Cape Cod Museum Trail Trivia on CapeCod.com!
Take this fun quiz provided by Cape Cod Museum Trail!
What town was for many years the leading oyster producing port of New England?
Wellfleet
Chatham
Eastham
Barnstable
According to tradition, who named Cape Cod?
Jeremiah Cod, an early English settler and landowner in Barnstable
Bartholomew Gosnold, an English explorer, for the first fish he caught in its waters in 1602.
Squanto, for the native Americans’ main staple dish
William Bradford, one of Sandwich’s original “purchasers”
What happened in 1927 at what now is the French Cable Station Museum in Orleans?
Cable was run from Orleans across Pleasant Bay to create a footbridge to Nauset Beach
The first visitors from Paris stayed at the former captain’s home
The message that Charles Lindberg had landed in Paris came through the station from Paris and then was sent to the rest of the United States.
The nautical line known as the French Cable was first developed for large ships
What is the namesake of the Thornton Burgess Museum in Sandwich most known for?
Thornton Burgess, the first Mayor of Plymouth County
Thornton Burgess, the filmmaker
Thornton Burgess, who established Sandy Neck Beach
Thornton Burgess, who wrote more than 170 books, created Peter the Rabbit among so many characters.
What play on Broadway that won a Tony Award owes its costume design to Edward Gorey?
Kinky Boots, inspired by Provincetown shows.
Wicked, based on The Wizard of Oz
Dracula, which starred Frank Langella.
The Seven Year Itch, which was at the Cape Playhouse in 1956
What famous movie star once owned the 1931 Duesenberg Model J Derham Tourster displayed at the Automobile Gallery at Heritage Museums & Gardens?
Humphrey Bogart
Jay Leno
Clark Gable
Gary Cooper
What senator introduced legislation to create the Cape Cod National Seashore and then signed it when he was president?
Calvin Coolidge
Barack Obama
Edward Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
The Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum in Chatham played a huge role that contributed to the allies winning World War II. What was it?
They launched a naval initiative to Europe
This was the site the Navy’s top-secret “Station C” during WWII where it had the vital role of intercepting German U-Boats’ coded signals.
They had the largest Coast Guard base in the US which led to the at sea efforts to France
They played music to interfere with German signals
Where can you still see the famous Coast Guard vessel featured in the recent movie, The Finest Hour?
U.S. CG36500 can be seen, and sometimes boarded at Rock Harbor in Orleans
USCG Station Chatham Light
Otis Air Force Base
Universal Studios, LA
When the Provincetown Art Association Museum was established after World War I, what did the Boston Globe called Provincetown?
The biggest art colony in the world.
The end of the earth
The closest art village West of Paris’ left bank
Home base for beach portraits
At the Provincetown Museum, there is a stuffed polar bear, musk ox and Intuit Artifacts? Why?
They came from the original Portuguese settlers
They were original Native American artifacts and were discovered when the town was built
They were from the original trade routes to Iceland
They were compliments of one of Provincetown’s most famous, explorer Donald Macmillan, namesake of the pier in town as well.
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