How it works
These Maryland trivia questions run from the queen the colony was named for to the airfield where Wilbur Wright taught, in four rounds a host can read aloud.
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Trivia questions about Maryland, round by round
The Calvert colony covers 1632 to 1760: the charter, St. Mary's City and the border quarrel with Pennsylvania. Statehood, rails and Baltimore runs from the Constitution to the Bay Bridge. The bay, the shore and the mountains is the map round, and Roads, schools and one-of-a-kinds holds the red robes and the checkerspot.
Running it at a table
A tap on a choice shows the right answer, one line of reason and the article behind it. The card stops after ten for a tally on paper. Topic, under More options there, keeps it to one round.
Questions and answers
Are these Maryland trivia questions and answers checked?
Yes. Each answer was read on October 3, 2026 in the Wikipedia article Maryland, linked under the question. The National Road is left out because the article's route for it differs from the road's own article. So are election results and team mascots.
What are some easy Maryland trivia questions?
What are the counties east of the bay called? Which river runs between Maryland and Virginia? What linked the two halves of the state in 1952? The answers are the Eastern Shore, the Potomac and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Why is Maryland called America in Miniature?
Because a small state holds so many kinds of land: sandy dunes on the Atlantic, marshes around the bay, rolling oak hills in the Piedmont and pine groves in the western mountains.
Who was Maryland named after?
Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of King Charles I. Lord Baltimore had proposed Crescentia; the king chose Terra Mariae, Mary Land, and that name went into the 1632 charter.