Baltimore Visitor Guide Fall 2022/Winter 2023 | Page 74

TEST YOUR BALTIMORE

KNOW LEDGE

How well do you know some of Baltimore ’ s most notable moments and influential figures in history ? The answers are provided below , but we dare you not to peek !
TRIVIA

1

You can visit this famous baseball player ’ s hometurned-museum just a few blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards .
a . Babe Ruth b . Cal Ripken Jr . c . Eddie Murray d . Brooks Robinson

2

Though all of these notable writers have called Baltimore home , only one died here under mysterious circumstances and has a museum dedicated to them in their former home in Downtown West .
a . Gertrude Stein b . H . L . Mencken c . F . Scott Fitzgerald d . Edgar Allan Poe

3

Francis Scott Key wrote “ The Star-Spangled Banner ,” which would later become the American national anthem , during a battle at Fort McHenry , which is now a monument and museum dedicated to this period of history . What war was this battle a part of ?
a . The American Revolution b . War of 1812 c . Civil War d . American-Indian Wars

4

In Fell ’ s Point there is a museum named after Frederick Douglass and this man , who opened the first Black-owned shipyard in 1866 . ( You can also learn about both men and many other historical figures at the National Great Blacks In Wax Museum .)
a . Reginald F . Lewis b . Thurgood Marshall c . Isaac Myers d . James E . Lewis

5

Baltimore ’ s Washington
Monument was built in 1829 , years before the one in D . C . How many steps must be climbed to see the panoramic views from the top ?
a . 227 b . 222 c . 176 d . 189
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ANSWER KEY : 1 . A ; 2 . D ; 3 . B ; 4 . C ; 5 . A