Swamp People Trivia Quiz

Answer: History Channel

First airing on August 22, 2010, "Swamp People" was developed by Delores Gavin is narrated by Pat Duke. Many aspects of living life in a swamp are chronicled, but the series focuses on a tradition that dates back three hundred years.

Answer: Louisiana

Louisiana can been divided into five geographic regions: Greater New Orleans, Acadiana, Florida Parishes, Central Louisiana, and North Louisiana. The focus of this quiz is Acadiana, which is the official name for French Louisiana.

Answer: Atchafalaya Basin

The Atchafalaya Basin or Swamp is the largest in the United States. It is comprised of an area that is approximately 1,400,000 acres in the central part of the state, and is home to many animals including countless migratory birds, deer, wild turkey, and black bear.

Answer: Boat and Stream

Hollowed from a tree trunk, a pirogue is a canoe with a flat bottom. It is generally propelled by paddling, although some do attach outboard motors. On the show, a pirogue is usually seen in remote places that are difficult to reach by any other means, especially in a marshy bayou.

The term bayou can be used to describe a slow-moving stream or river, a tide-water creek, or any kind of marshy wet-land.

Answer: Cajun

Many of the people are descendents of the French who left Canada in the 1700s, and migrated south. Cajuns have their own distinct culture traits, which include language, cuisine, and music.

Answer: Jambalaya

Jambalaya is a dish that has three main parts: meat, vegetables, and rice. The most common form is called Creole jambalaya, and contains tomatoes among the other vegetables of onion, celery, and peppers. The type seen on the program would be the less common form that doesn't contain tomatoes, and sometimes doesn't contain any vegetables.

Answer: Alligator

Although some believe the program portrays cruelty to animals, the truth of the matter is that the alligator population needs to be controlled to insure the safety of both the animals themselves and people. Studies by the state regarding the alligator population are made year-round, and determine quotas and tag allotments from extensive surveys taken. Hunters must have a license, a legal description of the land where they intend to hunt, and either own the land or have written permission from the landowner before they are able to buy tags. Each tag can only be used on the property listed on the hunter's license. All alligators must be tagged immediately, and when hunters run out of tags, they are normally finished hunting. Failure to "tag out" not only hurts their pride, but also their pocketbook!

Answer: 30 days

According to the Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council, the season begins the first Wednesday in September and continues for thirty days. The month is characterized by temperature changes: it can be excruciatingly hot so that the alligator hides begin to shrivel, and it can be unseasonably cold so that the alligator begins to think it is time for hibernation.

In addition the market for alligators is sometimes volatile. In 2011 the average price for a twelve-foot alligator was approximately $180 - if the hide was perfect.

Although it is difficult to estimate how much of their yearly income is made during those thirty days, most hunters do have to supplement their income in other ways.

Answer: They have a very small kill spot

The term the hunters use is that they are "fishing for alligators". Since the animals normally feed at night, the hunters leave baited hooks in strategic areas suspended over the water, and check the lines early in the morning. That doesn't mean, however, that the animal is captured! As they hunt in pairs, one person wrangles the beast, while the other waits for the opportunity to shoot the animals in the quarter-sized kill spot on the back of the head. Large alligators are very powerful, but can tire out rather quickly. Smaller alligators tend to be feisty and more difficult to wrangle. If a shot happens to hit an alligator in a place that is not the kill spot, the animal may be temporarily stunned, appear to be dead for some time, and can even "come back to life" after it is in the boat.

Answer: True

"Outback Hunters" debuted on the History Channel in October 2012. The basic premise is the same. Set in the Northern Territory of Australia, the people hunt crocodile. In addition, there are two mobile app games available: "Choot'Em Angry Swamp" and "Swamp People".