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

The settlement was founded as Ville-Marie, 'City of Mary', in honour of 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

Jacques Cartier reached Hochelaga in October 1535 and named the mountain behind it Mont Royal; by Champlain's 1603 visit the St Lawrence Iroquoians ha...

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

Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve led the founding colonists and governed Ville-Marie; in January 1643 he carried a cross up Mount Royal after a flood spar...

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

Mount Royal has three peaks: the main summit at 233 m, Outremont summit at 211 m and Westmount summit at 201 m; the illuminated cross on the main peak...

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

Frederick Law Olmsted, co-designer of New York's Central Park, planned Mount Royal Park; his design was only partly carried out when the park opened i...