Q 01/05

Which star was dropped from the 1982 film Cannery Row days into shooting, then won millions from MGM in court?

A) Raquel Welch

B) Jacqueline Bisset

C) Ann-Margret

D) Jane Fonda

Answer · why

A) Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch sued MGM for breach of contract and was awarded a reported $10.8 million in 1986. Debra Winger, 15 years her junior, took over as Suzy.

Q 02/05

What odd concoction does Doc order at a diner on his drive south in Cannery Row, just to taste it?

A) A wine float

B) A whiskey malted

C) A beer milkshake

D) A gin ice-cream soda

Answer · why

C) A beer milkshake

A beer milkshake haunts Doc after a friend jokes that he would order one, so he finally does. He tells the startled waitress it is doctor's orders.

Q 03/05

Which famous attraction opened in 1984 on the site of the Hovden plant, the last working cannery on Cannery Row?

A) National Steinbeck Center

B) Monterey Bay Aquarium

C) Old Fisherman's Wharf

D) Monterey State Historic Park

Answer · why

B) Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium was the first anywhere to show a living kelp forest. It revived the old street and now brings the county hundreds of millions of...

Q 04/05

Which real friend of John Steinbeck, who ran a specimen lab in Monterey, was the inspiration for Doc in Cannery Row?

A) Jacques Cousteau

B) Robinson Jeffers

C) William Beebe

D) Ed Ricketts

Answer · why

D) Ed Ricketts

Ed Ricketts became a celebrity when the book came out, with tourists and reporters seeking him out. His 1939 seashore guide is still a classic of ecol...

Q 05/05

Which fish were the canneries of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row built to pack, before the catch collapsed in the 1940s?

A) Sardines

B) Herring

C) Anchovies

D) Mackerel

Answer · why

A) Sardines

Sardines made Monterey the country's leading fishing port. Then the catch crashed by four-fifths in a single year, 1946 to 1947, and the plants shut o...