Old Salem History
Salem was known as a port city within which centuries?
What is the 17th to early 19th century.
What is the name of the Ship that sits on the Salem Wharf?
what is the Friendship
What is the name of our Viking Mascot?
Who is Superfan
This year marked the beginning of the infamous Salem Witch Trials.
What is 1692
What is the oldest restaurant in Salem?
What is Red’s Sandwich Shop.
What Salem Museum holds the largest collection of East Indian artifacts along the north shore?
what is the Peabody Essex Museum
What was the original name of the university?
What is Salem Normal School
Nineteen accused witches were executed by this method.
What is hanging
What is the oldest surviving House in Salem?
What is the Pickering house (est. 1651)
What building located in the Salem maritime park was the governmental headquarters of all maritime trade?
what is the custom house/building
Who is the current President of SSU?
Who is John Keenen
This enslaved woman from Barbados was one of the first accused and confessed to witchcraft under pressure.
Who is Tituba
What is the oldest shop in Salem?
What is the Ye Olde Pepper Companie (est. 1806) {America’s oldest candy company}
How many lighthouses historically sat on the Salem Coast?
what is two
Which building on campus is named after the first Black graduate at Salem State?
What is Forten Hall (Charlotte Forten)
This man was pressed to death with heavy stones for refusing to enter a plea.
Who is Giles Corey
What tribe of indigenous people lived in Salem pre 1626?
Who are the Naumkeag people.
What system did China use to control trade with Salem?
what is the canton system
Roughly how many students attend Salem State?
About 6,000
This type of evidence was accepted in court and used as testimony that a person’s spirit appeared to harm someone
What is spectral evidence