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100

What is the capital?

Boston

100

What is Boston's MLB team?

Red Sox
100

What creamy seafood soup is New England famous for?

Clam chowder

100

What famous protest involved colonists throwing tea into Boston Harbor?

Boston Tea Party

100

What letter do Bostonians drop when pronouncing words like park?

R

200

What river separates Boston from Cambridge?

The Charles River

200

What NBA team plays in Boston?

Celtics

200

What dessert shares its name with Boston?

Boston cream pie

200

What 1770 event resulted in British soldiers killing five colonists?

Boston Massacre

200

What is the nickname for the Massachusetts Turnpike?

The Mass Pike

300

What is Boston's historic walking route marked by a red line called?

The Freedom Trail

300

What is the Red Sox's stadium called?

Fenway

300

Which Boston neighborhood is famous for Italian restaurants and bakeries?

The North End

300

Which patriot made the famous midnight ride to warn that British troops were coming?

Paul Revere

300

What does "wicked" mean

Very

400

What is the name of Boston's large downtown public park?

Boston Common

400

Famous green wall in Fenway?

The Green Monster

400

What shellfish is a classic New England Summer food?

Lobster

400

What US olympic hockey upset inspired the phrase "Do you believe in miracles"

Miracle on Ice

400

What popular beach town at the tip of Cape Cod is famous for summer tourism?

Provincetown

500

In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?

1773

500

What is the NHL team?

Bruins

500

Which historic Boston neighborhood is known for gas lamps and brick row houses?

Beacon Hill

500

What 2006 crime film starring Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio set largely in Boston?

The Departed

500

What is the name for the accent feature in which the R sound is dropped in words like "Harvard"

Non-rhotic pronunciation