Welcome to another edition of our fly-fishing trivia challenge, where we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing, and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we’ve got a classic quiz: 20 questions all about fish nicknames.
Remember: you can submit full quizzes or individual questions by emailing them to monahanp@orvis.com. Each week, one of the question submitters will get a pack of cool stickers.
The scores on the last Trivia Challenge were about the same overall as last week, with 70% being the most common score. The number of perfect scores remained the same, as well, with 4 folks achieving 100%. Congrats to Winston, Blaine Barringer, Dwf, and Mikael Pertmann.
Most of you guessed low about the redfish world record last week. That was a monster fish!.
The randomly chosen winner of this week’s quiz will receive packet of super-cool stickers. The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org) was Dave L, who failed the test but won a prize.
So, take this week’s quiz, and no matter how well or poorly you do, post your score in the comments below to be eligible to win some great stickers for your car, boat, guitar, or whatever you want.
Good luck!
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Do you know your trout nicknames?
Photo by Eric Rickstad
40
again I suck at these
You scored 80%!
70%. Thought I’d do better on a “classic” quiz.
60% not good but better than the last.
Phil, it looks like only the first 10 questions are showing up. It’s showing the answers for the other 10 once you submit but not scoring them. That said… I scored 80%
70% I had such high hopes…..
100% Liked this one!
40 – But I tried reeeeealy hard!
100%
Guessed on the bonefish but knew all the others.
60% today
50%
80% Never heard pickerel called a ‘jack’….
In Canada, A Northern Pike is considered a “jack”, and walleye is referred to as pickerall
40%
70%
50%
100%
90%!!! Who said you can’t guess your way to a good score?
60 percent and proud of it
70%
100%. First time ever!!
70%
70%!
90%
50% 🙁
60% again
50% 😀
90%
80
60%
50%
70% better than my hooked to landed ratio on ‘Silver Kings’!
not sure what my score is . got confused at the end
50%
70%
50%
90%, almost all of em
70%
70%
50%
60%, duh.
70%!!!!!
90% with a guess.
Check your back-cast: I’m back with a 90% …….even nailed Crazy Reese!
100%
60%
70%
60% 🙁
60%; Phil, your quizzes are busted,
60%
only 70%? I thought I crushed it! Damn you crazy reese…
60%
70%
50%
That question about inconnu though, inconnu shows up in fishing regs so it aint a nickname…
50%
70%. Should’ve had 80%, but misclicked.
60%!
50%
I scored 50%. The only one I knew for sure was German trout. Not bad for a beginner angler…luck was on my side.
90
40%, great quiz!
70 percent. I need to do more reading.
90%. Last one got me
8/10 again. Darn tarpon and sheefish. I live in Idaho for Pete’s sake.
100%
I thought I did bad …
60%
50%
80% the last two quizzes I have had to do twice because it will not connect to the answers the first time.
90%
Only 50% on this one. Would have been better if I had gone with my first thought on a couple. As always it was fun!
30 %. Well, I only knew the answers to number 5 and number 7… 🙂
50% Getting better
90% Wow ! Thats the best im ever going to do.
90% yippeeekaye
60% ouch!
70%. Ahh yessss
50%, there are name that i have never eared before…
50%- started off well, then faded fast…
60% thought I did bettah bub!
40%
90%. Has to guess at the bonefish one (and guessed wrong). I too only had 10 questions don’t know why
70%.
I got 70% correct.
90%, although yesterday’s quiz error did help!
85% not to bad.
70%
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85%. This has something to do with living 1200 miles from any salt water.
70%, I really thought I knew more of these!
60% Slightly better than I expected
75%…the saltwater fish were rough.
70%
Second time around 90%!
70%. Fair, i guess…
85% Second time around
65%
95%
85% WooHoo!
85% on the redo! Pretty good!
80 on the 2nd
60% Not great but better than I thought I did
90% This quiz was a good one, thanks.
A dismal 35
75 never heard of copperbelly
95%
Missed one of the last 10 questions, although Kern River Rainbow…???
You’d think score would go up the 2nd time around — 85%
Well not so good. 60%… maybe some stickers would help
“You scored 80%!” At least I got the first 10 right
65%
85%
75%
50% I did better when there was only 10 questions
70% again….if nothing else, I’m consistent.
Holy crap! 95% best yet!
90% on the do over, still had hopes for better!
85%
90%! My personal best.
55%
70%, different day, same result…
90%! you should always allow retakes
60%
30% I really need to brush up on fish nicknames.
80 % the saltwater ones got me
65%
You scored 100%!
I have my masters in fisheries research…….and got 55%.
Every animal has an average of something like seven common names – which is the reason scientific names are used in published papers.
30%. Not good.
75%
75%
25%
60% stuck at this score. Need to study more!
felt confident until i looked at my score 60 %
I disagree with the freshwater jack question. In upstate NY a nice yellow perch is a “jack perch”
sour grapes I know
70% Fun Quiz Phil!!!
Thanks to a second go at it I improved from 50% to 80%.
80% but for some reason the first ten were very familiar… 😉
60%
90 should be 95 answer moved when I changed questions happens all the time but did not catch it this time as it was the second time I did the quiz because when you go to the answer page it will not connect the first time this has happened with the last three quizzes.
100% this time.
85%
Nice long quiz!
Tough one too.
80% liked these questions! Learned some cool stuff.
95! (with 10 “free-bees” . . .)
55% If I didn’t know it, I got it wrong, no lucky guesses
65%….Ouch
meh 75%
You scored 75%!
80% WOW just WOW I’m not doing anything for the rest of the day, got to rest the brain after that score. Well maybe a little fishing
Working toward my age 75%!
100% on first 10. It’s the second 10 that made me end up at 65%
You scored 50%! Just what I expected from guessing at so many.
90%, first try
95%
35% I need to study harder next time…
85%!
50%
55% 😀
40 ouch
75%. Some nicknames were totally new to me. Must be very regional.
that was good! sometimes I call those fish other names.
95%
65%, great quiz!
70%. Now I need to catch all 20.