Try our version of So, You Think You Know Bowdoinham? The questions were put together
by fourth graders studying their town as part of social studies. Each correct answer is worth 2
points. You are on the honor system to only score the points if you get the answer right on the first
try! While you are playing the back button takes you to the top of the page. It may be easier to use the back
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Bank Robbery Questions
1. What was the date that the bank was robbed?
2. How did the robbers get away?
3. What where the criminals names ?
A. Jim Lupis, Jack Offenburger and Dave Andrews
B. David Barlett, Orrin Simms and David McGuire
C. Rick Maly, Mark Manly and Steve Johnson
4. Who was the first bank cashier?
5. Which of the robbers was born first?
6. What of these robbers was born last?
Bowdoinham School Questions
7. Community School was built in what year?
8. Why were there schools all over the town?
A. They couldn't walk to a school that was on the other side of Bowdoinham.
B. They liked to walk to a school when it was on the other side of Bowdoinham.
C. They didn't want the kids to go far from home.
9. Who named the Coombs School?
10. How did they build the Community School?
A. All the parents in Bowdoinham helped build the Community School
B. Construction workers did it
11. When was Coombs School built?
Fire Questions
12. How long has it been since the biggest fire? (question written in 1999)
13. What hotel was burned in the fire?
14.What number is closest to the number of buildings burned in the fire?
Bowdoinham in general questions
15. How many rivers run into Merrymeeting Bay?
16. Who invented Eureka Fly Killer?
17. When was the Town Hall built as church?
18. What Christian Organization built their own church in 1837 or 1838?
19. When did Bowdoinham become a town?
20. Where was the Bowdoinham Memorial Cannon brought in from?
21. When was the First Train Station torn down?
22. In what order did Bowdoinham come in in order of when towns were incorporated.
23. What two ways did most of the lumber leave the Steam Saw Mill?
24. When did Bowdoinham celebrate it's bicentennial?
25. Name two rivers from Bowdoinham.
26. Name three important industries in Bowdoinham's past.
A. Ice Cutting, Shipbuilding, Logging
B. Potato Harvesting, Blueberry Picking, Aircraft Development
C. Steel production, stores, rice growing
27. About how many people live in Bowdoinham now. About....
28. When was the first Bowdoinham Post Office incorporated?
29. Bowdoinham was named for?
30. The Bowdoinham Barbecue was started to raise money for....?
C. To give people something to do
The Kindling Wood Factory
31. How many gang saws did the Kindling Wood Factory have?
32. How was the Kindling Wood Factory destroyed?
33. What was on top of the drying kiln?
34. How much did ten bundles of wood cost?
35. What year was the Wood Kindling Factory burnt down?
Early Settlement
36. About what year did the first settlers come to Bowdoinham?
37. What Company first encouraged the settlement of Bowdoinham?
38. What made Bowdoinham such a good place to live in early times?
B. The friendly Native Americans
39. Early Bowdoinham included parts of what two towns?
Ice Cutting
40. Why was there a need to cut so much ice?
41. What caused the ice industry to end?
B. There were taxes on the business
42. What was used to keep the ice from melting?
Shipbuilding
43. About how many ships were built in Bowdoinham?
44. Why did shipbuilding stop in town?
C. Metal ships started to be built
45. What was the largest ship built in Bowdoinham called?
46. Where were most ships launched?
Bridges
47. The first bridge over the Cathance River connected Bowdoinham to...?
48. The Brooklyn Bridge came from where?
49. There have been _______ bridges over the Cathance at the present site?
50. What river was the Cast Iron Bridge over?
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0- 30 points You need to spend some time on the history page. Try again when you're ready!
32-60 points That's better, but you still have some reading to do!
62-80 points You know your Bowdoinham history.
82-100 points Wow! You are good. Before that swelled head gets too big, you may want to try the
questions written by Mr. Kendall many years ago. If you can match Courtney's answers, you may be
ready to write a history of Bowdoinham. Have fun.
Kendall's Questions/ Courtney's Answers.