Jack
Praiseworthy
Around the Horn
In Gold Country
Everything Else!
100

Where is Jack from?

Boston

100

Where is Praiseworthy from?

England

100

Who won the race around the horn?

The Lady Wilma

100

What did Praiseworthy use instead of a pan to find gold?

His umbrella

100

Where do Praiseworthy and his new family decide they will settle down as their home?

Near the diggings.

200

Jack is going to the gold fields to make it rich to help whom?

His Aunt Arabella

200

What job did Praiseworthy always envision himself doing?

Being a butler

200

How long did the trip around the horn take?

Approximately 6 months.

200

To raise money to travel to gold country, Jack and Praiseworthy collected gold from Miners' _______?

Hair

200

What is Jamoka?

Coffee

300

What is Jack's nickname in Hangtown?

Jamoka Jack

300

What became Praiseworthy's nickname in Hangtown?

Bullwhip

300

Cut-eye Higgins originally disguised himself as being a what?

A Judge.

300

While first finding a claim, Jack and Praiseworthy were shot at. Thankfully, the bullet missed them but went through __________.

Jack's gold pan.

300

Jack and Praiseworthy struck bedrock and gold, but that was an accident.  Why were they digging the hole?

They were told to dig Doc Higgins' grave.

400

What name did Praiseworthy call Jack that made Jack incredibly happy?

Jack

400

When robbed by outlaws on the way to gold country, Praiseworthy was forced to give up his _______?

Coat

400

Jack took a liking to a swine on board and named him what?

Good Luck

400

What was the name of the minder who taught Jack and Praiseworthy to pan for gold?

Pitch-pine Billy Pierce

400

Every book has an author. The author of BTGHS is named ______________?

Sid Fleischman

500

The city Jack is from is in the state of M************. How do you spell that?

M A S S A C H U S E T T S

500

How did Praiseworthy become such a skilled fighter?

By reading books on fighting

500

Captain Swain took a short cut through the dangerous Straight of _______ to pass the Sea Raven.

Magellan

500

Another name for a burro...

A donkey

500

The final sentence of any book says a lot about the book itself. What is the final sentence of BTGHS? 

They were a family.