Q 01/05

Boston was named after a market town in which English county?

A) Lincolnshire

B) Yorkshire

C) Somerset

D) Devonshire

Answer · why

A) Lincolnshire

Boston takes its name from Boston, Lincolnshire, the English market town from which several leading Puritan settlers, including the Rev. John Cotton, ...

Q 02/05

In what year was Boston founded?

A) 1630

B) 1636

C) 1642

D) 1650

Answer · why

A) 1630

Boston was founded in 1630, when John Winthrop's Puritans left the poor water supply at Charlestown for the peninsula across the river, which was name...

Q 03/05

Boston Common, dating from 1634, holds what national distinction?

A) The first zoo in the U.S.

B) The first public park in the U.S.

C) The largest city park in the U.S.

D) The first golf course in the U.S.

Answer · why

B) The first public park in the U.S.

Boston Common, bought from William Blaxton in 1634 as a shared cow pasture, is considered the first public park in the United States.

Q 04/05

Founded in 1635, what is the oldest public school in the United States?

A) Roxbury Latin

B) Boston English

C) Boston Latin

D) Phillips Academy

Answer · why

C) Boston Latin

Boston Latin School, founded on April 23, 1635, is the oldest public school in the United States; Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams and John Hancock all...

Q 05/05

The oldest subway tunnel in North America, opened in Boston in 1897, runs beneath which thoroughfare?

A) Boylston

B) Washington

C) Beacon

D) Tremont

Answer · why

D) Tremont

The Tremont Street Subway opened on September 1, 1897, carrying streetcars beneath Tremont Street between the Boylston and Park Street stations.