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Click “True” or “False” for each of these Newfoundland legends:

1. The coldest recorded Newfoundland temperature is -41 C.

True False



2. “Bakeapple” is the name for a delicious apple dessert made in Newfoundland.

True False

3. Newfoundland's dialect, while difficult for “come-from-aways” to understand, is not a recognized language.

True False

4. “Brewis” is a popular local dish made from cakes of hard bread that have been soaked and cooked with salt-cod and pork fat.

True False

5. Bumble Bee Bight, Ha Ha Bay and Chase Me Further Pond are the names of locally told nursery rhymes.

True False

6. A “hungry schooner” refers to a vessel returning from sea with little or no remaining provisions for its crew.

True False



7. There has been a murder committed on a Newfoundland iceberg.

True False

8. “Iceberg Rodeos,” where icebergs are “lassoed” and pulled to shore, are regularly held during Spring in Newfoundland.

True False

9. The following are names of places in Newfoundland: Jerry's Nose, Joe Batt's Arm, and Nick's Nose Cove.

True False

10. During a “Screech-In,” initiates have to kiss a codfish, drink some Screech rum, and repeat a semi-dialect, slightly risque recitation.

True False

11. “Mummering” is a Christmas tradition in which Mummers wear masks, distort their voices, and go from house-to-house singing and dancing while the host attempts to identify them.

True False

12. Newfoundland is known as “The Rock” based on its great history of rock and roll music legends.

True False