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Think you know all there is to know about Oneida Lake?

Well, here's another short brain teaser to test your knowledge of the Lake's history.

Good luck, and have fun!
 

ONEIDA LAKE HISTORY QUIZ #2

by Jack Henke


1. Which major Oneida Lake tributary was named for a prominent 19th century landowner?
Erie Canal
Scriba Creek
Canaseraga Creek
Fish Creek


2. Cleveland factories were most famous for making what product in the latter 19th century?

Glass
Log cabins
Horse saddles
Trawler nets
3. Who donated the land on which Sylvan Beach's Union Chapel is built?
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Bartholomew Union
Horace T. Sylvania
James D. Spencer
4. Name the physician who once operated a sanitarium at Sylvan Beach.
Dr. Sigmund Freud
Dr. Martin Cavanaugh
Dr. Lucille LaPlace
Dr. Heinrich Schizo
5. What Iroquois Native American tribes fished the west and east ends of Oneida Lake, respectively?
The Onondagas and the Oneidas
The Oneidas and the Eries
The Eries and the Mohawks
The Mohawks and the Onondagas
6. What building in Cleveland was designed by the famous architect Richard Upjohn?
Cleveland Glass Works
King George Country Inn
St. James Episcopal Church
Fort Constantia


7. What famous New Yorker built a home, called "Kempwyk," just west of Cleveland in the 1790's?

George Scriba
Thomas Billington
Friar Jonathan "Tug" Hill
Francis Adrian Van Der Kemp
8. What was the former name given to the tip of Long Point?
Three Mile Point
Peck's Point
Frenchman's Point
Wottsda Point
9. What Constantia native served in the United States House of Representatives from 1874 until 1878?
Patrick Henry
Zebulon Bush
Spiro T. Agnew
James H. Baker
10. What was Sylvan Beach's "Carnival Park" called in the latter 20th century?
The "Midway"
East End Amusement Park
The "Steel Pier"
It's still called "Carnival Park"