View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Harbor Food Processing.
(b) General Seafoods Company.
(c) Ocean Foods.
(d) Gorton's Seafood Company.

2. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

3. Who currently owns Fishy Moore's?
(a) Agatha Norwich.
(b) Martin Shipp.
(c) Shaun Britton.
(d) Alex Caswell.

4. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?
(a) Jon Jonsson.
(b) Leif Marksson.
(c) Erik Grindavík.
(d) Thor Thorsson.

5. By keeping fish in _____ in Petty Harbour, they can be kept alive until a market could be found for them.
(a) Pens.
(b) Freezers.
(c) Off shore wells.
(d) Hanging tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American President issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. had the right to control mineral resources on its continental shelf?

2. White strips of peanut butter-filled hard candy in St. John's are called _____.

3. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?

4. The Polsloe Bridge fish-and-chips shop was in which British city?

5. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 220 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample