The Finger Lakes Trivia Quiz

Answer: 11

The eleven Finger Lakes are Conesus, Hemlock, Candice, Honeoye, Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, Skaneateles, and Otisco.
All of the Finger Lakes were carved out by glaciers after the Ice Age, which makes them look long, narrow, and similar to fingers.

Answer: Seneca

Geneva is at the north of Seneca Lake and Watkins Glen is at the south. Watkins Glen is also home to the famous NASCAR track. Seneca lake got its name from one of the branches of the Iroquois. Seneca lake is so deep that the very bottom of it is below sea level making it the second deepest lake in New York and the deepest of the Finger Lakes. Seneca lake is also called the trout capital of the world and the site of the unexplained phenomenon, the Guns of Seneca.

Answer: Conesus

Most people do not consider Conesus, Hemlock, Candice, and Honeoye Finger Lakes because of they are so small, although they technically are. In the town of Geneseo adjacent to Conesus Lake there is a huge salt mine.

Answer: Cayuga

Ithaca is just to the south of Cayuga Lake. Like Seneca, Cayuga also came from one of the five branches of the Iroquois. Ithaca is also home to Cornell College and several spectacular waterfalls. Cayuga Lake is the longest of the Finger Lakes.

Answer: Otisco

Onondaga is not a Finger Lake. However if it were, it would be the right answer. As in Question 3, some people don't think Otisco, Skaneateles, and Owasco are Finger Lakes because of their size; again, they technically are. Otisco Lake is the only Finger Lake to be partly man-made.

Answer: Ontario

While the Finger Lakes are east of Erie they are south of Ontario. Ontario and Erie were also carved out by a glaciers.

Answer: Seneca & Keuka

Waneta Lake is just south of the town of Keuka and Lamoka Lake is just north of the town of Bradford. They are connected by a small stream. Lamoka Lake is one of three lakes in the area to have an island.

Answer: Interstate 81

Interstate 81 runs form Syracuse to Binghamton. 90 runs to the north, 86 runs to the south, and 390 runs to the west.

Answer: Interstate 390

Interstate 390 runs from Rochester down towards Corning but ends around the town of Bath.

Answer: 10

It is hard to believe that every lake except for Seneca has a town with the same name because Seneca lake is the biggest. Although there are such towns as Seneca Falls and Seneca Castle and a Seneca Township in Ontario County. There is also a Seneca County.