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Quiz about Song LyricsWreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Quiz about Song LyricsWreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Song Lyrics-Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Quiz


In this quiz, fill in the missing word or complete the next line.

A multiple-choice quiz by titanic97. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
titanic97
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
251,927
Updated
Aug 16 24
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
16 / 20
Plays
2553
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: mfc (20/20), Guest 172 (16/20), Mark2617 (11/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. What is the missing word? "The _____ lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchygoomee. Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What month is talked about here? "The lake it is said, never gives up its dead when the skies of ____ turn gloomy..."

Answer: (One Word; Veteran's Day is in this month)
Question 3 of 20
3. What kind of load was being carried here? "With a load of ______ 26,000 tons more..." Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. "The ship was the pride of the _______ side..." What side was the ship from? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. What kind of ship is in this line? "As the big ______ go, it was bigger than most...." Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Where were they heading to? "...when they left fully loaded for ______." Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. "....could it be the _____ wind they'd been feelin'?" Which direction was the wind from? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. What kind of sound is described? "The wind in the wires made a ____ sound..." Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. "...t'was the witch of November come _________." What did (the witch of November" do? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. "The dawn came late and the _______ had to wait...." What had to wait? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. What was the rain doing in this line? "When afternoon came, it was _________ rain...." Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. "When suppertime came, the ol' captain came on deck..." Is this line correct?


Question 13 of 20
13. What gave in in this line? "At 7 PM, a __________ gave in..." Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What did the captain say the crew was in? "....and the good ship and crew was in _____." Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. Finish this line. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn _____
________
_____
____."
Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Name the bay they were heading towards in this line. "The searchers all say they'd have made _____________ Bay..."

Answer: (One Word (alternate two-word spelling accepted); scared sea life)
Question 17 of 20
17. What remains in this line? "All that remains is the ____...." Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Name the lakes in the order that they appear in this verse. "Lake ____ rolls, ____ sings in the rooms of her ice water mansion. ________ steams like a young man's dreams; the islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake __________ takes in what Lake ______ can send her... Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. How many times did the church bell ring in the following phrase. "The church bell chimed 'til it rang _____ times...." Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. What is the name of the lake mentioned here. "_______, it is said, never gives up her dead...." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the missing word? "The _____ lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchygoomee.

Answer: legend

"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchygoomee." Lightfoot had made the wreck famous when he came out with this song. The lake here is Lake Superior and that lake was always known for swallowing up ships in bad storms.
2. What month is talked about here? "The lake it is said, never gives up its dead when the skies of ____ turn gloomy..."

Answer: November

"The lake, it is said, never gives up its dead when the skies of November turn gloomy." Many sailors wanted to get one more run in for the season before the lakes froze over. However, when they pushed into November, they ran the risk of tackling monstrous storms which could get to be hurricane strength at times.
3. What kind of load was being carried here? "With a load of ______ 26,000 tons more..."

Answer: iron ore

"With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came early."

The Fitzgerald was carrying taconite. This ore is processed and used in steel for buildings and cars. This load was going to a plant to make frames for trucks.
4. "The ship was the pride of the _______ side..." What side was the ship from?

Answer: American

"The ship was the pride of the American side; comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin."

The ship was made in the U.S. by a Great Lakes firm. The Fitzgerald would be the longest laker afloat at nearly 800 ft. long.
5. What kind of ship is in this line? "As the big ______ go, it was bigger than most...."

Answer: freighters

"As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most with a crew and good captain well-seasoned."

The ships on the lakes were known as "lakers". They were usually freighters which hauled all sorts of things from machinery to masonry.
6. Where were they heading to? "...when they left fully loaded for ______."

Answer: Cleveland

"Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms; when they left fully loaded for Cleveland." They were heading for the major port of Cleveland. Cleveland sits right along a lake and was an easy access port for various industries.
7. "....could it be the _____ wind they'd been feelin'?" Which direction was the wind from?

Answer: north

"And later that night when the ship's bell rang; could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?"

North winds could get fierce at times on the lakes. Winds would come out of Canada and whip up these hurricane like storms which would be brutal to go through.
8. What kind of sound is described? "The wind in the wires made a ____ sound..."

Answer: tattletale

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound; when the waves broke over the railin'." Lightfoot was conveying how wicked these storms would start to get on the seas. He gave the wind a personality by saying how the wind sounded. It gave you the sense of an angry being wanting to drive out the ships that crossed her path.
9. "...t'was the witch of November come _________." What did (the witch of November" do?

Answer: stealin'

"And every man knew as the captain did too; t'was the witch of November come stealin'." With cold temperatures and high winds, the weather can steal body heat away faster than with no wind and cold temperatures. Since this was November and the lakes were getting colder, the high winds were too much for the crews sailing on them.
10. "The dawn came late and the _______ had to wait...." What had to wait?

Answer: breakfast

"The dawn came late, and the breakfast had to wait; when the gales of November came slashin'." With a huge storm like this, the cloud mass would make the light of the day seem like it came later than usual. And now the crew would be busy fighting to keep alive onboard.
11. What was the rain doing in this line? "When afternoon came, it was _________ rain...."

Answer: freezin'

"When afternoon came, it was freezin' rain; in the face of a hurricane westwind."

It was now getting rougher out there. When temperatures hover in the freezing mark, any rain that falls and lands on the decks would turn to ice. Freezing rain would start off as regular rain, but won't freeze until it comes in contact with the cold ground or object.
12. "When suppertime came, the ol' captain came on deck..." Is this line correct?

Answer: No

"When suppertime came, the ol' cook came on deck sayin', 'Fellas, it's too rough to feed yas.'" Lightfoot is giving you a sense of how rough it was getting for the ship and her crew. The wreck happened about 7 PM. That was when the Arthur Anderson lost contact with the Fitzgerald.
13. What gave in in this line? "At 7 PM, a __________ gave in..."

Answer: main hatchway

"At 7 PM, a main hatchway gave in; he said, 'Fellas, it's been good to know yas.'"

It was widely believed that an improperly attached clamp on one of the hatches was to blame. Without the hatches properly sealed off, water could get in and weigh the ship down. McSorley, captain of the Fitzgerald, had reported a slight list the day before.
14. What did the captain say the crew was in? "....and the good ship and crew was in _____."

Answer: peril

"The captain wired in that he had water comin' in; and the good ship and crew was in peril. And later that night when his lights went outta sight; came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

The captain never really thought the ship was in much danger other than the list he noticed the day before. In fact, his last communication to the Anderson was, "We are holding our own."
15. Finish this line. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn _____ ________ _____ ____."

Answer: the minutes to hours

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes; when the waves turn the minutes to hours." Because these lakes are so big, it can get very dull and forbidding out there. And finding anything on the open lakes without proper radar would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
16. Name the bay they were heading towards in this line. "The searchers all say they'd have made _____________ Bay..."

Answer: White Fish

"The searchers all say they'd have made White Fish Bay if they'd put 15 more miles behind her." When the Fitzgerald disappeared from sight, they were only 15 miles away from making the relative safety of White Fish Bay on the coast of Michigan.
17. What remains in this line? "All that remains is the ____...."

Answer: faces and the names

"They might've split up or they might've capsized; they may have broke deep and took water. And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." Nobody will ever really know what happened that day. All of the crew perished onboard when the ship went down and Lightfoot stated what would remain of the "legend".
18. Name the lakes in the order that they appear in this verse. "Lake ____ rolls, ____ sings in the rooms of her ice water mansion. ________ steams like a young man's dreams; the islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake __________ takes in what Lake ______ can send her...

Answer: Huron, Superior, Michigan, Ontario, Erie

"Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings in the rooms of her ice water mansion. O Michigan steams like a young man's dreams; the islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario takes in what Lake Erie can send her. And the iron boats go as the mariners all know with the gales of November remembered." Lightfoot wanted to express how peaceful the lakes actually were even through the trying times of late fall storms.

The Fitzgerald lies at the bottom of Lake Superior and is in a peaceful place.
19. How many times did the church bell ring in the following phrase. "The church bell chimed 'til it rang _____ times...."

Answer: 29

"In a musty, old hall in Detroit they breathed; in the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral, a church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald." In the A&E documentary about the Fitzgerald, this was one of the more touching scenes. Divers brought up the old bell from the wreck and replaced the original bell with one that had the names of the crew inscribed on it.

In the documentary, this verse is in the background as each family member of the crew rings the bell one time for each of the 29 lost.
20. What is the name of the lake mentioned here. "_______, it is said, never gives up her dead...."

Answer: Superior

"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchygoomee. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early." Lightfoot later made a song about another shipwreck that happened about 10 years prior to the Fitzgerald wreck. That ship was the Yarmouth Castle; sunk off the coast of Nassau after bursting into flames in 1965. Ninety people lost their lives in that tragedy.
Source: Author titanic97

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