Q 01/05

Lacrosse's Indigenous origins date back to at least which century?

A) 12th

B) 15th

C) 17th

D) 18th

Answer · why

A) 12th

Some accounts put the earliest games around 1100 AD.

Q 02/05

Which French Jesuit missionary saw Huron players in 1637 and coined the name 'la crosse'?

A) Samuel de Champlain

B) Jean de Brébeuf

C) Isaac Jogues

D) Jacques Marquette

Answer · why

B) Jean de Brébeuf

The name refers to the shape of the playing implement in French.

Q 03/05

The name 'la crosse' means what in French?

A) The chase

B) The net

C) The stick

D) The cross

Answer · why

C) The stick

Some link it to the crosier, a bishop's staff, which the early sticks resembled.

Q 04/05

Indigenous nations described lacrosse as being played 'for' whom?

A) The chief

B) The ancestors

C) The sun

D) The Creator

Answer · why

D) The Creator

One version of the game was called baggataway.

Q 05/05

Traditional Indigenous lacrosse games could involve how many players?

A) Hundreds

B) Exactly twelve

C) Just six

D) Two dozen

Answer · why

A) Hundreds

A huge mob would swarm the ball and slowly move it across the field.