October 2026 edition

Fishing quiz

Q12 / 50Easy15.0s
Who directed the 1992 film A River Runs Through It?
ARon Howard
BRobert Redford
CClint Eastwood
DSydney Pollack
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about fishing? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from rods and bait to fish farms and the Cod Wars.

Fishing · October 2026 edition

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Q5 / 50Opener
Which metal has long been the material of choice for fishing sinkers?
ALead
BCopper
CGold
DSilver

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Fastest yet

1.4s

+10 points

15.0s

Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerHooks, bait, flies and game fish
2EasyFly fishing, fishing novels and Cod Wars
3TrickyNets, trawlers, pike and the cod crash
4HardFly tying, Lough Neagh and fishing law
5BrutalTenkara, Izaak Walton and collapsed fisheries
Fishing titlesout of 500
Catch of a lifetime50 / 50
Trophy fish350+
Big catch275+
Good catch200+
On the hook100+
Nibble1+
Not biting0

44 of 50 right · six short of Catch of a lifetime

You vs Katie BFishing · Tricky
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which author wrote the 1897 novel Captains Courageous?
Jack London
Joseph Conrad
Rudyard Kipling✓GBKB
Herman Melville

Speed scores

Strike while it's biting.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which metal makes a sinker? Quick, it's getting away.

The ramp

Shallows first, then the deep.

Five rounds of ten. Each catch gets harder.

Titles

Land a big one.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Not biting if you score nothing, Catch of a lifetime if you get every question right.

Answer Sheet

Swap fishing stories.

Review every question and compare answers with friends. Did they know who wrote Captains Courageous?

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