What is an outport in Newfoundland?

A small coastal community outside St. John's

What did resettlement programs do from the 1950s?

Moved people from small outports to larger centers

What is Jellybean Row?

Brightly painted houses in St. John's

Newfoundland Outports Quiz: Fishing Villages and Jellybean Row

This Newfoundland outports quiz sails along the island's rocky shoreline to its tiny fishing communities. Play 10 interactive questions on what an outport is, the cod fishery and 1992 moratorium, resettlement and floated houses, Jellybean Row, Fogo Island, Twillingate's icebergs, Trinity, ferries and joining Canada in 1949.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Define
What is an outport in Newfoundland?
Fish
Which fish built the outport economy?
1992
What happened to the cod fishery in 1992?
Resettle
What did resettlement programs do from the 1950s?
Float
What did some families do with their houses during resettlement?
Jellybean
What is Jellybean Row?
Fogo
Which island is known for a striking modern inn on stilts?
Icebergs
Which town is known as a top spot to see icebergs?
Join
When did Newfoundland join Canada?
Ferry
How are some outports still reached today?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is an outport in Newfoundland?
Answer: A small coastal community outside St. John's
Many were reached only by sea.
Q2: Which fish built the outport economy?
Answer: Cod
It was dried and salted for export.
Q3: What happened to the cod fishery in 1992?
Answer: A moratorium closed it
Stocks had collapsed.
Q4: What did resettlement programs do from the 1950s?
Answer: Moved people from small outports to larger centers
Families left many villages.
Q5: What did some families do with their houses during resettlement?
Answer: Floated them across the water
Photos of floating houses are famous.
Q6: What is Jellybean Row?
Answer: Brightly painted houses in St. John's
The colors are a symbol of the province.
Q7: Which island is known for a striking modern inn on stilts?
Answer: Fogo Island
It helped revive local crafts.
Q8: Which town is known as a top spot to see icebergs?
Answer: Twillingate
It lies on Iceberg Alley.
Q9: When did Newfoundland join Canada?
Answer: 1949
It was the last province to join.
Q10: How are some outports still reached today?
Answer: Only by ferry or boat
Roads never reached them.

Newfoundland Outports Quiz – Fishing Villages and Jellybean Row

Outports are small fishing communities scattered along Newfoundland's rocky coast. For centuries many could be reached only by sea, and families lived by catching and salting cod.

From the 1950s, government resettlement programs moved people from tiny outports to larger centers, and some families floated their houses across the water. In 1992 a moratorium closed the collapsing cod fishery, changing village life again.

Today visitors explore places like Trinity, Twillingate on Iceberg Alley and Fogo Island with its striking inn. In St. John's, the colorful houses called Jellybean Row celebrate the province's bright, welcoming spirit and its love of color.

What This Quiz Teaches

Travel fans will enjoy these questions.

What outports are
How fishing shaped them
Why people resettled
Which places to visit
How Newfoundland joined Canada

Did You Know?

Some outports are still reached only by ferry.
Newfoundland English has many unique words.
Visitors can be screeched in with a local ritual.
Puffins nest near many coastal villages.
Whales feed along the coast in summer.