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Take our 2005 April History Quiz
Have fun and celebrate Baltimore County's heritage with this quiz prepared by the reference librarians from the Baltimore County Public Library. We will update the quiz each month.
April's Quiz
1. What County volunteer fire company was made up of priests and seminarians?Go to the answer for question 1
2. The Alberton Textile Mill was established in the early 1850s by James S. Gary. What was its main product during the civil War?
Go to the answer for question 2
3. What local community is constructed entirely of locally mined stone?Go to the answer for question 3
4. Which Baltimore County Library is housed in one of the County's historic buildings?Go to the answer for question 4
5. What was the name of the County's 4th County Executive?Go to the answer for question 5
6. Where in the County was a State Game Farm, owned and operated by the State for the propagation of deer, wild ducks, geese, pheasant and quail? The quail eggs were hatched in electric incubators years ago. Go to the answer for question 6
7. What 1936 romantic musical movie was filmed in Baltimore County?Go to the answer for question 7
8. Somewhere in Baltimore County there stands an octagonal bathhouse built c. 1747. It was equipped with 2 mahogany bath tubs! Where is it located?Go to the answer for question 8
9. Edgar Allen Poe, while struggling to make a living in Baltimore, applied to what school for the principal's position?
Go to the answer for question 9
10. Where, in the County, did conscientious objectors go during World War II?Go to the answer for question 10
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Revised March 29, 2005
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