Campers have been enjoying a Nebagamon trivia contest during their Zoom calls with Adam and the staff. So we thought we’d offer up an alumni version covering nearly a century of factoids. Answers are at the bottom (below the photo).
Question 1: In what year was the current Paul Bunyan statue created?
A) 1955 B) 1959 C) 1965 D) 1969
Question 2: Which of these languages is not (yet) part of the “Welcome for All” sign?
A) Swedish B) Afrikaans C) Javanese D) Ojibwa
Question 3: Nardie Stein’s first job at Nebagamon was as a senior counselor in which cabin?
A) Throck B) Swamper 1 C) Logger 3 D) Axeman 7
Question 4: Which current cabin was originally two cabins divided by a partition?
A) Swamper 1 B) Logger 5 C) Axeman 3 D) Lumberjack .5
Question 5: Where are the heads of the original two Paul Bunyan statues today?
A) Herb Hollinger Museum B) Under the Rec Hall C) Big House basement D) lost
Question 6: In what year did Camp Nebagamon’s four-week option begin?
A) 1978 B) 1974 C) 1969 D) 1966
Question 7: In what year was the infirmary named the “Waldorf Castoria”?
A) 1929 B) 1941 C) 1953 D) 1966
Question 8: Who came up with the name the “Little House”?
A) Maggie Rolfe B) Janet Lorber C) Sally Lorber Stein D) Jane Stein Kerr
Question 9: The Herb Hollinger Museum was originally a log cabin in what town?
A) Hayward B) Brule C) Iron River D) Superior
Question 10: Which actress used to own a home on Lake Nebagamon?
A) Sigourney Weaver B) Kathy Bates C) Jessica Lange D) Jodie Foster
Question 11: In what year did afternoon project periods begin?
A) 1929 B) 1946 C) 1963 D) 1974
Question 12: What was the name of Nebagamon’s first nature museum?
A) Skunk Hollow B) Chipmunk Valley C) Pine Cabin D) The Range
Question 13: Which of these camp buildings was NOT moved from somewhere outside of camp?
A) The Jail B) Axeman Push Shack C) Pioneer Post D) Fish Shack
Question 14: Which of the following appeared first at camp?
A) A.K. Agikamik B) Orienteering C) Cookout boxes D) Four-square
Question 15: During camp’s first few decades, Cruiser Day took place on which day of the week?
A) Monday B) Tuesday) C) Wednesday D) Thursday
Question 16: The Camp Nebagamon Boat House was dismantled in 1944. Some materials were used to construct which current cabin?
A) Swamper 6 B) Logger 5 C) The Annex D) Voyageur
Question 17: Which U.S. president had a “Summer White House” along the Brule River?
A) Millard Fillmore B) Grover Cleveland C) Woodrow Wilson D) Calvin Coolidge
Question 18: When was the Big House built?
A) 1870 B) 1898 C) 1912 D) 1930
Question 19: In what year did the staff horse-n-goggle tournament begin?
A) 1964 B) 1975 C) 1986 D) 1997
Question 20: How many campers attended Nebagamon in it first summer, 1929?
A) 47 B) 77 C) 107 D) 157
Answers: 1 (D), 2 (C), 3 (B), 4 (D), 5 (A), 6 (B), 7 (C), 8 (D), 9 (B), 10 (C), 11 (C), 12 (A), 13 (D), 14 (A), 15 (B), 16 (D), 17 (D), 18 (B), 19 (C), 20 (A)