Food and Drink
This vitamin, found in citrus fruits like oranges, prevents scurvy.
What is Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)?
Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot here in 1969.
What is the moon?
In Boston, it was illegal to take a bath without this official piece of paper.
What is a doctor’s prescription?
This Boston baseball stadium, opened in 1912, is the oldest in Major League Baseball.
What is Fenway Park?
This term describes siblings born from the same pregnancy, either identical or fraternal.
What is a twin?
This Italian dessert, meaning “pick me up,” layers coffee-soaked ladyfingers with mascarpone cream.
What is tiramisu?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
It is against Massachusetts law to scare this specific animal — even though it’s one of the state’s most common birds.
What is a pigeon?
This Boston neighborhood is famous for its historic ship, the USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides.”
What is Charlestown?
This breed of dog is one of the most breeds in the United States and I have one named Bogey.
What is a Labrador Retriever
This molecule gives spicy peppers their heat.
What is capsaicin?
This was the first country to grant women the right to vote, in 1893.
What is New Zealand?
In Boston, it’s illegal to eat peanuts while doing this on Sundays.
What is attending church?
This 2.5-mile red-brick path leads visitors past 16 historic sites in Boston.
What is the Freedom Trail?
With common foods such as Chorico and Malassadas the highest concentration of this group of people reside in the Fall River and New Bedford area.
Who are the Portuguese?
This type of Japanese rice wine is brewed, not distilled, and often served warm.
What is sake?
This South African leader became the country’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In Boston, it’s technically against the law to play this classic backyard game on public sidewalks.
What is hopscotch?
This historic meeting hall is sometimes called the “Cradle of Liberty.”
What is Faneuil Hall?
This traditional Middle Eastern dip is made of mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic.
What is hummus?
This woman was the first to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to win in two scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to carry this farm animal into the ocean.
What is a horse?
This iconic obelisk monument in Charlestown commemorates the first major battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Bunker Hill Monument?
With their roots dating back to 1901 this franchise has won 9 championships 4 of which have occurred in my lifetime and is my favorite sports team.
Who are the Red Sox?