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100

She currently serves as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts.

Who is Maura Healey?

100

A medical professional, they diagnose and treat injuries, illnesses, and other conditions.

What is a physician?

100

Her album, released in 1971 and named after a color, is considered one of the greatest of all time.

Who Joni Mitchell?
100

Long thought to have invented baseball, he fought for the Union at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Who is Abner Doubleday?

200

It was designated the state bird of Massachusetts in 1941.

What is the black-capped chickadee?

200

It is a group of words that act as a single grammatical unit within a sentence. Unlike a clause, it does not contain a subject and a verb.

What is a phrase?

200

It is the name of the band that sang “She’s a rainbow.”

What are the Rolling Stones?

300

It is the name of the deadly clash that occurred between British soldiers and American colonists on March 5, 1770.

What is the Boston massacre?

300

Ranging Fromm 0 through 14, it measures how acidic an object is.

What is the pH scale?

300

The name of the 1982 novel by Alice Walker, it was adapted to film in 1985 and directed by Steven Spielberg.

What is the color purple?

300

In 2019, this Yankee pitcher became the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Who is Mariano Rivera?

400

Born in Concord, he starred in the hit sitcom “The Office.”

Who is Steve Carell?

400
Preceding the word “noodles,” it is the name of a popular Vietnamese dish.

What are pho noodles?

400

A dystopian crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick, it follows a charismatic but violent young man who is put into therapy.

What is Clockwork Orange?

400

She had a #1 hit in each year of the ’90s—the only singer to do so.

Who is Mariah Carey?

500

The first one in America was built in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1826. It was built to make the building of a monument possible.

What is a railroad?

500

The first one of was captured in the 1820s.

What is a photograph?

500

At the Concert for Bangladesh, George got this guitarist to chime in on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

Who is Eric Clapton?