Find out with this fun and informational Trivia Quiz!
1. Where was the first public hospital in Presque Isle?
a. In a building (house) adjacent to what is now City Hall
b. City Hall
c. On Academy Street
2. Who is credited with designing and installing Presque Isle’s first street signs?
a. Town Public Works Department
b. A local civic organization
c. The youth group from the Congregational Church
3. Mantle Lake was built in 1887 to serve what original purpose?
a. A swimming hole
b. Town’s water reservoir
c. An ice supply in winter
4. Where was Presque Isle’s first high school located?
a. “Cunningham” on Third and Blake Streets
b. The site of what is now UMPI
c. The historic James School on the Spragueville Road
d. The current site on Fort and Blake Streets
5. Who was known as the “Starch King of Aroostook County”?
a. James Phair
b. Thomas Phair
c. Arthur Gould
d. Sidney Cook
6. What three railroads served Presque Isle?
a. CSX, Delaware & Hudson, Bangor & Aroostook
b. Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian & Pacific, Chessie & Southern
c. Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian & Pacific, Aroostook Valley
d. CSX, Canadian & Pacific, Southern & Pacific
7. For whom was Mantle Lake named?
a. The farmer who owned the land it is built on
b. A well-known civic leader
c. The NY contractor who built it
8. Who is considered the founder of Presque Isle?
a. John Allen
b. John Estey
c. Dennis Fairbanks
d. Arthur Gould
9. What famous American author’s son once served as a pastor in Presque Isle?
a. Harriet Beecher Stowe
b. Mark Twain
c. Walt Whitman
10. What well-known and beloved harness horse was owned by a local group of business men?
a. Secretariat
b. John R. Braden
c. Traveller
BONUS: In what year was Presque Isle first incorporated as a town?
d. 1940
e. 1883
f. 1859
ANSWERS: 1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. c; 7. c; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b; Bonus f.
