Officially Speaking
This feathered friend, also an MLB team, is the state bird
What is the Baltimore oriole?
With 23 Olympic gold medals, this swimmer was born in Baltimore
Who is Michael Phelps?
With the nation's oldest currently used statehouse, Annapolis served as the nation's capital during these years
What is 1783 to 1784?
One of the first English settlements established by Lord Baltimore in 1634
What is St. Mary's City?
Southeastern island that is home to feral ponies
What is Assateague Island?
Opposite colors are the state tree and state flower
What is the white oak and the black-eyed susan?
The namesake of the nation's 7th state
Who is Queen Henrietta Maria?
Maryland's nickname comes from this group of 400
What is the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Revolutionary War?
This Italian was the first European to explore Maryland in the 1500s
Who was Giovanni da Verrazzano?
This important facility in Maryland's capital city
What is the US Naval Academy?
This image of the coat of arms of the Lords Baltimore can be found here
What is on the state flag?
Sent the first telgraph message from Baltimore to Washington DC in 1844
Who is Samuel Morse?
Held every year at Maryland's Pimlico, the second of three big horse races making up the Triple Crown
What is the Preakness Stakes?
Name the other two races for bonus points **
The name originally given to Maryland by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore
What is Terra Maria (meaning Maryland)?
This entity, the nation's largest body, divides the state in half
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
Maryland is home to this official presidential retreat
What is Camp David?
Born in Baltimore, this NY Yankee holds the record for the longest home run at 575 feet
Who is Babe Ruth?
Retiring in 2001, Cal Ripken played 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and this number of consecutive games
What is 2,632?
The bombing of this site was the inspiration for our national anthem
What is Fort McHenry?
Home to the National Aquarium, this city is Maryland's largest with about 600,000 people
What is Baltimore?
The language of Maryland's state motto, Fatti maschi, parole femine (strong deeds, gentle words)
What is Italian?
Maryland's official presidential retreat is named for this relative of what US leader
Who is the grandson of President Dwight D Eisenhower?
Sir Francis Scott Key penned the Star Spangled Banner during this war
What was the War of 1812?
The peoples of Maryland prior to settlement by the Europeans
Who were the Algonquians?
Sandwiched between the western Alleghenies and the Chesapeake Bay, is this central region of plateaus
What is the Piedmont?