1. What was the dominant predator fish in Oneida Lake during the 17th century?

Walleye
Salmon
Northern pike
Largemouth bass

2. What white man is credited with being the first non-Native American to see Oneida Lake?

Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
Marco Polo
Samuel de Champlain

3. In the first decade of this century, tullibees were stocked in Oneida Lake with the hope that they would prosper and provide a basis for commercial fishing. What is the common name for the tullibee?

Whitefish
American eel
Yellow perch
Brown bullhead

4. The deep "hole", located south of Cleveland, is sometimes named for a famous Cleveland boat livery operator. Who was he?

Allan Abyss
Herbert Messenger
John Forney
Clarence App

5. What part of Shackleton's Shoals was once above water? (It appears that way on colonial maps.)

Eel Isle
Schoolhouse Bar
Big Island
Billington Reef

6. Louis Chesebrough, owner of the Vaseline Company, built a hotel in Sylvan Beach in 1899. What was the hotel's name?

The Saint Charles Hotel
The Chesebrough Estates Hotel
The Oneida Lake Hilton Hotel
The Sylvan Woods Hotel

7. The land along most of Oneida's north shore was purchased as a part of a "patent" in the 1790's. Who bought it?

Richard Cleveland
George Scriba
Thomas Billington
Miguel Constantia

8. How many trees grew on Wantry Island in 1900?

Too many to count
One
Thirteen--one for each of the original 13 colonies
None

9. What steamboat company once operated four large touring-towing boats on Oneida Lake during the 1850's?

The Robert E. Lee Steamboat Company
The Erie Canal Steamboat Company
The Oneida Lake and River Steamboat Company
The St. Lawrence Seaway Steamboat Company

10. The Native American title "Odeaba" referred to which Oneida Lake bay?

Toad Harbor
Maple Bay
Big Bay
Walnut Bay