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Baltimore Industrial History Quiz

A historical collage of Baltimore's industrial sites, featuring the harbor, factories, and iconic inventions, in a vintage style.

Baltimore's Industrial Legacy Quiz

Test your knowledge about the rich industrial history of Baltimore! This quiz offers intriguing questions about key inventions, influential figures, and significant developments that shaped the city's industrial landscape.

Join others in exploring:

Historical pollution levels
Famous innovations
The local garment industry
Iconic figures in Baltimore's history

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by ExploringHistory42

Was Baltimore's harbor more polluted in the late 19th century, when it was lined with heavy industry, or today?

19th century

Today

Same amount of pollution

Before advances in transportation and preservation enabled oysters to be eaten year-round, they were a seasonal delicacy. In which month would you NOT want to eat an oyster?

March

June

September

December

What invention--on display at the Baltimore Museum of Industry--did Thomas Edison call "the eighth wonder of the world"?

Rembrandt Peale's Ring of Fire

A. K. Shriver's Steam Retort

Ottmar Mergenthaler's Linotype

Gustav Brunn's Old Bay spice mix

Printers used to lay every letter individually to create text. What's the most commonly used letter in the alphabet?

What year did electricity come to Baltimore?

1874

1913

1898

1881

Which public figure is thought to have brought the heyday of men's hats--most of which were made in Baltimore--to an end?

John F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King, Jr.

William Donald Schaefer

Which of these is NOT a child of the famous Baltimore artist and museum visionary Charles Willson Peale?

Raphaelle

Rembrandt

Titian

Da Vinci

Who founded Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock in 1866?

Frederick Douglass

Isaac Myers

William Applegarth

John Smith

Which company invented the first portable electric drill?

De Walt

Husqvarna

Black and Decker

Bostitch

What was the first Black-owned business listed on the New York Stock Exchange?

Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company

The Afro-American Newspaper

Parks Sausage Co.

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company I

What is the historic nickname of Lombard Street in Baltimore's Jonestown neighborhood?

Corned Beef Row

Star-Spangled Alley

Little Little Italy

Deli Street

How many pounds of raw sugar cane does Baltimore's Domino Sugars plant process each day?

3 million

5 million

6.5 million

10 million

Which material was NOT used in the first airplane built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in 1909?

Bamboo

Spruce

Muslin

Balsa

Approximately how much would you have paid for a new, custom car in Baltimore in the 1890s?

$5,000

$6,500

$10,000

$15,000

About what percentage of Baltimore's workforce was employed in the garment industry in the early 20th century?

10%

25%

30%

40%

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