Welcome to another edition of our mostly weekly trivia challenge, in which 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 featuring twenty (20!) about game-fish species names. How’s your Latin?
I thought that the last quiz had a couple of tricky questions, but there were an impressive nine perfect scores. Let’s have a golf clap for Rick A, Erik, Peter D, Ryan, Bigsteelie, Kingfisher/Eric English, brian, AJ, and the seemingly ever-present Stephen Fitch (two out of the last three!). Four people missed just a single question, and the most common score was 50% (but the 50%-70% was where 1/3 of respondents fell).
We have a very special prize this week: To celebrate the launch of the new collaboration between Tacky and Orvis, we are giving away a Tacky Collab Dropper Box. This is the perfect box to organize flies for dropper fishing. One side has the Original Tacky Mat for small nymphs, and the other side has the Big Bug Tacky Mat for larger patterns such as streamers, hoppers, stimulators, parachutes, and larger nymphs.
The winners of our last quiz (as determined by random.org) were Joseph J and AJ, whose perfect score is matched by a prize.
So post your score below for a chance to win this amazing fly box.
Good luck!
60%
Donald Dehm 20% 🙁 need to sstudy Latin!!
70% !!!! Got to love a biology degree 🙂
90% Tough quiz.
85% Better than I expected
60%, apparently I know Latin……PIG Latin!
60
70%
45% :O(
45% all guesses
50% My latin is terrible.
Yikes. 35%
50%
40%
75%
70%
20%
100%! I guess that’s what 5 years of Latin gets you – finally something rewarding comes of it
40%
Woooooooohoooooooo!!!! Smarter than I thought!
60%
You scored 75%! Thanks!
80%…. nuts. a wise man once said, “if you’re not first, you’re last!”
100% Oh Yeah!
25% true guessing
100%. Hundysticks.
100
got lucky on a few. Latin in High School helped
100%
45%
90% Felix score!
100% with a few guesses
70% which is pretty great for me considering how unwell I remember latin names.
75%…I’ll take it.
50%
Scored 35%.
35%.
Scored 100% lots of winter reading about fishing
40% Apparently I suck.
100%
Respectable 85%
10% NICE!!!!
Started out well, ended at 65%
45%
You scored 65%!
100% finally putting those degrees in fish biology to use.
30% – ouch!
40%. Worst in a long time.
65% and I’m happy with that!
35%
A 70% that could have been 85 if I’d quit second guessing myself.
30%
35% need to brush up on my Latin
70%
100% woohoo! Fish are friends……and food.
45%. What is the name of Latin fish quizzes. I hateus Latinus fisherus quizzerus
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55%. You should send me the fly box so I can better study these species.
100% Oh Yea
50% should not have second guessed myself…
100%… thanks google!
100% – Thanks google
20%… terrible at both latin and guessing
100%
50%
55%
100%
65% I need to chase fish other than trout and trout-like creatures.
20%
35%. Need to learn latin.
Scored 100% would be honored to win this fly box!
70% my best in a while
a bona fide 75 percent
85% and I kind of feel like I crushed this test.
90 percent
100%. Couple of lucky guesses.
75%
35%… Rough day.
100%. Having fly fishing as your favorite activity makes studying fish so much earlier
100% Whoopee.
100%
100% ✔️
100%!! Latin student who flyfishes every weekend.. knew this quiz was my strongpoint.
Latin student? Good luck with that degree.
I got a 100%…had some books laying around, couple of guesses…
I scored 100%
100 % – very lucky on a few.
95%
25%
80% ! I’m happy with that!
85% let’s hope that gets the prize!
90% it was harder then I thought. . I had a blast. Keep them coming haha
You scored 95%! Best yet!
That was fun, Phil. 55%
100%
100% got to love latin class
A nice 40%
35%
50%
30%
55%
30%! And I’m lucky I guessed right on three questions.
55% ?
25% I only knew Musky, Smallmouth, Nothern Pike & Brook Trout. I got Tiger Trout on a guess.
85! Holy crap
25% :/
40, I hang my head in shame
100%
50 % and damn happy with it
40%
Difficult one
100%!!
20% yikes
Had to cheat but found it very interesting. Cheers.
100% fun test and I could really use a fly box to hold all the new flies I tied with my Orvis Tying materials
Your comment is not a plea for the prize…
80%
55% with a bunch of lucky guesses. Obviously I don’t know my Latin.
60% d’s get degrees
100%
55% Lot of guesses!
25%
40%
35%
Guessed on every one.
80%
100% but some were pretty hard to remember (marine biology major in college!)
75%. Cuttyrainbrown. Nice.
100%. Finally paid off to be married to a Latin teacher!
Is she a latin lover too?
100%, that was a toughy
100%!! I guess I did learn something in college!
45%, knew a few but a lot of guesses. Just glad its over…but the box would make it all worth it!
90%
70% I’ll take it.
Scored 85%
80% Shameful.
60%…I’ll take that!!
65%
65%, and about half of the correct ones were guesses. Tough quiz!
35%
Got them all right 100
65%
In awe of those 100 percenters!
30% (FYI if you guess “C” on every question you will get a 30)
95%
100!
75%
85%
85%. Better than expected! After four years I hope this is my week to get lucky.
90%. I’m amazed at all the 100s.
Finally pulled a 100%!
Wee-hoo.
~ ZeissMan
20% does that make me a bottom feeder? :p
95%!!!
Yikes–35%. I got the local fish right, but that’s it.
50%… guess I was feeling good with the guesses..
100%
65% with many guesses
solid 40%
Got a 95%. I thought Prosopium Williamsoni was Walleye. However, I’m still happy with my score.
You thought wrong.
65%
100% NICE!
65%
90%…my ichthyology professor would be ashamed.
25% not great but actually better then I thought that I’d score
35% could do better.
45%, any guesses were wrong.
Score: 100%!
100%!!!!!
60%.
100%
50%
100%
35%.
100%, thanks for the new fly box
You do know the winner is picked at random?
100% thanks to my latin studies.
60%
30%
did a little better than I thought 65%
35% all guesses
55%. I’ve done worse.
You’ve got to be kidding me! 20!
50% Mostly guesses
100% 🙂
Good guess 95%
30%
30%, all guesses
55%. Learned some new things this morning, thanks!
45%. Knew I should have taken that fisheries course during undergrad.. Go HOKIES!
40%- common name “not so good”
100% Great challenge!!!! Loved the quiz!
50% and I’m happy with that.
25% for me, a whole lot to learn still
75% – without using that Google machine…
40%
60% worth of guesses
100% all that random truck quizing with the Bios and some decent guessing, blue gill was blind folded dart throwing
30%
A suprising 50%!
100% Woo! I guess 4 years of biology and taxonomy paid off lol.
75%
50% Great Quiz!
100%! The salmons were though tough…
40%! I’m proud I knew that much. Was close on a couple of others but switched answers. Always stick with your first choice.
25% really having a bad run…
100% (along with about 50% of other quiz-takers…)
100% very tough but a great refresher
55%
80% I guess that one Latin class in high school paid off!
50 percent
75%
100%
Lol I got 20% guess I need to study.
75%, without using google
50%
65%!!
45. yikes
Scored 95% I answered them all correct and took screenshots prior to submission
Finally a semi respectable score 75%. Also please get those dudes at Tacky to do a boat box for big streamers
75%
25%…never took Latin….that’s evident.
55%
Never had that number.
Some of that Latin paid off, and looking at books in the library………. some guesses, but 80%.
30%
55%
latin class was a long time ago
90%. Latin I know, yea,,,,,,,,
35%
35%
35%……tough quiz if you’ve never taken Latin.
35
50% with a few lucky guesses. None of the fish I catch actually speak latin.
Random guesses gives me 25%
30%. Nothing but honest guesses.
If I may say so, boring. 30%
You scored 50%! My taxonomy is restricted to a few trout and salmon species.
worst of everybody 5%
7/20
25% After 3 years of Latin 52 years ago you would think I would remember something!?!
45%. My high school Latin teacher would not be happy!
30%. Feel like a rectal orifice
100%, I think I had luck on my side
Luck of google.
55%
15% My lowest score ever!
75%
40%…but I was 100% sure on Tarpon and Northern Pike!
80%
Wow, super hard and made me sad that I don’t have those names on the top of my head. Thanks for the reminder, both of the fish I should know more about and the Latin classes I took in college.
100%
Why in the world would you have taken latin in college?
40 on sheer guessing. Boring quiz; learn nothing
90%
30% all guesses!
30%, when in doubt pick C, all in doubt
80%
25%… need to do some more reading!
50% -thats about 45% better than i thought I would score
65% for me this week!
85%
100%!
35%
80%. Good score, but again, too much time spent on the dorkier aspects of fly fishing. I need to get out and fish more.
100% I spend way to much time looking up the Latin name for fish.
45% I failed because I am a screwball fisherman.
100%