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Here are the answers to this week’s Tuesday Trivia questions:

6) What Lowell boxer represented the United States at the 1924 Olympic Games?

* Al Mello a.k.a. Al Tavares

7) Which country’s national anthem was written by a person who lived in Lowell?

* Canada – the song is “O Canada” written in 1880 by Calixa Lavallée

8) How many Roman Catholic churches in Lowell were originally founded as French Canadian parishes?

* Six: Saint Louis de France, Saint Jeanne D’Arc, Saint Jean Baptiste, Saint Marie, Notre Dame de Lourdes and Saint Joseph

9) What famous national monument had its stairs built by the Lowell-based American Safety Tread Company?

* The Statue of Liberty

10) Name one of the two movies in which Lowell-born Bette Davis won an Academy Award?

* Dangerous (1935) or Jezebel (1938)

Here are the answers to this week’s Tuesday Trivia questions:

1) How did Fort Hill get its name?

• A fortification was built on it by the Native Americans

2) What corporation was formed in 1792 and is the oldest existing company in the
United States?

• The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River

3) What was the first textile mill corporation to open in Lowell and the last of the original ones to close?

• The Merrimack Manufacturing Company a.k.a. the Merrimack Mills

4) What hospital was phased out in 1930 and given over to the Grey Nuns of the Cross of Ottawa?

• The Lowell Corporation Hospital

5) Which Civil War veteran was a five-term Congressman, a one term Governor and a candidate for the United States presidency?

• General Benjamin F. Butler

This past Saturday I served as the moderator at the Lowell Historical Society’s annual Trivia Night. My job was to ask the questions, alternating between Trivial Pursuit style interrogatories that tested general knowledge, and plenty of Lowell specific questions to test the knowledge of local history in the room. The evening was a lot of fun. Because of that, and because I’m always looking for ways to stimulate interest in Lowell’s upcoming celebration of its 175th anniversary as a city in 2011, I’m going to start posting a few Lowell trivia questions each Tuesday. Take the quiz yourself and contribute your answers via the comment feature if you feel up to it. On Wednesday nights, I’ll repost the questions along with the official answers.

Here are the first five Lowell trivia questions:

1) How did Fort Hill get its name?

2) What corporation was formed in 1792 and is the oldest existing company in the United States?

3) What was the first textile mill corporation to open in Lowell and the last of the original ones to close?

4) What hospital was phased out in 1930 and given over to the Grey Nuns of the Cross of Ottawa?

5) Which Civil War veteran was a five-term Congressman, a one term Governor and a candidate for the United States presidency?