Here are the answers to the quiz.
1. About when did the original rendezvous end?
Answer B 1840. This was sort of a trick question. We try to keep all of the belongings at the modern rendezvous to pre 1897.
2. How big was the first pyramid tent on the tour?
Answer C - 14 x 14 with a 10 x 10 living space.
3. What does period correct mean?
Answer D - Things that only correspond with a certain time period.
4. Three things that you seen on the Rendezvous tour were...
The answer was "a" but the only things that were not in the pictures was the live racoon, the late model camper and the squirrel. This was a tough one.
a) A coffee pot, water pail and a plastic gas can
b) Firewood, a Rebel flag and a live racoon.
c) Firebox, late model camper and a umbrella
d) Person dressed in native american clothing, stack of firewood and a squirrel
5. The firebox in the picture was made out of...
a) Lead
b) Granite
c) Steel - Correct
d) Tin
6. The cabin tent we showed weighed...
a) 10 lbs.
b) 45 lbs.
c) 75 lbs. - Correct
d) 100 lbs.
7. How many chairs could one trapper own?
a) As many as their horse and wagon could carry
b) As many as they could carry
c) As many as he wanted - Correct
d) Two
8. What is the man in the last picture carrying?
a) A ladder
b) An umbrella - correct
c) A cat
d) An umbrella and some pieces of rope
9. At modern day Rendezvous which of these will you likely not find for sale?
a) Beef Jerky
b) Furs
c) Black powder guns
d) Flashlights - correct
10. Pyramid tents have how many sides?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4 - correct
d) 5
11. Smoke was a way for travelers to know where a camp was located.
a) True - correct
b) False
12. Awnings were an easy way to increase living space in a tent.
13. Trappers primarily trapped buffalo.
a) True
b) False - correct
14. If you have a hole 1 foot deep and 1 foot in diameter, how much dirt is in the hole?
a) 0.785 cu. feet
b) 1.2 cu. feet
c) 2 cu. feet
d) None of the above - Correct
This was just a funny question. If you have a hole then dirt is not in it. The correct answer would be none.
15. If there is a plane heading south out of Canada and a plane heading north out of the United States and they crash into each other right on the border, where do they bury the survivors?
a) Michigan
b) Anywhere in the United States
c) Where ever the relatives wish
d) none of the above - Correct
Another funny question. You don't bury survivors