Boston Historical Mom Quiz

Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother courtesy Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Find out just how much you know (or don’t know) about important moms from Boston’s history by taking our 10 question quiz. All of the information comes from Povo, the new neighborhood encyclopedia where you can find out anything and everything about Boston. We go beyond just entertainment and service listings to reflect all of the things that define and shape your city. Plus, everything is created by people like you and is entirely editable by our users.
So go ahead, take the quiz and see how Boston you are. Click HERE to return to Povo's Mother's Day page.

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#1

Mother Goose, a well-known figure in children’s literature and rumored to be a real-life mother dating back to the 17th century, is buried in what Boston cemetery?

A. Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

B. Granary Burying Ground

C. Central Burying Ground

D. King’s Chapel Cemetery

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#2

Anna MacNeil Whistler, mother of artist James McNeill Whistler and model for the painting “Whistler’s Mother,” raised her son in what Massachusetts city?

A. Lowell

B. Amherst

C. Plymouth

D. Salem

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#3

Which English Puritan, known as one of the four executed Quakers called the Boston martyrs, is immortalized in a statue outside of the State House?

A. Anne Hutchinson

B. Elizabeth Howe

C. Sarah Good

D. Mary Dyer

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#4

The late Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy dynasty and famous for her philanthropic efforts, first lived in a home and raised her famous children in what Boston neighborhood?

A. Beacon Hill

B. Newton

C. Back Bay

D. Brookline

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#5

Isabella Stewart Gardner, who became the mother of her three orphaned nephews and a famous patron of the arts whose collection is now housed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, was called many names by the Boston society pages except for the following?

A. Mrs. Jack

B. Donna Isabella

C. Lady Fenway

D. Belle

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#6

Mary Baker Eddy, a New Hampshire native who moved to Boston in 1881 and gave birth to her only son George, founded a church in favor of prayer-based healing and what Boston-based newspaper?

A. Christian Science Monitor

B. Boston Globe

C. Boston Herald

D. Boston Business Journal

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#7

Mary Chilton, a Boston pioneer and a mother of many children, is famous for what?

A. Inspiration for the Scarlet Letter

B. Salem witch trials

C. First woman to step off Mayflower

D. Started Boston Tea Party

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#8

Coretta Scott King, who met Martin Luther King while he was earning his Ph.D. at Boston University and mother of four children, completed her degree in voice and violin at what Boston school?

A. Berklee College of Music

B. Radcliffe College

C. New England Conservatory

D. Simmons College

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#9

Mrs. Mallard, a fiercely independent and non-submissive mother character from popular literature, is featured in what children’s book set in Boston?

A. Make Way for Ducklings

B. Charlotte’s Web

C. Wind in the Willows

D. Stuart Little

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#10

Bostonian Julia Ward Howe, mother of five children and noted social activist responsible for crafting the Mother’s Day Proclamation, is known for penning what famous tune?

A. Over the Hills and Far Away

B. Battle Hymn of the Republic

C. Star Spangled Banner

D. America the Beautiful