Baltimore and Maryland Quiz: 15 questions for a seventh time
Back for the holiday weekend: The seventh volume of our Baltimore and Maryland Quiz. While you’re waiting out the pandemic at home, here are 15 more questions to test your knowledge of the city and state — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, as in earlier editions, we present all the answers as multiple choice. Good luck. 1. Which artist, while based in Maryland, painted the official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama? a. Betsy Kirk b. Amy Sherald c. Mark Adams
2. In 1920, H.L. Mencken co-founded a pulp magazine, Black Mask, that serialized “The Maltese Falcon” by this Baltimore private eye. a. John Dos Passos b. Dashiell Hammett c. Laura Lippman
3. Known as Sugar Bear, he was the player Cal Ripken Jr. replaced in the1982 Orioles lineup to begin his 2,632 consecutive games streak. a. Lenn Sakata b. Glenn Gulliver c. Floyd Rayford
4. What’s the connection between the Trump mansion at Mar-a-Largo and Columbia’s outdoor concert pavilion? a. Marjorie Merriweather Post owned one, financed other. b. Same architect, Frank Gehry. c. Rolling Stones rented one, performed in other.
5. The Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl in 2013. What was the final score? a. 28-21 b. 34-31 c. 34-7 6. They called him Pee Wee when he was a kid. He grew up to serve Maryland in Congress. a. Dutch Ruppersberger b. Elijah Cummings c. Kweisi Mfume
7. In 2015, American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont to become racing’s first Triple Crown winner since 1978. Name his jockey. a. Mike Smith b. Victor Espinoza c. Edgar Prado
8. There has been another Triple Crown winner since American Pharoah. Name that horse. a. War of Will, 2019 b. Exaggerator, 2016 c. Justify, 2018
9. Which Maryland governor cut the ribbon for the opening of the Baltimore Beltway? a. J. Millard Tawes, 1959-1967 b. Theodore R. McKeldin, 1951-1959 c. Spiro T. Agnew, 1967-1969
10. Baltimore and Maryland’s 23 counties were established between 1637 and 1872. Which were the first and last jurisdictions to form? a. St. Mary’s and Garrett b. Anne Arundel and Washington c. Calvert and Allegany
11. Where is the highest elevation in Baltimore County? a. Oregon Ridge b. Prettyboy Reservoir dam c. Middletown Road at the Pennsylvania line
12. In what year did a woman first win election to Maryland’s General Assembly? a. 1959, Verda Welcome b. 1921, Mary Risteau c. 1852, Betsy Bonaparte
13. Casting his 1990 movie, “Cry-Baby,” John Waters rejected as too handsome this aspiring actor for the role of Johnny Depp’s sidekick.
a. Ryan Reynolds b. Leonardo DiCaprio c. Brad Pitt
14. Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates graduated from what Maryland high school? a. Woodlawn High School b. Baltimore City College c. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
15. Whatproduct did Loane Bros. Inc. sell in 1820 and what does this long-standing Baltimore company offer today? a. Sails and tents b. Scythes and lawn mowers c. Lanterns and light bulbs
Answers: 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a)