“So You Think You Know Boston” Quiz #2

Do You Just Think You Know Boston?

With summer ending and autumn’s fine weather on the way, we enjoy getting to know Boston by walking the city’s streets. It’s a great time to appreciate the beautiful and historic urban scenery around us.

Boston, Pru, Prudential Center, John Hancock Tower But do we know what we’re looking at? The streets, the buildings, the history, the literature, and the music all have stories to tell. If you’ve been paying attention, you know some of those stories. Perhaps you have taken one or more of Boston By Foot’s excellent walking tours, to learn even more.

If not, well, any time to know Boston is a good time. Discover history, culture, sports teams, iconic buildings, good food, and quirky neighborhoods. You can dip in a toe or jump in headfirst–depending on how much of an expert you want to be.

How Well Do You Really Know Boston?

Let’s start by finding out how well you know the city. And that means another “So You Think You Know Boston” quiz.

Here’s our  second quiz on general Boston history and general information. There are 10 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points. Take the quiz and test your knowledge of Boston, from Tourist to Expert

Are You Wicked Smaht?

Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge, Charles River, Big Dig, So You Think You Know Boston, QuizThe questions cover a broad range of topics, so sharpen your pencil and your wits. You get five points for each correct answer. Here’s how to score your results:

  • 5 – 20: Tourist
  • 25 – 40: Newcomer
  • 45 – 60: Old timer
  • 65 – 75: Expert

Are you ready? Are you confident? Do you think you’re wicked smaht? There’s only one way to find out whether you think you know Boston or really do. Jump right in:

So You Think You Know Boston #2
1. Before moving to its current location on Huntington Avenue, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was located:
2. After seeing the lanterns in the Old North Church, Paul Rever rowed across the Charles River under the guns of His Majesty’s Warship:
3. Who said: “When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.”
4. The roof of Boston’s TD Garden is curved to look like:
5. Long Wharf was built from 1711 to 1715 by:
6. The Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge:
7. The first woman to run the Boston Marathon completed the course in:
8. In 1834, Boston's Protestants burned this structure with the occupants inside while the Fire Department watched.
9. The only Palladian-style building in Boston, designed by Edward Clarke Cabot, is:
10. What popular song was NOT written by Bostonians?

Links to More Quizzes

How well did you do? Was it fun? Was your score a wicked pissah?

Next week, I’ll follow this quiz up with details on the correct answers.

I hope you enjoyed taking the second “So You Think You Know Boston” quiz. If you did and you and missed any of the previous quizzes, here are the links. Hone your Boston knowledge and then impress your friends and family with how smaht you ah.

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About Aline Kaplan

Aline Kaplan is a published author, a blogger, and a tour guide in Boston. She formerly had a career as a high-tech marketing and communications director. Aline writes and edits The Next Phase Blog, a social commentary blog that appears multiple times a week at aknextphase.com. She has published over 1,000 posts on a variety of subjects, from Boston history to science fiction movies, astronomical events to art museums. Under the name Aline Boucher Kaplan, she has had two science fiction novels (Khyren and World Spirits) published by Baen Books. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies published in the United States, Ireland, and Australia. She is a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston and lives in Hudson, MA.

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