Massachusetts Quiz Questions
1. When did the Mayflower reach Cape Cod?
a) 2 February 1624
b) 21 November 1620
c) 8 September 1634
d) 27 April 1607
2. How many male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact?
a) 41
b) 72
c) 28
d) 12
3. Who was Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor?
a) Samuel de Champlain
b) Roger Williams
c) John Winthrop
d) Thomas Hooker
4. When was the Boston Tea Party?
a) 17 January 1756
b) 29 June 1764
c) 21 August 1785
d) 16 December 1773
5. Which ocean is to the east of Massachusetts?
a) Atlantic
b) Pacific
c) Indian
d) Antarctic
6. Which state is to the west of Massachusetts?
a) Virginia
b) Delaware
c) New York
d) Maryland
7. Which is the capital of Massachusetts?
a) Duxbury
b) Boston
c) Pittsfield
d) Cohasset
8. What is the motto of Massachusetts?
a) Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem
b) God, union, liberty
c) Peace and justice
d) We stand with God
9. Who of the following presidents of USA was not born in Massachusetts?
a) John Adams
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) John Quincy Adams
d) John F. Kennedy
10. Who of the following presidents of USA was born in Massachusetts?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Theodore Roosevelt
c) George Herbert Walker Bush
d) Andrew Johnson
Massachusetts Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When did the Mayflower reach Cape Cod?
b) 21 November 1620
2. How many male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact?
a) 41
3. Who was Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor?
c) John Winthrop
4. When was the Boston Tea Party?
d) 16 December 1773
5. Which ocean is to the east of Massachusetts?
a) Atlantic
6. Which state is to the west of Massachusetts?
c) New York
7. Which is the capital of Massachusetts?
b) Boston
8. What is the motto of Massachusetts?
a) Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem
9. Who of the following presidents of USA was not born in Massachusetts?
b) Calvin Coolidge
10. Who of the following presidents of USA was born in Massachusetts?
c) George Herbert Walker Bush
