Maryland Trivia Flashcards
Ring-in question:
What is the Maryland state bird?
If you’re from Maryland you also have to give the state tree and the flower.
The Baltimore Oriole
The White Oak
The black-eyed Susan
New York is known as the Empire State. What is Maryland known as?
The Old Line State
The Free State
What was the name of the TV show set in Maryland where criminals smuggled drugs and chemicals through the Baltimore docks?
The Wire
If you’re from Maryland, you have to answer 2 questions to get credit.
You CAN use your phones.
What top ranked world-famous hospital is located in Baltimore?
What is the top-ranked hospital in New York State?
Johns Hopkins
Mount Sinai Hospital
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Baltimore gives its name to one property on the Monopoly board game. What property is it?
Hint: It’s a railroad
B & O Railroad
Extra credit, what does the O. stand for?
Ohio
What NBA team started in Chicago as the Packers, got transferred to Baltimore, and then ended in Washington, D.C.?
The Washington Wizards
If you’re from Maryland, you have to answer all 3 questions to get credit.
There is 1 MLB team that plays in Maryland, and 2 NFL teams that play in Maryland. Name the baseball team and 1 football team (both if you’re from Maryland)
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Ravens
Washington Commanders
The U.S. Naval Academy is where high school graduates—if accepted—get educated to become officers the the Navy or Marine Corps. It is located in what famous Maryland city?
Annapolis
The United States Military Academy, located in West Point, New York, is the Army’s counterpart to the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Before they graduate to become officers in the Army, the students are known as cadets. But at the Naval Academy, they are known by another name. What are students at the Naval Academy called?
Midshipmen
In hundreds of thousands of people, what is the approximate population of Baltimore?
About 580,000
Born in Maryland in 1822, this famous abolitionists played a key role in the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves to freedom.
[show Harriet Tubman]
Harriet Tubman
Born in Baltimore in 1970, this actress is probably most famous for playing Claire Dunphy on TV’s Modern Family
[show Julie Bowen]
Julie Bowen
Though born in Pennsylvania and not Maryland, jazz singer Eleanora Fagan moved to Baltimore at the age of 19 and is perhaps best known for her recordings of the songs “Strange Fruit,” and “The Very Thought of You.” What was this singer’s stage name?
[show pic of Billie Holiday]
Billie Holiday
