Baltimore
Baltimore is Maryland's largest city. This topic is part of Cities within Geography. This page currently draws on 15 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Baltimore trivia questions
Baltimore is a major city in which U.S. state?
Answer: Maryland
Bonus fact: Baltimore is Maryland's largest city.
Baltimore lies on what bay?
Answer: Chesapeake Bay
Bonus fact: Its harbor connects to the Chesapeake.
Which U.S. national anthem was inspired by a battle near Baltimore?
Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner
Bonus fact: Francis Scott Key wrote the words after seeing Fort McHenry's flag.
Which team won the 1958 NFL Championship Game known as the 'Greatest Game Ever Played'?
Answer: Baltimore Colts
Bonus fact: Baltimore beat the New York Giants 23-17 in the first NFL championship game decided in sudden-death overtime.
In what year was the first night game in World Series history played?
Answer: 1971
Bonus fact: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in that first World Series night game.
Who won both NBA MVP and Rookie of the Year in 1968-69?
Answer: Wes Unseld
Bonus fact: Unseld led Baltimore to 57 wins as a rookie.
Which team won the 1971 NBA championship in a four-game sweep?
Answer: Milwaukee Bucks
Bonus fact: Milwaukee swept the Baltimore Bullets.
Who became the NFL's first Black general manager in 2002?
Answer: Ozzie Newsome
Bonus fact: Newsome was promoted to general manager of the Baltimore Ravens.
Which team won the first overtime championship game in NFL history in 1958?
Answer: Baltimore Colts
Bonus fact: Baltimore defeated the New York Giants 23-17 in the game often called 'The Greatest Game Ever Played.'
Which group from an earlier Jules Verne novel returns in "The Purchase of the North Pole"?
Answer: The Baltimore Gun Club
Bonus fact: The Baltimore Gun Club first appeared in Verne's lunar novels about launching a projectile toward the Moon.
Which team did Ripken spend his entire MLB career with?
Answer: Baltimore Orioles
Bonus fact: He became known as the Iron Man.
In which U.S. city is The Wire primarily set?
Answer: Baltimore
Bonus fact: David Simon created the series.