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Weird but True: Maryland Edition
100

What states border Maryland?

What are Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and D.C?

100

What family founded Maryland? 

Who are the Calverts?

100

What’s the Maryland state flag look like?

What is red, white, black, and yellow, with a cross and checkerboard pattern?

100

What’s Maryland’s official state nickname?

What is "The Old Line State"

100

This creepy-crawly creature is the official state insect of Maryland.

What is the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly?

200

Can you name a big river or body of water in Maryland?

What are the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River?

200

Name 3 historic events that occured in Maryland.

What is _______________?

200

What food is Maryland most known for?

What are crabs?

200

What’s the name of the famous national anthem written in Maryland?

What is "The Star-Spangled Banner”

200

This famous U.S. snack was invented in Maryland in the 1800s.

What are Berger Cookies?

300

What’s the capital of Maryland?

What is Annapolis?

300

Why might someone have wanted to start a colony here?

What is for religious freedom, more land and opportunities? 

300

What is the name of our football team?

What are the Ravens?

300

This spooky writer from Baltimore is famous for poems like “The Raven.”

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

300

In one Maryland town, it’s illegal to take a lion to do this.



What is go to the movies?

400

What’s one famous city in Maryland besides the capital?

What is Baltimore?

400

What do you think life was like in Maryland 400 years ago?

What is __________?

400

What is the name of our baseball team?

What are The Orioles?

400

This kind of turtle is Maryland’s state reptile — and also the mascot of the University of Maryland.

What is the Diamondback Terrapin


400

There’s a town in Maryland with this very unusual name—it sounds like someone saying “hello.”

What is Boring, Maryland?

500

Describe where Maryland is on a map.

What is on the East Coast, near the middle of the Atlantic seaboard, south of Pennsylvania, and north of Virginia?

500

Do you know when Maryland was founded?

What is 1634?

500

What is our state flower?

What is the Black-eyed Susan?

500

What movie musical was set in Baltimore (HINT: Zach Efron of High School Musical fame starred in it!)?

Hairspray

500

This unusual animal was once spotted walking the streets of Baltimore in 2007—yes, really.

What is a zebra? (Escaped from a petting zoo!)

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