Family Life
Summer homes made of logs and chinked with moss
Tilt (Candy Prize!)
An oral tradition which was important to the cultures of both Aboriginals and European settlers
Story-telling (Candy Prize!)
The oldest organized sporting event in North America
St. John's Regatta (Candy Prize!)
Provide 3 ways the church was involved in daily 19th century Newfoundland life
Religious, social and educational (Candy Prize!)
What were the 3 methods of communication during the 19th century
Word of mouth, mail and telegraph systems (Candy Prize!)
A square roofed design 2 story house
Biscuit Box (Candy Prize!)
An annual celebration held on November 5th involving the burning of gathered materials
Guy Fawkes Night (Bon Fire Night) (Candy Prize!)
A traditional game played with 2 sticks and 2 rocks
Piddly or Tiddly
As late as 1895, how many doctors were serving Newfoundland?
61 (Candy Prize!)
True or False: The name of Signal Hill actually has nothing to do with Marconi's signal. For years, flags signalled the arrival of ships at St. John's Harbour so that merchants could prepare for docking and unloading without delay
True
House having a curved sloped roof pointing outward on the bottom
Mansard Roof
Jumping from one floating ice pan to another
Copying pans
A race requiring you to lay on your belly, cross over your feet and use arms to push yourself over the floor
Seal Crawl (Candy Prize!)
Why were the lives of outport doctors difficult? (2 reasons)
Heavy workloads and dangerous travel conditions (Candy Prize!)
The first radio signal across the Atlantic took place on what date?
December 12, 1901 (Candy Prize!)
This type of food was suitable only for the poor and destitute
Lobster
Throwing an ember over the house on Christmas Eve is a tradition called?
Burning of the yule log or "back junk" (Candy Prize!)
A traditional Newfoundland game that is similar to baseball
Rounders (Candy Prize!)
This well known Newfoundland doctor raised funds to build hospitals, nursing stations and schools in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Name at least 3 methods of transportation during the 19th century
Dog sled, snowshoes, canoe, small boats, coastal steamers and railway (Candy Prize!)
Entertaining guests and visitors in a friendly way
Hospitality (Candy Prize!)
When groups of people disguise themselves in outlandish costumes at Christmas, visiting homes, playing music, sing and dancing
Mummering or Jannying
Name 3 other sports played in NL besides Rowing
Cricket, curling, snow shoeing, soccer, archery, field hockey, wrestling (Candy Prize!)
This well known nurse who was the only medical assistance for many people on the Great Northern Peninsula. It was estimates that she delivered 5000 babies and extracted 3000 teeth during her career.
Myra Bennett
By 1898 passengers and freight could travel by train from __________________ to _______________________
St. John's to Port aux Basque