PDD Quiz: Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald
This edition of the PDD Quiz explores how the region has commemorated the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
A review of this month’s headlines comes your way on Nov. 30. Please submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at alisonlinnaemoffat@gmail.com by Nov. 27.
Results
#1. On Nov. 9, the Friends of the Fitz will unveil a historical marker at this location.
Learn more about the historical marker here.
#2. Which theater company staged When the Storms Come Calling, a retrospective of Great Lakes shipwrecks?
The Superior Telegram reports on the production here.
#3. This local musician released a cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Check it out on PDD.
#4. Which college hosted the traveling concert The Gales of November on Nov. 6?
Learn more about the production here.
#5. This publication released a five-part podcast titled Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Below.
Learn more about the podcast and find out where to listen here.
#6. A Leadership Superior/Douglas County group unearthed another song about the Edmund Fitzgerald in the Jim Dan Hill Library Archives. What is the title of the song?
Listen to the song here.
#7. This historic site’s annual event commemorating the Edmund Fitzgerald is sold out.
Learn more Split Rock’s memorial beacon lighting here.
#8. On Nov. 8, shipwreck historian Ric Mixter spoke about the Edmund Fitzgerald at this institution.
Learn more about the presentation here.
#9. Which Wisconsin community dedicated an Edmund Fitzgerald memorial on Nov. 1?
Learn more about Washburn’s memorial here.
#10. This organization hosted its annual Gales of November conference, with a focus on the Edmund Fitzgerald, Nov. 7-8.
Learn more about the conference here.