Massachusetts is the 6th state to join the Union. It attained statehood on February 6, 1788. The five bordering states of Massachusetts are Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Boston is the capital city and the largest and populous city in Massachusetts. Moreover, the official name of the state is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Furthermore, the state is home to the first American railroad, the first free American public school, and the first American public library. In addition, the top university in the world ‘Harvard’ University was the first North American university situated in Massachusetts. If you want to learn more about the official state flower, bird, reptile, song, poem and much more information regarding the state then continue reading. We have enlisted the most popular 60+ Massachusetts trivia questions to make the task easy and interesting for you.
Massachusetts Trivia Questions
1. What is the official name of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerCommonwealth of Massachusetts2. What is the capital of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerBoston3. What is the state bird?
Show AnswerChickadee4. What is the official nickname of the state?
Show AnswerThe Bay State5. What was the name of the state before statehood?
Show AnswerProvince of Massachusetts Bay6. Which is the largest metro in the state?
Show AnswerGreater Boston7. How much is the total area of Massachusetts?
Show Answer27,337 square kilometers8. What percent of the area is covered with water?
Show Answer26.1 percent9. What is the rank of the state based on the area?
Show Answer44th10. What is the highest peak point in the state?
Show AnswerMount Greylock11. What is the position of the state in the population-based ranking?
Show Answer1612. What is the official language of the state?
Show AnswerEnglish13. What other languages are spoken in Massachusetts?
Show AnswerSpanish, Chinese, and Portuguese14. What is the state reptile?
Show AnswerGarter Snake15. Which is the state sport of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerBasketballMassachusetts Trivia Facts
16. When the first Thanksgiving happened in Massachusetts?
Show AnswerIn 162117. Where the first Thanksgiving occurred?
Show AnswerPlymouth18. Where is the first public park in America?
Show AnswerBoston, Massachusetts19. What is the name of the park?
Show AnswerBoston Common20. When the park built?
Show AnswerIn 163421. When the first basketball game played in the state?
Show AnswerIn 189122. Where the first basketball game played?
Show AnswerSpringfield23. Where is the first American railroad?
Show AnswerQuincy24. Which is the most populous city in the state?
Show AnswerBoston25. How many communities in the state have less than 1000 population?
Show Answer27
26. How many communities in the state have more than 40,000 populations?
Show Answer3827. Which is the longest river in the state?
Show AnswerCharles River28. Which is the lowest elevation in the state?
Show AnswerThe Atlantic Ocean at sea level29. How many counties does the state have?
Show Answer1430. Where the birth controlling pills invented?
Show AnswerClark University, WorcesterMassachusetts History Trivia
31. Where the American Revolution began?
Show AnswerLowell32. What are the two largest New England cities in Massachusetts?
Show AnswerBoston and Worcester33. Where the Basketball Hall of Fame located?
Show AnswerIn Springfield34. Which is the first University established in North America?
Show AnswerHarvard35. Where The Boston Tea Party take place every year?
Show AnswerBoston, Harbor36. What is the date of the celebration of the party?
Show AnswerDecember 1637. When driving license and registration plate began in Massachusetts?
Show AnswerIn June 190338. What does the holiday on the 3rd Monday of April in Massachusetts called?
Show AnswerPatriot’s Day39. How many cities are there in Massachusetts?
Show Answer4340. Who first vulcanized rubber in 1839?
Show AnswerCharles GoodyearMassachusetts Geography Trivia
41. Who invented the first sewing machine?
Show AnswerElias Howe42. What is the official state dessert of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerBoston cream pie43. What are the key cities of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerBoston, Springfield, Salem, Cambridge, Plymouth, and Worcester44. When the state was admitted to the Union?
Show AnswerOn February 6, 178845. What is the height of Mount Greylock?
Show Answer3,491 ft.
46. Where the first Dunkin Donut made?
Show AnswerQuincy, Massachusetts47. Which is Central Massachusetts Lake?
Show AnswerWebster Lake48. What is the real name of the lake?
Show AnswerChargoggagoggmanchaoggagoggchaubunaguhgamaugg49. What is the state song of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerAll Hail to Massachusetts50. What is the state poem of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerThe Blue Hills of MassachusettsMassachusetts Trivia Questions
51. What is the official state flower?
Show AnswerMayflower52. When ‘Mayflower’ was designated as the state flower of Massachusetts?
Show Answer191853. Where is the first free American Public School?
Show AnswerBoston, Massachusetts54. When the first American Public Library built?
Show Answer165355. Who launched the first liquid-fuel rocket?
Show AnswerDr. Robert Goddard56. What is the rank of Massachusetts in getting statehood?
Show Answer6th57. What is the abbreviation for Massachusetts?
Show AnswerMA58. Which is the biggest city in the state?
Show AnswerBoston59. Where the first post office in America built?
Show AnswerBoston60. What does the name ‘Massachusetts’ mean?
Show AnswerNear the Great Hill61. What are the five bordering states of Massachusetts?
Show AnswerConnecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.62. Where the first subway in America built?
Show AnswerIn Boston, Massachusetts.Also, read these 60+ Most Amazing Trivia Questions about Virginia.
