Question: What is the Boston accent known as?
Answer: Boston English

Question: Who influences Boston's politics and religion?
Answer: Irish Americans

Question: What are Bostons neologisms more commonly known as?
Answer: Boston slang

Question: Food with an emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy is an exaple of what?
Answer: regional cuisine

Question: Known for its literary culture, Boston has also been called what?
Answer: Athens of America

Question: What century did Ralph Waldo Emerson write in?
Answer: the nineteenth century

Question: What was the name of the bookstore the authors met in?
Answer: Old Corner Bookstore

Question: Where was the Atlantic Monthly first published?
Answer: the Old Corner Bookstore

Question: What year was the Boston Public Library founded?
Answer: 1852

Question: The Boston Symphony Orchestra is a member of what?
Answer: Big Five

Question: What classical music magazine called the Boston Symphony orchestra one of the worlds best orchestras?
Answer: Gramophone

Question: What does Boston Symphony orchestra call home?
Answer: Symphony Hall

Question: Where is Symphony Hall located?
Answer: west of Back Bay

Question: Where is the theater District located?
Answer: south of Boston Common

Question: What event occurs on New Year's Eve?
Answer: First Night

Question: Where is the annual Boston Arts festival?
Answer: Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park

Question: Where are Italian Summer feasts held?
Answer: the North End

Question: Whos is honored in the Italian Summer Feasts?
Answer: Catholic saints

Question: How long are the Harbor-Fest festivities?
Answer: week-long

Question: What is preserved in the Boston national Historical Park?
Answer: several historic sites

Question: What is marked by a line of red bricks in the ground?
Answer: the Freedom Trail

Question: Where is the institute of contemporary Art located?
Answer: in the Seaport District

Question: What is one of the oldest libraries in the US?
Answer: The Boston Athenaeum

Question: Where is the New England Aquarium located?
Answer: within the city

Question: How long has Boston been a religious center?
Answer: from its earliest days

Question: How many Roman Catholic parishes are in Boston?
Answer: nearly 300

Question: Where is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross located?
Answer: the South End

Question: Where is the headquarters for the Christial Scientists?
Answer: Back Bay

Question: What was the city's first Anglican church?
Answer: King's Chapel

Question: How is the air quality in Boston?
Answer: generally very good

Question: How many days between 2004 and 2013 was the air unhealthy?
Answer: 4 days

Question: Who determined that the air quality was unhealthy on those 4 days?
Answer: the EPA

Question: Allston Green District is an example of what?
Answer: cleaner energy facilities

Question: How many green housing facilities does the Allston green District contain?
Answer: three

Question: How often is Boston's climate plan updated?
Answer: every three years

Question: When was the last time the climate plan was modified?
Answer: in 2013

Question: Whos is the late Mayor of Boston?
Answer: Thomas Menino

Question: Who came up with the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive?
Answer: Mayor Thomas Menino

Question: The incentive reduced the cost of what in buildings?
Answer: cost of living

Question: The goal is to get how  many residents to sign up?
Answer: 500

Question: How much does the program cost?
Answer: free

Question: Lots of older buildings are supported by what?
Answer: wooden piles

Question: The piles begin to rot if exposed to what?
Answer: air

Question: What has been happening to groundwater levels?
Answer: dropping

Question: Where does the groundwater go instead of into the ground?
Answer: directly into sewers

Question: How many major North American sports leagues are there?
Answer: four

Question: How many championships has Boston won in these leagues?
Answer: 36 championships

Question: How many championships have the sports leagues won since 2001?
Answer: nine

Question: Why did the city turn down the chance to host the 2024 Olympic games?
Answer: financial concerns

Question: When did Boston withdraw its bid for hosting the Olympic games?
Answer: July 27, 2015

Question: Who plays their games at Fenway park?
Answer: The Boston Red Sox

Question: Where is Fenway park?
Answer: near Kenmore Square

Question: What year was the first game of the first world series played?
Answer: 1903

Question: What year was fenway Park built?
Answer: 1912

Question: What was the name of Bostons first baseball team?
Answer: Red Stockings

Question: What is the TD Gardens former name?
Answer: the FleetCenter

Question: What was the FleetCenter built to replace?
Answer: Boston Garden

Question: How many teams is TD garden the home to?
Answer: two

Question: How many people can be seated in a basketball game at TD Garden?
Answer: 18,624

Question: How many people can be seated for an ice hockey game at TD Garden?
Answer: 17,565

Question: What league do the new England patriots belong to?
Answer: the National Football League

Question: What year were the new England patriots founded in?
Answer: 1960

Question: What was the original name of the new England patriots?
Answer: Boston Patriots

Question: When dod the Boston patriots change their name?
Answer: after relocating

Question: What stadium do the patriots play in?
Answer: Gillette Stadium

Question: How many NCAA Division I members play in Boston?
Answer: four

Question: Which college participates in college football at the highest level?
Answer: Boston College

Question: What is the name of the highest level of college football?
Answer: the Football Bowl Subdivision

Question: Who participates in the second highest level of college football?
Answer: Harvard

Question: What is the name of the second highest level of college football?
Answer: Football Championship Subdivision

Question: What is one of the most famous sporting events in the city?
Answer: the Boston Marathon

Question: When is the head of Charles Regatta held?
Answer: October

Question: How many people were killed in the explosions at the Boston marathon?
Answer: three

Question: What is the oldest public park in the US?
Answer: Boston Common

Question: Where is Boston Common located?
Answer: near the Financial District and Beacon Hill

Question: What is next to Boston Common?
Answer: Boston Public Garden

Question: The Emerald necklace is a string of what?
Answer: parks

Question: Who designed the Emerald necklace?
Answer: Frederick Law Olmsted

Question: What ranking does the Boston park system have?
Answer: third-best

Question: Who ranks city park systems?
Answer: ParkScore

Question: Parkscore ranks the number of resident within what distance of the park?
Answer: a half-mile

Question: How often are elections for mayor held in Boston?
Answer: every fourth year

Question: What kind of power does the mayor have?
Answer: extensive executive power

Question: Who became Mayor in january, 2014?
Answer: Marty Walsh

Question: Who oversees the Boston Public Schools?
Answer: The School Committee

Question: As the state capital, Boston plays a large role in what?
Answer: state politics

Question: What is the MWRA?
Answer: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

Question: What is the name of the massachusetts port authority?
Answer: Massport

Question: Where is the John F kennedy Federal office building located?
Answer: The city

Question: What court is located in Boston?
Answer: the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Question: What is the name of the famous bank located in Boston?
Answer: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Question: Boston is split between how many congressional districts?
Answer: two

Question: What district is the North 3/4 of the city located in?
Answer: the 7th district

Question: Who represents the 7th district?
Answer: Mike Capuano

Question: What year was Capuano elected?
Answer: 1998