1. Abbreviation: MD

2.  Capital: Annapolis  Date Joined the USA:  April 28, 1788  Nickname:  Old Line State  Free State

3.  State Bird:  Baltimore Oriole  State Flower:  Black-eyed Susan  State Flag

4.  Pennsylvania  West Virginia  Virginia  Delaware

5.  Baltimore  Frederick  Gaithersburg

6.  Harriet Tubman  Johns Hopkins  Babe Ruth  Mario  Jada Pinkett Smith  Taraji P. Henson  Martin Lawrence  Carmelo Anthony  Kevin Durant

7.  It is illegal to take your pet lion to the movies.  You may spit on a Baltimore City road, but not on a sidewalk.  It is illegal to sell a chick or duckling to a minor a week before Easter.

8.  Thomas Moore invented the first refrigerator in 1803.  William Howard received the first patent for a steam locomotive in the US in 1828.  Wilbert Robinson (baseball player) hit seven for seven in a game for the Orioles in 1892.  Samuel Morse created the 1 st telegraph line in the US, extending from Baltimore to Washington in 1844.

9.  The 1 st woman professor at a US medical school in 1901 was Dr. Florence Rena Sabin.  The 1 st passenger train in the US, operating from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills in 1830 was created by William Howard.  The 1 st water company established in the US was the Baltimore Water Company in 1792.  Jacob Fussell created the first commercial ice cream factory in the US in 1851.

10.  The 1 st person to use rubber gloves while operating was Dr. William S. Halstead in 1904.  Rembrandt Peale was the first manufacturer of gas in the US in 1816.