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Quiz about Were Lumberjacks and Were OK

We're Lumberjacks and We're OK Quiz

Commission Number 49. Always a challenge but this time lets enjoy the life of a lumberjack, not from Monty Python's song version but from real life.

A multiple-choice quiz by ClaudiaCat. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
ClaudiaCat
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
390,044
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
369
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Question 1 of 10
1. As the name suggests, a lumberjack deals with lumber or logging or wood. Where did the term originate? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. One role of a lumberjack was the most dangerous and required high branch work. What was the name of this worker? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. A lumberjack who operates the signal wire running to a donkey engine whistle is known as what? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. What are the logging vehicles called that pull out the cut trees from the forest? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. A method of getting logs from the mountains to the saw mills is called what? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. The lumberjack used a two-handled saw, which required two people to operate it, but what was the saw used to cut wood across the grain? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. As time evolved handheld instruments became obsolete and then the chainsaw was utilised. What decade did the motorised chainsaw become involved in logging? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. What is the term used today meaning someone down and out living in such a place, started with the logging industry? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. The modern sport associated with lumber jacking is wood chopping.


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Question 10 of 10
10. Monty Python, of course, is known for the song "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay". Does the lumberjack still exist?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. As the name suggests, a lumberjack deals with lumber or logging or wood. Where did the term originate?

Answer: Canada

 The term "lumberjack" stems from Canada where previously a timber worker was known as a logger. Both a lumberjack and logger are forest workers who do not use power tools and historically used saws and axes. It was a dangerous job, where the workers had to scale trees with ropes and proceed to cut the tree limbs until they could finally fell the tree.
2. One role of a lumberjack was the most dangerous and required high branch work. What was the name of this worker?

Answer: Tree Lopper

 Tree Lopping Lumberjacks had a dangerous job. They were required to climb a tree to the top and then proceeded to cut the branches and limbs as they worked their way down. Today, the tree is lopped and the branches are cut from the tree when it is on the ground.
3. A lumberjack who operates the signal wire running to a donkey engine whistle is known as what?

Answer: Whistle punk

 A steam donkey is a term for a person that looks after the steam powered winch. Therefore, the whistle punk was in charge of looking after the safety and operation of the steam powered winch.
4. What are the logging vehicles called that pull out the cut trees from the forest?

Answer: Skidder

 Skidders is the term for the workers that remove the trees from the ground. The first skidders used oxen, mules or horses. Later mechanical winches were used that were mainly steam powered, large and cumbersome machines that completed the work efficiently and gave less stress to the labour intensive work that was required prior to this innovation.
5. A method of getting logs from the mountains to the saw mills is called what?

Answer: Log flume

 The term log flume is used to describe the transport of the logs down from the mountains to the sawmill by water. Whether by the use of man-made channels or rivers, the logs were sent down by water quickly and cheaply without the need to use animals.
6. The lumberjack used a two-handled saw, which required two people to operate it, but what was the saw used to cut wood across the grain?

Answer: Cross cut saw

 A two-handled saw is, as the name suggests, used by two people. The crosscut saw was used also by two people but designed to cut the wood perpendicular to the wood grain.
7. As time evolved handheld instruments became obsolete and then the chainsaw was utilised. What decade did the motorised chainsaw become involved in logging?

Answer: 1920s

 The first chainsaws were produced in the 1920s in Germany and needed to be operated by two people. In the 1950s, the first one man chain saw was produced which changed the usage of the machine especially in forest harvesting and lumberjacking.
8. What is the term used today meaning someone down and out living in such a place, started with the logging industry?

Answer: Skid Road

 The term 'Skid Road' started with the logging industry as a description of loggers using a path to send logs down a road or path. Over time it has become known as a road that the down and out or outcasts from society live.
9. The modern sport associated with lumber jacking is wood chopping.

Answer: True

Wood chopping is a popular sport in country fairs and agricultural fairs. It is believed that the first wood chopping event happened in Tasmania, Australia as a result of a bet. The first wood chopping event was held in Tasmania in the late 1800s.
10. Monty Python, of course, is known for the song "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay". Does the lumberjack still exist?

Answer: Yes

Over the years the role of the lumberjack has changed. Today the lumberjack is mainly in control of the machinery involved in harvesting the trees whereas historically the lumberjack was involved in the handling of the felling of the trees.
Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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