Gloria
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100

This famous Louisiana fried chicken restaurant was known for being too spicy for Gloria.

What is Popeyes

100

This title is related to Boston's rich sports history

What is City of Champions

100

What type of alcohol is in alcohol?

What is Ethanol

100

This 1805 battle effectively destroyed Napoleon’s hopes of invading Britain, despite his dominance on land.


What was the Battle of Trafalgar?


100

This Italian mathematician lends his name to a famous number sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, beginning 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5…


Who is Leonardo Fibonacci


200

This game derives from a sport invented in Scotland during the 15th century and is one of Gloria's greatest talents.

What is Mini Golf?

200
This famous university in Cambridge, MA is the setting for Good Will Hunting

What is MIT

200

This beer production company suffered major financial loss after featuring transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in an advertisement

What is Anheuser-Busch

200

This event in 1688 removed James II and firmly established parliamentary supremacy in England.


What was the Glorious Revolution?


200

Part of the Indian epic Mahabharata, this sacred Hindu text features a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty, morality, and devotion.


What is the Bhagavad Gita


300

This city was often visited by Gloria when she was unable/unwilling to pump her gas.

What is Nashua?

300

This marketplace adjacent Boston's North End has a decorative gold dome.

What is Faneuil Hall

300

This famous poet most known for his time in Baltimore was actually born in Boston.

Who is Edgar Allen Poe 

300

From 1309–1377, seven popes resided in this French city rather than Rome, a period critics later called the “Babylonian Captivity” of the papacy.


What is Avignon 

300

Popular legend says this U.S. president once got stuck in a White House bathtub due to his large size.


Who is William Howard Taft


400

This common household skill was never learned for Gloria in her nearly seven decades of life experience.

What is Laundry?

400

in 1919 this sticky substance flooded Boston killing 21 people.

What is Molasses

400

Nicknamed “The T,” this is the official public transit system serving Boston and surrounding areas.


Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority


400

This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War to invade Italy.


Who is Hannibal
400

Written while the author was imprisoned, this 16th-century work by Niccolò Machiavelli argued that rulers may need to act immorally to maintain power.


What is the Prince

500

It was in this state that Gloria purchased a ring using her boyfriend Richard's credit card without his permission.

What is Alaska?

500

This single red seat at Fenway Park marks Ted Williams legendary hit carried how many yards

What is 502 yards?

500

Before being largely filled in during the 19th century, this now-upscale Boston neighborhood was literally a tidal bay connected to the Charles River.


What is the Back Bay


500

This fortress-prison in Paris was stormed on July 14, 1789, becoming a defining symbol of the French Revolution.


What is the Bastille

500

This narrow strait, controlled by Türkiye, separates Europe from Asia and connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.


What is the Bosporus