Q 01/05

Which leaky companion ship was abandoned in England, forcing the Mayflower to cross the Atlantic alone?

A) Godspeed

B) Arbella

C) Speedwell

D) Discovery

Answer · why

C) Speedwell

Speedwell sprang leaks three times, forcing two returns to port before she was left behind. The colony's own historian later suspected her master of c...

Q 02/05

Before shoals and rough seas turned it back to Cape Cod, the Mayflower was heading for the mouth of which river?

A) Hudson

B) Delaware

C) Potomac

D) Connecticut

Answer · why

A) Hudson

The Hudson was the planned site, inside land the passengers had a patent to settle. Coming ashore far to the north put them outside that patent, one r...

Q 03/05

Before carrying the Pilgrims, the Mayflower mostly took English cloth to France and brought which cargo back?

A) Spices

B) Silk

C) Lace

D) Wine

Answer · why

D) Wine

Wine was the regular return cargo, shipped from Bordeaux to London. The Mayflower was a small trader used to short hops across the Channel, not an oce...

Q 04/05

What sea-inspired name was given to the only baby born aboard the Mayflower during the Atlantic crossing?

A) Seaborn

B) Oceanus

C) Marinus

D) Neptune

Answer · why

B) Oceanus

Oceanus, Latin for ocean, was the name the Hopkins family gave their son. A second boy was born aboard later on, once the ship lay at anchor off the A...

Q 05/05

Samoset startled the Mayflower colonists in March 1621 by greeting them in English and asking for which drink?

A) Cider

B) Mead

C) Beer

D) Brandy

Answer · why

C) Beer

Beer was what Samoset requested, in English picked up from fishermen off the coast of Maine. The settlers gave him strong spirits, biscuit, cheese and...