Tip Trivia
Which city was Tip born in?
Cambridge
Where did they meet?
English High School
Which Disney movie was released that year?
Bambi
This element with atomic number 83 shares its name with a British monarch’s nickname and is used in Pepto-Bismol.
Bismuth
This elevated landform in Southie was the site of a Revolutionary War fort built by General John Sullivan.
Dorchester Heights
What is the last name on his original birth certificate?
Politakis
Which year did they marry?
1987
This U.S. president delivered his famous “Day of Infamy” speech just months before he approved the creation of the War Production Board in 1942.
FDR
On the 83rd day of 1942, this WWII U.S. president was in office.
FDR
South Boston was known for its heavy immigration from this European country throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ireland
What was his trade at Don Bosco?
Carpentry
What’s the age difference?
10 years
This iconic song by Glenn Miller topped the charts in 1942 and became the U.S. Army’s official theme.
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
Route 83 is a major highway running north–south through this “Lone Star State.”
Texas
Opened in 1928, this South Boston bridge replaced a wooden version and connects to the Fort Point Channel area.
The Congress Street Bridge
Where was the first college he attended?
Halifax, NS
Where did they first live when they were married?
Colosseum, Winchester
This Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist published The Moon Is Down in 1942 as resistance literature.
John Steinbeck
The 83rd Academy Awards named this British royal drama Best Picture.
The Kings Speech
Castle Island is home to this granite fort, one of the oldest continuously used military sites in the U.S.
Fort Independence
What was his mothers maiden name?
Buckley
What was the name of the cat Maura had in her West Roxbury apartment?
Baby Langston
This iconic U.S. bomber, central to the Doolittle Raid, went into service in 1942.
The B-25 Mitchell
He served as the 83rd U.S. Attorney General, appointed in 2015.
Loretta Lynch
South Boston’s K Street neighborhood was a central setting for this 1990s Showtime series starring Denis Leary.
The Job