Welcome to the latest edition of our 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 20 questions–10 new, 10 classic–about official state fish. How many can you get right? Most are pretty obvious, but there are a few sneaky ones.
The last quiz must have been relatively easy, as we saw a big jump in perfect scores, to four. Give a hearty golf clap for Robert, Stephen Fitch, Erik, and Judy W. Three others scored 90%, and the most common score held steady at an anemic 50%.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive an a copy of Tom Rosenbauer’s completely revised Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide. I edited this book, so I can assure you that it’s fabulous.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of a copy of Jay Zimmerman’s great new book The Best Bass Flies: How to Tie and Fish Them, was Michael, who just beat the most common score.
So post your score below for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
80% For some reason I think I remember some of these questions form an earlier quiz
45% got the west coast ones the east coast stumped me.
Last weeks quiz.
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65%
70%
50% lots of bad guesses today
You scored 50%
60%
45%
45%
I need to study
40%
I am not worthy…
30%
However, I can name the capitols.
🙂
50. there are striped bass in Virginia??
20% oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh
Damn… 45%… can’t even pronounce that Hawaii fish.
65%
40
40%, improvement from last week.
50%. Usually on these there’s one or two I have to purely guess…not twenty.
40.
20%..what is the state fish of Denial?
Uh, can we have the wrong quiz back? 65%
65%
70%
55% that’s good for me,,,,
35%
Another 40%.
45% Guessed in 30 seconds or less.
35%:(
45% a shad – really?
30%
60%
50%, average for a coin flip!
35%
45%
Finally, a quiz where I was confident of most answers! Disclaimer: I travel the US for work and have made it a goal to catch the state fish of each of the states I visit, so only had to guess on a few. Hawaii though??? That question was nuts.
90%
55%
40%
40%
70%
45%. Yuck!
35% . Time to get on the road to the east and south and north!
50%
55%. Not bad seeing as how every answer but one was a WAG.
55%
50%
35%… “We suck again!!”
55% – the brookie’s a popular state fish.
Humuhnu-wha?
75%. One of my best scores recently.
35%. Ouch
65%…better than I thought. The answer is always Brook Trout.
35%
35% Embarrassing
55%
30%
75% Lot of lucky guesses.
100% quite a few lucky guesses.
55%
45% In my defense, that’s better than the 25% score you’d expect based on wild-ass guess on every question. I knew none of these. Hardest quiz ever.
Wow only 15%
Really surprised myself with an 80%!
55%
You scored 30%!, wow from 100% to 30%. I don’t know my state fish at all!
45%. Lots of guessing.
70%…bettter than I was expecting.
45%
50%
70% – how come I don’t have that much luck fishing?
55%
50%
35% I can’t even guess that good.
65%
25%
40% at least I got my states fish right
35%
State fish… Not my specialty!
60%
65% Not bad. I am ready to go to Hawaii to catch one of the Humhumhum.etc fish?!?
65% I’ll take it.
65% on the new quiz
35% – my ignorance has reached new depths
it’s a good thing I don’t gamble. Ugh 35%
What a dunce…..15%
55%
75% – I am very happy with that
25%… i’m just a bad person
45% and wiser for it!
60% not the worst, but not the best
40% ! started 2 for 14, and had to nail the last 6 to avoid total humiliation.
60%.
45% brutal!
75%
A modest 50%
65%…… Ugh!
60%. On another note, I like how the podcast linked up with the tying video.
70%
60%
You scored 65%! Higher than expected.
60% Lot of guessing!
45%
a stunning 30%
40%, great quiz!
50%
40 %
Not too bad for a Swede…
55%
60% doing better
40% The state of my state fish knowledge is apparently quite unstately.
40%….
50%
Also, Phil I think I won last week but I haven’t heard anything about the book shipping or what you need from me. Thanks!
Just sent an email. Thanks.
45% some tricky ones in there.
30%
45%