Worcester History
Name four of the eight colleges and universities in Worcester.
What are Assumption College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, MCPHS, Quinsigamond Community College, UMass Medical, WPI, and Worcester State?
This is the number of Super Bowl championships the New England Patriots have won.
What is six?
These current-day animals are the most direct descendents of dinosaurs.
What are birds?
The word queue is more commonly used in England than in the US and means this.
What is a line or forming a line?
This is the largest US state by population.
What is California?
Name four of the eight towns that border the City of Worcester.
What are Auburn, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, and West Boylston (all are possible answers)?
This Celtics player scored the most points in the 2024-2025 season.
Who is Jayson Tatum?
This animal is 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than a human.
What is a giraffe?
This is what is happening when a donnybrook breaks out.
What is a riot or a big fight?
This is the largest US state by geographical size.
What is Alaska?
This is the year that Worcester was established as a town.
What is 1722?
This is the number of World Series championships the Boston Red Sox have won.
What is nine?
This common fruit is mildly radioactive.
What is a banana?
President Joe Biden used the word "malarkey" alot, which means this.
What is foolish or ridiculous talk?
This US state historically has the highest average temperature year round.
What is Florida?
This is the religious affiliation with the most followers in Worcester, with about 34 percent of the population.
What is Catholic?
This is the name of Boston's professional women's hockey team that started in 2023.
What is the Boston Fleet?
This is the leading cause of death in the United States, and has been since 1950.
What is heart disease?
When someone is lollygagging, they are doing this.
What is wasting time or messing around?
This state has a lot more active volcanoes than any other state.
What is Alaska?
This is the real name of the "Turtle Boy" statue on Worcester Common.
What is the "Burnside Fountain"?
Name one of the top three scorers in the history of the Boston Celtics.
Who are John Havlicek, Paul Pierce, and Larry Bird?
This animal is responsible for more zoo keeper fatalities than any other animal.
What is an elephant?
When someone is defenestrated, this has happened to them.
What is being thrown out of a window?
This place has the lowest elevation of any place in the United States, measuring 282 feet below sea level.
What is Death Valley in California?