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With a name that refers to the club's famous wall in left field, Wally the Green Monster is the mascot of this Major League Baseball team
What is Boston Red Sox
A large brown bear named Blades is the mascot of this Boston professional sports team
What is Boston Bruins
Inspired by a long-distance event in the 1896 Summer Olympics, this famous American race takes place annually in Massachusetts in April on Patriot's Day
Boston Marathon
This Boston college, known for its study of jazz and other contemporary American music, has produced more Grammy-winners than any other school
Berklee College of Music
While building magnetrons at MIT in the 1940s, Percy Spencer noticed a melting chocolate bar in his pocket. Deeper investigation and exploration led to the invention of this household device. Spencer received no royalties for this invention, first marketed as the Radarange.
Microwave
This heavy frigate, also nicknamed Old Ironsides, was built in 1794 by the U.S. Navy, and now is on display in Boston suburb Charlestown, MA? Its name is the same venerated document that outlines the federal rules of the United States
USS Constitution
Coffee became more popular in America in the 1770s. At the time, many people had stopped drinking tea as a patriotic act. This was the name of the famous protest that inspired them to boycott the beverage
The Boston Tea Party
Musicians Joe Perry and Steven Tyler moved to Boston in 1969, starting a group called Jam Band, which would eventually become this legendary rock and roll band
What is Aerosmith
Boston Globe editor Ben Bradlee, Jr. headed up this infamous investigative reporting unit of The Boston Globe, later memorialized in an award-winning film
Spotlight
From his laboratory in Boston, Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first phone call in 1876, telling his assistant to "...come here." This was the name of the assistant he beckoned, who coincidentally shared the last name of a fictional detective's sidekick
Watson
Edward Lawrence Logan, the namesake of Boston's international airport, first enlisted in the military during the Spanish-American War and later rose to the rank of major general following his efforts in this global conflict
The First World War
In 2003, Nike purchased a footwear company that was founded almost 100 years prior in Massachusetts. This acquired company dominated the "court shoe" market for decades and pivoted to military boot manufacturing during WWII. What is this brand, which owns the Jack Purcell and Star Chevron trademarks
What is Converse
This "Parks and Recreation" star was born in Newton, went to Boston College, and is a Red Sox fan, but called the Boston accent "disgusting" in a 2014 BuzzFeed interview
Who is Amy Poehler
Famously portrayed by Meryl Streep on film, this "French Chef" made her home in Cambridge for four decades, from 1961 to 2001
Julia Child
This NFL team, established in Boston in 1932, moved to its current location in 1937 and chose its current team name in 2022
Washington Commanders
A small plaza at Boylston St. and Charles St. near Boston Common was renamed in 2009 for this author, near the house where he was born in 1809
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
This regatta, the largest two-day rowing event in the world, is held annually on the river that separates Boston from Cambridge
What is Head of the Charles
Appropriately given the STEM focus of the school, the sports teams of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are known by this professional-sounding name
What is Engineers
The first structure of this type was built on Boston Harbor's Little Brewster Island in 1716? The one standing there today dates back to 1783, and is the second oldest structure of its type in the U.S
What is Lighthouse
A large, double-sided sign featuring the logo of an oil company overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was first installed in 1940 and most recently had its logo updated in 1965. This brand is represented on this sign
What is Citgo
This Neil Diamond song is played in the middle of the eighth inning at every Boston Red Sox home game, since 2002
What is Sweet Caroline
This famed Massachusetts act traditionally performs on the Esplanade every Fourth of July
What is Boston Pops
This Boston Celtics legend, who played for the team from 1979 to 1992, had a nickname that reflected his Indiana origins — "The Hick from French Lick
Who is Larry Bird
In 1954, surgeons in Boston performed the first successful human organ transplant when they took this organ from one twin and gave it to the other
What is Kidney
This mile-long, walkable park that stretches from TD Garden to Chinatown was named after JFK’s mother
What is Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway