____ good!")
What is "Wicked"?
Ben Affleck directed and starred in this 2010 heist film set in the neighborhood of Charlestown.
What is The Town?
This quarterback led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles before leaving for Tampa Bay.
Who is Tom Brady?
This neighborhood is famous for its narrow cobblestone streets, gas lamps, and being the most expensive place to live in the city.
What is Beacon Hill?
Legal Sea Foods, a Boston staple, has had this specific soup served at every presidential inauguration since 1981.
What is New England Clam Chowder?
If a local tells you to "hang a u-ey," what are they asking you to do in your car?
What is a U-turn?
This 2006 Martin Scorsese film about the Irish Mob in Boston stars Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio.
What is The Departed?
This annual 26.2-mile race is held on Patriots' Day and ends on Boylston Street.
What is the Boston Marathon?
You’ll find the "Green Monster" at this historic venue, the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball.
What is Fenway Park?
This "sweet" disaster occurred in the North End in 1919 when a giant storage tank burst, flooding the streets at 35 mph.
What is the Great Molasses Flood?
This is what a Bostonian calls a drinking fountain.
What is a bubbler (pronounced "bubblah")?
In the 1999 cult classic The Boondock Saints, two brothers become vigilantes in this specific Boston neighborhood.
What is South Boston (Southie)?
The Boston Celtics play their home games on a unique floor made of this specific pattern of wood.
What is Parquet?
This bridge, which connects Boston to Charlestown, is officially named the Leonard P. Zakim Bridge.
What is the Bunker Hill Bridge?
If you’re at a North End bakery like Mike’s or Pastryland, you are likely waiting in line for this tube-shaped Italian pastry.
What is a Cannoli?
If you’re heading to "The Garden" to see a game, you are going to see one of these two professional teams play.
Who are the Celtics or the Bruins?
This 2015 Oscar-winning film tells the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic Church.
What is Spotlight?
This legendary Red Sox player was known as "The Splendid Splinter" and was the last MLB player to hit over .400 in a season.
Who is Ted Williams?