Q 01/05

Montreal was founded in 1642 under what name?

A) Hochelaga

B) Mont Royal

C) Ville-Marie

D) Lachine

Answer · why

C) Ville-Marie

'City of Mary' honoured the Virgin; the name Montreal did not appear in official documents until 1705.

Q 02/05

Which French explorer visited the Iroquoian village of Hochelaga at the foot of Mount Royal in 1535?

A) Samuel de Champlain

B) Jacques Cartier

C) Jean Talon

D) La Salle

Answer · why

B) Jacques Cartier

He estimated over a thousand inhabitants; by Champlain's visit in 1603 the St Lawrence Iroquoians had vanished.

Q 03/05

Who was the first governor of the settlement founded on 17 May 1642?

A) Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve

B) Jacques Cartier

C) Samuel de Champlain

D) Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Answer · why

A) Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve

He placed the first cross on Mount Royal in 1643 after praying to the Virgin to stop a flood.

Q 04/05

Mount Royal, which gives the city its name, has how many peaks?

A) One

B) Two

C) Five

D) Three

Answer · why

D) Three

The main summit stands 233 m; the illuminated cross on top dates from 1924.

Q 05/05

Mount Royal Park, opened in 1876, was designed by which landscape architect?

A) Capability Brown

B) Pierre L'Enfant

C) Daniel Burnham

D) Frederick Law Olmsted

Answer · why

D) Frederick Law Olmsted

He co-designed New York's Central Park, though his Montreal plan was never fully completed.