Q 01/05

Which US president's refusal to shoot a tied-up black bear on a 1902 Mississippi hunt inspired a famous toy?

A) William McKinley

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Grover Cleveland

D) William Howard Taft

Answer · why

B) Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt called shooting the exhausted animal unsportsmanlike, and a newspaper cartoon of the scene led toymaker Morris Michtom to name his ...

Q 02/05

Which German liqueur's label shows a stag with a glowing cross, the vision of hunters' patron Saint Hubert?

A) Underberg

B) Goldschläger

C) Kirschwasser

D) Jägermeister

Answer · why

D) Jägermeister

Jägermeister means master hunter in German, a title used for centuries for the high official in charge of hunting and gamekeeping.

Q 03/05

Noodling, legal in only some US states, means catching which fish with bare hands from underwater holes?

A) Catfish

B) Carp

C) Pike

D) Sturgeon

Answer · why

A) Catfish

Catfish guard their eggs in submerged holes, so a noodler reaches inside and waits for the fish to latch onto the hand before hauling it out.

Q 04/05

Which Canadian island, rather than the mainland region in its name, is the true homeland of the Labrador Retriever?

A) Cape Breton Island

B) Vancouver Island

C) Newfoundland

D) Prince Edward Island

Answer · why

C) Newfoundland

Newfoundland fishermen prized the breed's ancestor, the St John's water dog, before British aristocrats imported it in the 1830s and turned it into a ...

Q 05/05

In which city did Bass Pro Shops turn a pyramid-shaped basketball arena into a megastore with a hotel inside?

A) Las Vegas

B) Memphis

C) Nashville

D) St. Louis

Answer · why

B) Memphis

Memphis opened its Pyramid as a 20,000-seat arena in 1991; it reopened in 2015 with a bowling alley, an archery range and an observation deck beside t...