Q 01/05

Which city, founded as a Hudson's Bay Company fort in 1843, is the capital of British Columbia?

A) Vancouver

B) Victoria

C) Kelowna

D) Prince George

Answer · why

B) Victoria

Victoria sits on the southern tip of Vancouver Island rather than the mainland, and it is far smaller than Vancouver, the province's largest city.

Q 02/05

Which sci-fi series shot its first five seasons in Vancouver before moving production to Los Angeles?

A) Stargate SG-1

B) Smallville

C) The X-Files

D) Battlestar Galactica

Answer · why

C) The X-Files

The X-Files left after season five, reportedly to suit star David Duchovny's schedule, though its second feature film came back to shoot in Vancouver.

Q 03/05

Which name for a hairy forest giant did British Columbia teacher J.W. Burns coin in 1929 from a Halkomelem word?

A) Sasquatch

B) Skunk ape

C) Bigfoot

D) Wendigo

Answer · why

A) Sasquatch

Sasquatch reached the public through a Maclean's magazine article in which Burns retold stories from the Sts'ailes Nation, with whom he lived and work...

Q 04/05

Which environmental group began in Vancouver with a 1971 boat voyage to protest a US nuclear test at Amchitka?

A) Sierra Club

B) Sea Shepherd

C) Earth First

D) Greenpeace

Answer · why

D) Greenpeace

Greenpeace never reached the test site, because a US Coast Guard ship forced the chartered boat to turn back, but news of the voyage won wide sympathy...

Q 05/05

Which Vancouver Island city gave its name to a no-bake dessert bar layered with custard icing and chocolate?

A) Courtenay

B) Nanaimo

C) Duncan

D) Port Alberni

Answer · why

B) Nanaimo

Nanaimo bars earned a Canada Post stamp in 2019, and critics promptly complained that the picture got the proportions of the three layers wrong.