Take our quiz: Test your knowledge
For the past month filming of the movie ‘The Lighthouse’ has been happening in Yarmouth.
For fun we’ve thrown together this quick quiz on Cape Forchu and movie trivia and history.
1. The Cape Forchu Lightstation has been welcoming visitors since Samuel de Champlain landed and named the area “Cap Forchu,” meaning forked tongue of land. What year was this?
A) 1580
B) 1604
C) 1678
2. The light in the original Cape Forchu tower was lit on Jan. 15, 1840. It was later changed to a kerosene-fueled vapour system but started out as an arrangement of oil lamps. How many oil lamps were there?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 10
4. The movie ‘ The Lighthouse’ has been filming on The Leif Erikson trail. Which of these things is not true about the rocks at Cape Forchu?
A) The rocks seen at Cape Forchu are the volcanic rocks of the White Rock Formation.
B) The absence of fossils indicates these rocks formed in a cold and hostile marine environment.
C) Geologists believe rocks here record the evolution of volcanic islands through prehistoric submarine volcanic eruptions.
5. Robert Pattinson, an actor in ‘The Lighthouse’ first made his grand debut as which Harry Potter character?
A) Cedric Diggory
B) Ron Weasley
C) Sirius Black
6. What was the name of the character in the Twilight vampire saga that Robert Pattinson portrayed?
A) Edward Cullen
B) Edward Collumb
C) Edward Carter
8. What Oliver Stone movie did Willem Defoe appear in in 1986? A) Platoon
B) Born on the Fourth of July C) Wall Street
9. What was the name of a seaside resort hotel that used to be located in Cape Forchu?
A) The Champlain Hotel
B) The Markland Hotel
C) The Bayside Hotel
10. What is the name of stone that was found in Cape Forchu and now resides at the Yarmouth County Museum? ___________________________
11. In 1930 a shipwreck took place off Cape Forchu when a freighter went ashore during a heavy snowstorm. The crew of eight was lost. What was the name of the ship?
A) Linton
B) Baltimore
C) Argo During the filming ‘The Lighthouse’ there’s been two lighthouses on the Cape Forchu property but this isn’t the first time there’s been two lighthouses here. This photo hangs in the office of Yarmouth resident Robert Cunningham. The photo was given to him by his grandfather, who lived there was he was small child. He’s now 98. “His father in the picture was the head light keeper for a long time.” Pictured (left) is Herbert Cunningham who was a lightkeeper from 1922 to 1952 and Albert Smith who was a lightkeeper from 1952 to 1963. A photo of the original lighthouse at Cape Forchu.
12. What villain did Willem Dafoe play in the movie SpiderMan?
A) Green Latern
B) Green Goblin
C) Doc Ock
13. The apple core lighthouse at Cape Forchu replaced one that was there before it. In what year was the current lighthouse built?
A) 1942
B) 1962
C) 1840
14. A long pier existed in Cape Forchu associated with a hotel that used to be located here. At the end of the pier what could be found?
A) A telephone enabling customers to call the hotel when a porter was required.
B) A telescope to view the expanse of Yarmouth harbour
C) A map of Nova Scotia with an ‘x’ marking the spot: You are here.
15. Which 2017 movie did Willem Dafoe not appear in?
A) Lady Bird
B) Murder on the Orient Express
C) The Florida Project
16. Robert Pattinson and Vanguard editor Tina Comeau share something in common. What is it? ___________________________
17. The lighthouse at Cape Forchu was said to be Canada’s first apple core lighthouse. How tall is it?
A) 75 feet
C) 95 feet
B) 103 feet
18. During the month of April, what has been the most visited Nova Scotia Webcam?
A) Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse B) Cape Forchu
C) Halifax waterfront
20. How many weeks did East Coast Scaffolding say it took to design the main skeleton of the lighthouse constructed for the film?
A) Three weeks
B)Six weeks
C) Three months
21. What is the name of the non-profit group that is dedicated to the maintaining the Cape Forchu Lightstation as an important cultural and historical site as a heritage property and tourist attraction?
A) Friends of the Light Society B) Friends of Cape Forchu Society
C) Friends of Lighthouse Preservation Society
22. How many times has Willem Dafoe been nominated for an Oscar?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5 What was the name of this hotel that sat on its high perch in Cape Forchu? A close-up look at the lighthouse that was constructed for the movie that has been filmed at the Cape Forchu property in Yarmouth. Willem Dafoe when he appeared in the 2011 drama/thriller film The Hunter.
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. Their birthdays are both on May 13
17. A
18. B
19. B
20. A
21. A
22. A (All three times were for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – The Florida Project, Shadow of the Vampire and Platoon.)