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Beans About Boston So you think you know beans about Boston? We'll see. Take our trivia test. Beans poses a fresh question in each issue, carefully crafted by our crack trivia team, on Boston history, culture, customs or driving directions. If you think you know the answer email it to roofscape@gmail.com. Check for the answer in the following issue. Then read the background briefing that accompanies it - the information will help you solve future Beans. 1. What was the name of Paul Revere's horse? A - Trigger. B - Sea Biscuit. C - Mr. Ed. D - Unknown. E - Man o' War. F - Black Beauty. Answer 2. Mount Whoredom was or is located where in Boston? A - Beacon Hill. B - The Combat Zone. C - Merrymount. D - Lansdowne Street. Answer 3. Julia Child, The French Chef, was rumored to be involved in what unsavory culinary-related activity which she always hotly denied? A - She was a CIA spy, being The French Chef was just her cover. B - Half or more of her souffles fell flat off-camera. C - She cooked with food that she'd dropped on the studio floor. D - She cooked the books as well as writing a few cookbooks. Answer 4. Malcolm X moved to Boston in the early 1940's, a troubled teenager with a tumultuous past, to live with his aunt Ella on Dale Street in Roxbury. Soon after his arrival, his aunt offered him a piece of advice that Malcolm later recalled as being one of the most important he was ever given. What was it? A - Go see Boston. B - Get a job! C - Go to church. D - Get some sharp threads. E - Join the Nation of Islam. Answer 5. The infamous art heist at the Gardner Museum - the largest in history with an estimated current worth of a half-billion dollars and now approaching its 20th anniversary - was cleverly carried out by thieves posing as what? A - Mimes. B - Undertakers. C - Policemen. D - Plumbers. E - Exterminators. Answer 6. Martin Luther King, Jr. moved to Boston in September 1951 to pursue his doctorate at the Boston University School of Theology. Where were his bachelor quarters before he married Coretta Scott in 1953? A - B.U. campus housing. B - Back Bay. C - The Fenway. D - The South End. E - Kenmore Square. F - Beacon Hill. Answer 7. On February 2, 1775, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her friend Mercy Otis Warren with this prediction which soon proved to be all too true. "... the die is cast." The King, she wrote, was determined to implement "the acts passed by the late Parliament, and to Maintain the authority of the Legislature over all his dominions ... The Sword," she concluded solemnly, "is now our only, yet dreadful alternative. We know too well the blessings of freedom to tamely resign it." What did John Adam's beloved wife so presciently predict? A - New England would develop a thriving munitions industry. B - Fort Sumter would soon be stormed. C - The American Revolution for independence would soon break out. D - The colony's gambling debts from dicing would soon come due. E - A ceremonial sword gilded with gold and a diamond encrusted hilt must be spent immediately to England to appease King George III. F - Colonial weaponry would prove to be dreadfully designed. Answer     Image ... Boston seen from Roxbury, early 1800's. Notice The Neck (along the line of present day Washington Street) connecting downtown Boston to the Dudley Square area in Roxbury, dividing the Back Bay (to the left) from South Bay.