1. Lexington
   Concord
2. Bunker Hill
   Oak Square

The Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill are well-documented examples of Revolutionary battles. Oak Square however, is just a place.

1. 517,594
   610,594
2. 617,001
   617,594

In 2010, the census found 617,594 living in Boston, a 4.8% jump from 2000. We wonder what 2020 will have to show!

1. 1630
   1662
2. 1632
   1657

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630, laying the foundations for Boston.

1. May 1, 1776
   April 19, 1773
2. April 17, 1774
   April 18, 1775

Paul Revere's famous ride (which involved other, unsung riders as well) took place on April 18, 1775.

1. Tankers
   Clipper Ships
2. Blue Jays
   Galleons

A clipper ship is a three-masted, square-sailed ship designed for speed. These were common in the late 1700s.

1. Frank Sprague
   Thomas Edison
2. Nikola Tesla
   Steve jobs

Frank J. Sprague was an inventor who worked briefly for Edison, and then set out to build his own empire. After several false starts, a fully-electric public transport system got underway in Boston using a Sprague branded motor, which Edison called "the only electric motor." Edison liked it so much, he purchased the patent and slapped his name on it. The conquest of Boston by electric motor enabled electric trains to take hold the world over.

1. The Boston Braves
   The Boston Red Sox
2. The Boston Red Stockings
   The Beaneaters

While sometimes called the Beaneaters and the Red Caps, the Boston Red Stockings was the name of the first professional baseball team in Boston. This is not to be confused with the Red Sox. The Stockings were an NL team, and they evolved into the Boston and later Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox were the upstart American League team, and a rival. The Red Stockings were previously the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

1. The Genetics Lab
   The Broad Gene Research Laboratory
2. The Broad Institute
   The Brainy Place

The Broad Institute is the epicenter of all bleeding edge genetic research. Having decoded the human genome, they sit at the forefront of research into human origins, and the science of DNA.

1. Boston
   Aerosmith
2. Godsmack
   Chicago

Boston has produced a truly epic number of musicians, including some the best rock bands in history, and also Godsmack.

1. The first mutual fund
   The first steam locomotive
2. The first manned flight
   The first compound crossbow

MA Financial Services launched the very first mutual fund in Boston, starting a trend that would see the financial instrument used the world over.

1. MIT
   Boston College
2. Tufts University
   Berklee College of Music

MIT is and was the premiere science and engineering university in the US, and its professors, students and alumni played a major part in the development of the atomic bomb.

1. .400
   .343
2. .405
   .344

Ted Williams was one of the greatest batters for all time, and he played for the Boston Red Sox. He was the last player to hit at least .400, and his career average was a fantastic .344.

1. 50
   Dozens
2. Hundreds
   10

Because it was the era before Facebook, or perhaps in spite of that fact, by the time news of the Boston Massacre reached New York, it was said that hundreds had been shot and killed in the "massacre".

1. 5
   9
2. 2
   1

The Boston "Massacre" only involved five people being killed by the British soldiers. While tragic, it was hardly the slaughterhouse of mass killing rumored in New York. Of course, news has a way of being blown way out of proportion.

1. 27
   9
2. 5
   2

Due to their incredible current run of championships, the New England Patriots have five championships, which given how hapless the team was 20 years ago, is very impressive.

1. 17
   3
2. 6
   5

The Celtics have nearly always been a great basketball team, and are nearly always in contention. They have 17 championships, which is pretty good.

1. 15
   5
2. 27
   8

The Red Sox have always been a pretty good team, but fate has repeatedly conspired to thwart their bids for the World Series championship. From 1918 to 2004, the team did not win one championship, while their rivals in New York racked them up over and over, even before free agency. Now the Red Sox have a great team, and just need to win 19 years in a row to equal the record of their hated rivals, the Yankees.

1. The Millers
   The Bruins
2. The Irish
   They have a hockey team? I don't pay much attention to hockey.

The Boston Bruins are a major fixture in the sporting landscape of this competitive city and they have been around since 1924.

1. Finals Clubs
   Skull and Bones
2. Final Clubs
   Frats

Final Clubs are clubs joined in the final year at Harvard, and they enable networking among the most elite of the most elite at the most elite university in the world.

1. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
   The John Adams Presidential Library
2. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
   None of the above.

JFK was a proud New Englander, and his Presidential Library is located in Boston. His family has deep roots in the region, and moved up the societal rungs from rum running to Ivy League elite.

1. The Red Sox were the last team to integrate in the MLB.
   MIT students routinely come up with inventive pranks, often involving technology.
2. Facebook was founded at Harvard.
   All of the above

There is an MIT Museum where you can see photos and films of the MIT pranks, including putting a police car on top of a school dome. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was a Harvard student when he invented the website. Indeed, of all MLB teams, the Red Sox were the last all-white team.

1. iRobot
   Boston Dynamics
2. Boston Robotics
   Cyberdyne

Boston Dynamics, which is currently being spun off by corporate parent Google, is at the forefront of physical robotics and mechanical AI development. They build quadrupedal and bipedal robots intended to pave the way for first responder and military rescue robots.

1. It was built on a "fen" or "swamp".
   It was built on the site of an old chicken farm, and the name is a corruption of "Hen Way".
2. The man who arranged for the construction was named Ignatius L. Fenway.
   It's a made-up name.

Originally, Fenway Park was built as part of an elaborate real estate con, but the stadium, and the name stuck, despite it being built on the swampy, undesirable part of town.

1. Cheers
   Three Cheers
2. The Bull & Finch
   The King's Head

Cheers, one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, and the source of many a spin-off, is based on the goings on and regulars at The Bull & Finch, a pub in Boston.

1. Good Will Hunting
   Mystic Pizza
2. The Departed
   Mystic River

While Mystic River takes place in Boston, Mystic Pizza takes place in Mystic, CT. It has a young actor in it though, who happens to be from Boston. That teenager's name is Matt Damon.

1. Banacek
   Being Human (US)
2. Ally McBeal
   Northern Exposure

While Being Human, Ally McBeal and Banacek all take place in Boston, Northern Exposure takes place in Anchorage, Alaska.

1. A cholera outbreak
   A flu epidemic
2. A massacre at the hands of soldiers
   A massive earthquake

1755 saw the Cape Ann earthquake, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that was felt for hundreds of miles, and resulted in an uptick of religious fervor in the city.

1. Members of the Boston Indian community
   Frat brothers from the local colleges known to address each other as "brah" and "man"
2. The self-appointed Boston elite
   None of the above

The Boston Brahmins were the elite families of Boston, who after throwing off the class-shackles of British rule, established exactly the same hierarchy in America, naming suitable families, and respectable professions for said families.

1. $5 million
   $100,000
2. $2 million
   $60 million

That number is not adjusted for inflation. The financial center of Boston burned, causing about $60 million in damage in 1872 dollars.

1. Big Papi and Manny
   Rice and Williams
2. Marty Barrett, and Rey Quinones
   None of the above

David Ortiz AKA Big Papi and Manny Ramirez formed one of the most fearsome hitting duos in baseball history, going on torrid hitting streaks and amassing both homers and walks.

1. A ban on dancing in all public places
   A curfew was instituted to control for spies
2. Cocoanut Grove fire
   The Iroquois Theatre fire

The Cocoanut Grove fire was a fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in 1942. It resulted in the deaths of 492 people, and was one of the deadliest fires in US history, sitting behind the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago, and the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

1. The Central Artery/Tunnel Project
   An archaeological dig
2. A transatlantic tunnel project
   None of the above

The Central Artery/Tunnel Project or Big Dig as it came to be known was a massive infrastructure project, threading I-83 through the heart of the city by putting a tunnel beneath it. It took much longer than originally estimated, angered many, and on the day it opened a piece of the ceiling fell in, killing a driver passing under it.

1. The NYC 2nd Ave subway
   Rebuilding the infrastructure of Iraq
2. Logan Airport security
   Nothing. He retired.

Andrew Natsios, who finished the Big Dig project, was immediately put in charge of rebuilding the infrastructure of Iraq under the 2003 Provisional Government, by the Bush administration.

1. 6,200
   5,000
2. 10,500
   11,400

In 1722, 10,500 lived in Boston, and 14% of those died from a series of cholera outbreaks.

1. The Chuck
   The Charles
2. The Carlos
   The Karl

The river running through Boston is called The Charles River, named for King Charles I by John Smith (yes, that one) who explored the area.