Q 01/05

What is fishing with a hook and line called?

A) Jigging

B) Trawling

C) Angling

D) Seining

Answer · why

C) Angling

The hook was formerly called an angle.

Q 02/05

The old word 'angle', root of a fishing term, meant what in Old English?

A) Corner

B) Hook

C) Rod

D) Worm

Answer · why

B) Hook

Angol, hence the old name 'angle' for a fish hook.

Q 03/05

The world's oldest known fish hooks, found in Sakitari Cave, Okinawa, are made from what?

A) Whale rib bone

B) Knapped flint

C) Sea snail shells

D) Red deer antler

Answer · why

C) Sea snail shells

They are dated between 22,380 and 22,770 years old.

Q 04/05

Which magazine named the fish hook one of the top 20 tools in human history in 2005?

A) Popular Mechanics

B) Forbes

C) National Geographic

D) Time

Answer · why

B) Forbes

Hooks have been made by humans for many thousands of years.

Q 05/05

The earliest fishing reels are documented in paintings from which country and era?

A) Rome, Imperial era

B) China, Song dynasty

C) Egypt, New Kingdom

D) Japan, Heian period

Answer · why

B) China, Song dynasty

Detailed illustrations date from about 1195 AD.