Local Trivia - Elliston Elementary School Quiz (early 1980s)

 

 

QUESTION 1

How many boats still fished out of Elliston in 1981/82?
(a) None
(b) About 6
(c) About 22
(d) About 76
(e) More than 100
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 2

Most people no longer earn a living fishing, in 1981/82, rather they worked at ____________.
(a) Fish plant
(b) Mining
(c) Tourism
(d) Carpentry
(e) Information Technology
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 3

C. Tilley Ltd. had a large two-story general store that closed in the fall of ________.
(a) 1910
(b) 1922
(c) 1944
(d) 1954
(e) 1966
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 4

In 1981/82, Elliston Elementary School taught ___________.
(a) K-3
(b) K-6
(c) K-9
(d) K-11
(e) K-12
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 5

What was the source of 1981/82 Elliston's drinking water?
(a) Reservoir
(b) Brook
(c) Common Wells
(d) Artesian Wells
(e) Pond
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 6

Elliston once had four schools. One at Maberly, Elliston North, South Side and _____________?
(a) The Neck
(b) Flowers Cove
(c) Norder Cove
(d) Coles Gulch
(e) Sandy Cove
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 7

In 1981/82, Elliston had three churches operating as follows:
(a) Pentecostal Church, Anglican Church & Salvation Army
(b) Roman Catholic Church, Pentecostal Church & Salvation Army
(c) United Church, Anglican Church & Salvation Army
(d) Jehovah Witness Church, Salvation Army & United Church
(e) None of the above
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 8

Elliston had two T.V. towers, in 1981/82, and they were channels ______________________.
(a) 6 & 1
(b) 8 & 2
(c) 10 & 4
(d) 13 & 7
(e) 605 & 601
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 9

In 1981/82, what did fishermen want the Government to build for them?
(a) Wharf
(b) Slipway
(c) Boat storage structure
(d) Repair facility
(e) Breakwater
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
 

QUESTION 10

Elliston's town hall was built in?
(a) 1965
(b) 1967
(c) 1969
(d) 1973
(e) None of these
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)