Q 01/05

What does a farrier do?

A) Breeds and trains falcons

B) Repairs wagon wheels

C) Trims horses' hooves and fits horseshoes

D) Ferries passengers across rivers

Answer · why

C) Trims horses' hooves and fits horseshoes

The trade combines a blacksmith's metalwork with a vet's knowledge of the lower leg.

Q 02/05

What does a cooper make?

A) Copper pots and pans

B) Wooden barrels and casks

C) Chicken coops

D) Rope and cordage

Answer · why

B) Wooden barrels and casks

The staves are heated or steamed to bend them; the workshop is called a cooperage, and the surname Cooper comes from the trade.

Q 03/05

What did a fletcher traditionally do?

A) Skin animals

B) Fletch, or fillet, fish

C) Lay stone floors

D) Attach feathers to arrows

Answer · why

D) Attach feathers to arrows

The word comes from the French flèche, meaning arrow; the fins on an arrow are its fletching.

Q 04/05

By British tradition, what separates the two shoe trades of the cordwainer and the cobbler?

A) One makes new shoes, the other only repairs them

B) One works in leather, the other in wood

C) One makes boots, the other makes sandals

D) One serves men, the other serves women

Answer · why

A) One makes new shoes, the other only repairs them

British tradition restricted cobblers to repair work, and cordwainers, named for Cordoba leather, are often misidentified as cobblers.

Q 05/05

What does a wheelwright build?

A) Wooden wheels

B) Watches and clocks

C) Ship's rigging

D) Millstones

Answer · why

A) Wooden wheels

The suffix wright comes from the Old English for a worker, as in shipwright and playwright.