HOSPITALITY QUIZ QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Liberty Hotel in Beacon Hill - Answer: A four-star hotel in the renovated historic Suffolk County jail.
Loews Boston Hotel - Answer: A four-star hotel in the former Boston Police Headquarters.
Langham Hotel - Answer: A five-star hotel in the former Boston Federal Reserve Bank.
Custom House Tower by Marriott Vacation Club - Answer: A vacation club in the former Boston Customs
House.
Omni Parker House (Boston cream pie and Parker House rolls) - Answer: The oldest continuously
operating hotel in the U.S. (with the exception of the closure during COVID) (Bonus: What two iconic
food items are associated with this hotel?)
Union Oyster House - Answer: The oldest continuously operating restaurant in the U.S. (Bonus: What did
a historic American orator/politician do there almost every day?)
Bell in Hand Tavern (1795) - Answer: The self-proclaimed oldest tavern in the U.S. (Bonus: In what year
was it founded?)
Regina Pizzeria - Answer: Boston's oldest continuously operated pizzeria (5th oldest in the U.S.)
Boston Public Market - Answer: The old home of the public hay market, now a public food market in the
historic Blackstone Block.
Mike's Pastry - Answer: The original home of Boston's most famous cannoli
Ruth Chris Steakhouse - Answer: The national chain restaurant in the former Boston City Hall (Bonus:
Take a picture with the "Father of Electricity.")
Starbucks - Answer: The historic "steaming tea pot" now hangs above an international coffee chain
restaurant.
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Liberty Hotel in Beacon Hill - Answer: A four-star hotel in the renovated historic Suffolk County jail.
Loews Boston Hotel - Answer: A four-star hotel in the former Boston Police Headquarters.
Langham Hotel - Answer: A five-star hotel in the former Boston Federal Reserve Bank.
Custom House Tower by Marriott Vacation Club - Answer: A vacation club in the former Boston Customs
House.
Omni Parker House (Boston cream pie and Parker House rolls) - Answer: The oldest continuously
operating hotel in the U.S. (with the exception of the closure during COVID) (Bonus: What two iconic
food items are associated with this hotel?)
Union Oyster House - Answer: The oldest continuously operating restaurant in the U.S. (Bonus: What did
a historic American orator/politician do there almost every day?)
Bell in Hand Tavern (1795) - Answer: The self-proclaimed oldest tavern in the U.S. (Bonus: In what year
was it founded?)
Regina Pizzeria - Answer: Boston's oldest continuously operated pizzeria (5th oldest in the U.S.)
Boston Public Market - Answer: The old home of the public hay market, now a public food market in the
historic Blackstone Block.
Mike's Pastry - Answer: The original home of Boston's most famous cannoli
Ruth Chris Steakhouse - Answer: The national chain restaurant in the former Boston City Hall (Bonus:
Take a picture with the "Father of Electricity.")
Starbucks - Answer: The historic "steaming tea pot" now hangs above an international coffee chain
restaurant.
