The Stuck-At-Home Marylander Quiz, Volume IV
While we’re waiting out the pandemic at home: Here are another 15 multiple choice questions to further test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland culture, sports, history and generally cool local stuff. Good luck.
1. Mark Wahlberg played this character, created by Baltimorebased novelist Stephen Hunter, in the 2007 movie, “Shooter.” a. Jerry Lee Lewis b. Billy Ray Smith c. Bob Lee Swagger
2. Baltimore native Andre De Shields won a Tony Award for his performance in what Broadway musical? a. “Hadestown” (2019) b. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1978) c. “The Full Monty” (2001)
3. What business operated in the building that is now the R House food hall in Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood? a. Auto dealerships b. Umbrella factory c. Movie soundstage
4. In the Chesapeake Bay, what’s a sook? a. Type of sailboat b. Female crab c. Long, narrow sand bar
5. The Baltimore Ravens won the 2001 Super Bowl in Tampa. The halftime show was epic. Who was on stage that night? a. Aerosmith and Britney Spears b. ‘N Sync, Nelly, Mary J. Blige c. Michael and Janet Jackson
6. Which of these presidents was nominated at his party’s convention in Baltimore? a. Woodrow Wilson, 1912 b. Walter Mondale, 1984 c. Lyndon Johnson, 1964
7. What is the distance from Oakland, Maryland’s westernmost county seat, to the state capital, Annapolis? a. 207 miles b. 178 miles c. 256 miles
8. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski are both graduates of what Baltimore school? a. Mercy High School b. Institute of Notre Dame c. Mount de Sales Academy
9. Recipes for a Black-Eyed Susan cocktail seem to vary with every Preakness, but what ingredient ends up in most? a. Lemonade b. Orange juice c. Gin
10. Who said of Baltimore, “I belong here, where everything is civilized and gay and rotted and polite”? a. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald b. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor c. Singer Billie Holiday 11. Which of these titles can be found in the John Waters filmography? a. Steamed Females b. A Dirty Shame c. Fruit Cake
12. What happened in Maryland on Nov. 1, 1864? a. Union victory at Antietam b. Slavery abolished c. B&O Railroad established
13. According to Forbes, what was the value of the Baltimore Ravens NFL franchise before the 2019 season? a. $3.75 billion b. $5.5 billion c. $2.75 billion
14. Where in Baltimore will you see these words: “The more he saw the less he spoke, the less he spoke the more he heard”? a. Owl Bar, Belvedere Hotel b. H.L. Mencken gravestone c. Enoch Pratt Free Library
15. Who was Abel Wolman and why did The Baltimore Sun declare him “Marylander of the [20th] Century” in 1999? a. Sanitary engineer, eradicated typhoid b. Inventor of the elevator c. Creator of the Berger cookie
Answers: 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a). Look for my quiz every other Sunday in this space.