Head2Head Trivia
Get down with Beantown
This week's trivia is a special road edition of Head2Head. It's coming to you from Boston, home of the NECCO wafer, Sam Adams (the patriot and the beer), Aerosmith and Fenway Park.
Current champ, Sophie Reed, is trying to defend the title against Alan Goodwin, a tourist from Little Rock, Ark.
QUESTIONS
1. What's the historic walk through Boston called?
2. The chain of parks throughout Boston that's known as the "Emerald Necklace" was designed by what famous landscape architect?
3. What's the real name of the Cheers bar (from the TV show)?
4. What is the subway called in Boston?
5. Name the four professional sports teams in Boston.
6. What year was the Boston Massacre?
7. Dating from 1634, this is the oldest public park in the United States.
8. The oldest commissioned warship in the world is located in Boston. Name the ship.
9. In Boston, what is a milkshake known as?
10. What body of water is being referred to in the lyrics, "... well I love that dirty water. Oh, Boston, you're my home."
SOPHIE'S ANSWERS
1. It's the Freedom Trail. I've actually done it.
2. Oh gosh, I don't know.
3. I didn't know it wasn't really Cheers.
4. The underground?
5. Okay, there's the Celtics, the Red Sox, the Patriots and what's left? Hockey, I guess. I don't know that one.
6. 1775.
7. I knew this once upon a time. Is it the Public Gardens?
8. The Constitution.
9. A malted?
10. The harbor.
ALAN'S ANSWERS
1. Don't know.
2. Don't know.
3. Don't know.
4. Don't know.
5. Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics.
6. Don't know.
7. Don't know.
8. Don't know.
9. Don't know.
10. Don't know.
CONCLUSION
Despite neither contestant knowing that much about Beantown, aka Boston, Reed makes it two in a row as the trivia champ. She'll be back next week to defend her title when Head2Head returns to Charleston.
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Freedom Trail
2. Frederick Law Olmstead
3. The Bull and Finch
4. The T
5. Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and the New England Patriots
6. 1770
7. Boston Common
8. USS Constitution
9. Frappe
10. Charles River
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