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James J. Kilroy, a welding inspector at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the original source of mysterious words that turned up on US military hardware across the globe during World War II. Back in 1941, he had become tired of almost every test leader requesting him to go down and look over his job with him, in spite the fact that he had already seen the job and could not spare the time to crawl through these tanks again. In a fit of pique one day, as he emerged from the hatch of a tank he'd just inspected, he scrawled this phrase in yellow crayon on its top where testers could easily see it, and so was born the phrase that quickly traveled the globe to be found in all sorts of unexpected places.

	Kilroy was here
	Buy US War Bonds
	Okay
	Inspected by #35

Thornton Waldo Burgess, born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1874, was a conservationist and author of children's stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers. So dedicated to nature was Burgess that after his death, the Massachusetts Audubon Society purchased his Hampden home and established the Laughing Brook Nature Center at that location.

	Big Bad Wolf
	Br’er Rabbit
	Peter Rabbit
	Pepe Le Pew

A US Congressional resolution in 1961 assigned this title to Samuel Wilson, born in Arlington, Massachusetts for supplying US-stamped beef to American troops during the War of 1812.

	Uncle Sam
	Guardian of Troops
	Sir Wilson
	Burger King Wilson

Folks in Boston know that there is a light beacon atop the art deco pyramid on the old 1947 Hancock Building. What do the colors and flashing indicate?

	Whether the Red Sox won or lost their last game
	The weather forecast
	The results of the latest NE Patriots football game
	The current stock market trend

One day in 1936, Tom Smith, an experienced horse trainer, spied an unlikely-looking three-year-old thoroughbred horse on the track at East Boston's Suffolk Downs. The two exchanged knowing nods. One year later, Smith returned to Suffolk Downs as the horse's trainer; this time, the awkward looking horse electrified the crowd and won the Massachusetts Handicap. The horse went on to a heart-stopping career that lifted the hearts and spirits of Depression-era America and was the subject of a 2003 movie nominated for seven Oscars. What was the horse’s name?

	Citation
	Affirmed
	Secretariat
	Seabiscuit
	Funny Cide

The manufacturing machine for this small wooden device was patented on February 20, 1872 by Silas Noble and J. P. Cooley of Granville, Massachusetts. The first use in the United States was perhaps in the Union Oyster House, one of the oldest restaurants in the country, located in Boston, Massachusetts. To increase demand, Charles Forster, paid Harvard students to eat at this restaurant and to request them. What were these items?

	Sporks
	Wooden ice cream spoons
	Jigsaw puzzles
	Toothpicks

Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller were associated with this school near Boston, the first school of its type established in the United States. It was incorporated as the New England Asylum for the ______ on March 2, 1829.

	Blind
	Deaf
	Insane
	Homeless

In 1844, Medford abolitionist and writer Lydia Mariah Child described her journey across the Mystic River to her grandfather's house in a poem. Grandfather's House was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and still stands near the river on South Street in Medford. What was the name of this poem and song?

	Jingle Bells
	Winter Wonderland
	Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
	Over the River and Through the Woods

Boston’s Julia Ward Howe is best remembered for penning the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which became instantly popular when published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862. She was married to the director of Boston’s Perkins School for the Blind. She founded the New England Women's Club, one of the first woman's clubs in the country, and was a leader in the woman suffrage movement. Like many woman suffragists, she believed women had a special role to play in bringing about world peace. In 1872, she initiated Mother's Peace Day, the forerunner of this special day observed in May.

	Mother’s Day
	Peace Day
	May Day
	Memorial Day

On November 23, 1984, this quarterback threw a last-second 48-yard "Hail Mary" touchdown pass to Gerard Phelan in the end zone, giving Boston College a 47-45 win over the University of Miami. The Miami quarterback was Bernie Kosar who threw for 447 yards and two touchdowns. Who was this 5'10" Natick, Massachusetts resident who went on to pass for over 57,000 yards in his pro career?

	Doug Flutie
	Tom Brady
	Joe Montana
	Steve Grogan

In Massachusetts, at one time there were a large number of laws to regulate personal and public conduct on Sunday. These laws were originally printed on a specially-colored paper that led to their nickname. What were these laws called?

	Pink Laws
	Blue Laws
	Papyrus Laws
	Beige Laws

This pair of eccentric magicians went to high school in Massachusetts. Their approach to magic openly acknowledges deception as entertainment, rather than a mysterious supernatural power. The last name of one of the two is Jillette and the first name of the other, silent partner was Raymond until he officially eliminated it, and now has one of the few US passports issued in a single name.

	Penn and Teller
	Siegfried and Roy
	Bob and Ray
	Morecambe and Wise

This pitcher arrived in Boston in 1901 to pitch for the new American League team that would become the Red Sox. Three years later he pitched the first perfect game in league history. Earning the salary of $3,000 per year, he thrilled the fans by posting a 33-10 record and a 1.62 E.R.A. He generally pitched every other day, often throwing complete games and once even winning both games of a doubleheader. During his years in the majors, he won 511 games. By the time he retired in 1911, he had pitched 751 complete games, including three no-hitters.

	Cy Young
	Rube Waddell
	Whitey Ford
	Roger Clemens