Local Trivia - Quiz #3

 

 

QUESTION 1
When did the SS Newfoundland Sealing Disaster take place?
(a) 1910
(b) 1914
(c) 1927
(d) 1947
(e) None of the Above
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 2
When did the Fishermen’s Union Trading Company open a store in Elliston?
(a) 1923
(b) 1927
(c) 1932
(d) 1947
(e) 1949
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 3
On November 24th, 1919 a public meeting took place regarding a railway spur line link for Elliston. When was spur line put in place?
(a) Aug. 23rd, 1921
(b) June 22nd, 1924
(c) April 1st, 1938
(d) April 8th, 1949
(e) None of these
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 4
When were women first allowed to vote (in general elections) in Elliston/Maberly?
(a) 1902
(b) 1925
(c) 1949
(d) 1967
(e) None of the Above
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 5
Elliston’s legendary strongman was ________ who died at age thirty-eight in 1924?
(a) Charles Lench
(b) Doug Chaulk
(c) Simon Trask
(d) Jimmy Chant
(e) None of the Above
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 6
Who operated the telegraph machine in Elliston in 1914 and received and announced, to the waiting public, the names of the dead and the survivors of the Newfoundland disaster?
(a) Elizabeth Porter
(b) Benjamin Crewe
(c) Alfred Crewe
(d) Benjamin Baker
(e) Sarah Cole
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 7
Who successfully campaigned to rename Muddy Brook to Maberly?
(a) Robert Tilly
(b) William Marmaduke Tilley
(c) Rev. A. G. Bayly
(d) Philip Tocque
(e) None of the Above
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 8
When did the Elliston Memorial School open that honoured local residents killed during the Great War?
(a) June 7th, 1919
(b) January 1st, 1921
(c) June 30th, 1923
(d) May 31st, 1944
(e) None of these
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 9
What service become available at Elliston in 1929?
(a) Water & Sewer
(b) Internet
(c) Telephone
(d) Telegraph
(e) Electricity
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 10
Where did the United States Military establish a station at Elliston that become operational by early 1943?
(a) Elliston Ridge
(b) Marks Path
(c) Sandy Cove
(d) Norder Cove
(e) Maberly
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)