Haunted Cape Cod
Fishing and Ports
Shipwrecks
Geography
Famous Residents
100
This lower cape inn is said to be the home of a long dead guest.
What is the Orleans Inn
100
Land's End or Hell Town as its been known, has been home to sailors, pirates, fisherman, painters and authors for centuries.
What is Provincetown
100
Made famous by the film The Finest Hours this tanker split in two.
What is the Pendelton
100
Northernmost town of Cape Cod.
What is Provincetown
100
Hyannisport was the summer home of this United States President.
Who is John F Kennedy
200
This woman is said to be seen on the National Seashore looking for Sam Bellamy.
Who is Maria (Goody) Hallett
200
This town bills itself as "One town-Three ports"
What is Harwich
200
This steel freighter which was blown ashore in East Orleans, Massachusetts on March 29, 1984.
What is Eldia
200
Once home to a very productive glass factory.
What is Sandwich
200
Grey Gables was the summer residence of this United States president, the only president to marry in the White House.
Who is Grover Cleveland
300
This Falmouth cultural center is said to be visited by past owners.
What is Highfield Hall
300
Every day of the fishing season, the fish pier at this Harbor is bustling with visitors and residents alike, eager to observe the excitement of a fishing boat returning to port loaded with its catch. You can learn more about which fish they are bringing in as well as the history and future of Cape Cod's small-boat fishing industry when you take part in the Pier Host Program.
What is Chatham Harbor
300
Lesser known of the two tankers that split apart off the coast of Cape Cod February 18, 1952, not featured in the film The Finest Hours.
What is the Fort Mercer
300
Home to Highland Light and Links
What is Truro
300
Best known by many for her early television comedy Hazel, she spent her final years in Chatham.
Who is Shirley Booth
400
In this Captain's town William Burgess left his wife a widow for 63 years. She turned down 50 proposals and wanders through her home.
What is Brewster
400
Pier to Plate is a program designed to enhance the consuming of these two fish.
What is dogfish and skate
400
There is a museum in Provincetown and West Yarmouth dedicated to this ship that sank off the coast of Wellfleet.
What is the Whydah
400
The original explorer in the region was Bartholomew Gosnold who arrived in 1602. The town was established in 1636. The original settlers were primarily farmers, however fishing and salt production soon became important factors for the economy. Near the end of the 19th Century approximately 800 ships were harbored in the town. In 1854 the railroad reached the town, which caused a large reduction in the number of ships utilizing the port.
What is Barnstable
400
The WHAT theater in Wellfleet named its stage after this actress who was a long-time resident of Chatham.
Who is Julie Harris
500
This house was built in 1716, by James Paine, who has the posthumous honor of being related to Robert Treat Paine, a signer of The Declaration of Independence. It was built over an underground river, which can be a convenient labor-saver, or an accident ready to happen, depending on the circumstances. The house is named after the large Cape Cod town where it is located.
What is the Barnstable House
500
This town is known for its oyster fisheries, celebrated each October with a fest.
What is Wellfleet
500
The first recorded wreck which ran aground at Orleans in 1626. The people aboard were able to get ashore safely, and the ship was repaired. But, before it could set sail, the ship was sunk by another storm and wasn't seen for over two hundred years. In 1863, after storms had shifted the sands again, the skeleton of the ship reappeared briefly. So the ocean takes and gives back and takes again. (The ribs of the ship are now on display in Plymouth at Pilgrim Hall.)
What is the Sparrowhawk
500
This lower cape town was named for the chair of a Mayflower Pilgrim, who never set foot in the town.
What is Brewster
500
For several years this actor, known best for his roles on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and the Love Boat, lived full time with his wife in Harwich.
Who is Gavin McLeod
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