Q 01/05

In which month is the Calgary Stampede held every year?

A) August

B) July

C) September

D) June

Answer · why

B) July

The first Stampede in 1912 was actually staged in September; the modern ten-day July run dates from the merger with the Exhibition.

Q 02/05

How does the Calgary Stampede bill itself?

A) The Biggest Rodeo Under the Sun

B) The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth

C) Canada's Cowboy Carnival

D) The Wildest Week in the West

Answer · why

B) The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth

It draws more than a million visitors a year to Stampede Park.

Q 03/05

How many days does the modern Calgary Stampede run?

A) Six

B) Ten

C) Fourteen

D) Eight

Answer · why

B) Ten

It was a six-day event until 1967, went to nine days that year and to its current length in 1968.

Q 04/05

Which American trick roper organised the first Stampede in 1912?

A) Will Rogers

B) Buffalo Bill Cody

C) Tom Mix

D) Guy Weadick

Answer · why

D) Guy Weadick

He had come to Calgary in 1908 with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show and wanted something more authentically 'wild west'.

Q 05/05

What were the wealthy cattlemen who put up $100,000 to guarantee the 1912 Stampede called?

A) The Founding Fathers

B) The Big Four

C) The Bow Valley Barons

D) The Cattle Kings

Answer · why

B) The Big Four

Pat Burns, George Lane, A. J. McLean and A. E. Cross saw it as a last celebration of their lives as ranchers.