Boston
Sports
Geography
Miscellaneous
Team Challenges
100
**Picture Clue** The park in the picture provided is the one in which the Red Sox play.
What is Fenway Park?
100
This is another term for a soccer field.
A "pitch"
100
Lines of latitude and _______ help determine precise coordinates of places on Earth.
longitude
100
This is a dome-shaped Native American home, typically made with bark or hide covering arched poles.
a wigwam
100
**Picture Clue** Which type of Native American dwelling is pictured: longhouse pueblo wigwam teepee
pueblo
200
This is the tallest building in Boston.
What is the John Hancock Tower?
200
In baseball, a strikeout can be represented by what letter?
K
200
This is the most highly populated city in the U.S., with 8.4 million residents.
New York City
200
Give an example of alliteration.
200 points are awarded for a valid answer.
200
In this challenge, your team will have 30 seconds to form as many words as possible from a given word. The answers must all be at least 3 letters long, and cannot include proper nouns.
200 points for each valid answer
300
The Boston Public Garden is situated next to what renowned public park?
Boston Common
300
This team has won more NBA championships than any other team, with 17 Finals victories.
The Boston Celtics
300
What is the longest river in the United States?
The Missouri River is the longest at 2,341 miles (the Mississippi River is the second longest at a length of 2,320 miles).
300
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the U.S. from what European country?
France
300
**Pictionary** In this challenge, one team member will be given a clue on a slip of paper, and must draw the clue on the team's whiteboard without speaking.
300 points for a correct guess
400
The windows of which historic Boston building fell out do to a major construction flaw? a) Prudential Center b) John Hancock Tower c) Empire State Building d) Quincy Market
b) John Hancock Tower
400
Brazil has won the most World Cups all time, with five wins. Which two countries are currently tied for second place, with four victories each? a) Uruguay and Germany b) Italy and Uruguay c) Germany and Mexico d) Italy and Germany
d) Italy and Germany
400
This is the formal title for a mapmaker.
A cartographer
400
This is a disk complete with two rings of letters that allow for the decoding of messages.
A cipher disk
400
In this team challenge, one team member must sculpt the object pictured on the slip of paper provided. The rest of the team will have one minute to guess the object being sculpted.
400 points for a correct guess
500
This is a 2.5 mile path that traverses past several culturally and historically significant sites in Boston.
The Freedom Trail
500
This team won the 2014 NBA championship by defeating the Miami Heat in five games, avenging their loss to the Heat a year earlier.
The San Antonio Spurs
500
Name the six states that comprise New England.
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
500
This ice-skating rink in New York City, adorned with a golden Prometheus statue and holiday tree, has been a popular attraction for the city for nearly eighty years.
The Rink at Rockefeller Center
500
Unscramble each of the following terms related to topics covered in History this year: 1) sapm 2) sseip 3) ksbatelabl 4) cecsro 5) notBso
500 points are awarded if all five words are successfully unscrambled.