Boston Bombing trivia

Boston Bombing Mini Quiz

Test your knowledge with these top questions!

Question 1

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombers hid their homemade explosives inside what common household items?

The bombers packed six-liter cookers with nails and ball bearings, using the tightly sealed pots to amplify the destructive pressure of the blast.

Question 2

Boston residents adopted what unifying two-word slogan to show resilience following the 2013 bombings?

Two Emerson College students coined the phrase just hours after the attack to print on charity t-shirts, raising over a million dollars for victims.

Question 3

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev evaded police until a resident found him hiding where?

A Watertown resident stepped outside after the lockdown was lifted and noticed a loose tarp and a trail of blood leading into his parked boat.

Question 4

Following the Boston Marathon bombing, amateur sleuths on Reddit caused massive controversy by doing what?

Users wrongly identified Sunil Tripathi, a missing Brown University student who had actually died by suicide before the bombings even occurred.