TEST YOUR CITY KNOWLEDGE
Sharpen your pencil, pour a fresh cup and dig into local trivia by quizmaster Jamie Bradburn
1. Longtime Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong passed away recently. Which of the following players who briefly wore the blue and white jersey in the early 1980s was Armstrong’s nephew? a) Fred Boimistruck
b) Don Luce
c) Bob Manno
d) Dale McCourt
2. Who was the only Canadian GovernorGeneral to have been born in Toronto? a) Adrienne Clarkson
b) Vincent Massey
c) Roland Michener
d) Jeanne Sauvé
3. Where was Toronto’s first bike lane installed in 1979? a) Poplar Plains Road
b) Shaw Street
c) Vaughan Road
d) Wellesley Street
4. The old Dominion Wheel and Foundries complex on Eastern Avenue has been in the news recently for attempts to demolish it. What industry did it manufacture equipment and supplies for? a) Aerospace
b) Food
c) Railway
d) Shipping
5. Which of the following popular 1980s home computer manufacturer started in Toronto
in the late 1950s as a distributor of imported
typewriters? a) Atari
b) Commodore
c) Compaq
d) Tandy
6. Which of the following long-standing live music venues was originally built as a movie theatre? a) Danforth Music Hall b) Horseshoe Tavern c) Massey Hall
d) Phoenix Concert Theatre
7.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was buried in York Cemetery in 1960. Which First World War era monarch was she the younger sister of? a) Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary
b) Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
c) King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
d) Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
8.
Prior to its current use as community space, studios, and a park, what was Wychwood Barns used for? a) Brick works
b) Streetcar maintenance facility
c) Dairy stables
d) Police horse stables
9.
Thomas Foster, who served as mayor of Toronto from 1925 to 1927, had a large mausoleum constructed near Uxbridge prior to his death in 1945. What worldfamous building inspired the design of his memorial? a) Angkor Wat
b) Hagia Sophia
c) Taj Mahal
d) St. Paul’s Cathedral
10. On Feb. 2, 1897, after years of conflict with a local professional governing body, what was Clara Brett Martin finally allowed to practice as? a) First female attending physician in Toronto
b) First female lawyer in the British Empire
c) First female science professor at the University of Toronto
d) First female to conduct an Anglican church service