Q 01/05

What name did Fox give his 1980 run across the country?

A) Run for the Cure

B) Journey for Lives

C) Marathon of Hope

D) Man in Motion

Answer · why

C) Marathon of Hope

He first told only his friend Doug Alward about the plan, framing his training as preparation for an ordinary marathon.

Q 02/05

In which city was Terry Fox born in 1958?

A) Winnipeg

B) Vancouver

C) Regina

D) Saskatoon

Answer · why

A) Winnipeg

He grew up in the Transcona suburb before the family moved west to British Columbia in 1966.

Q 03/05

In which British Columbia city did the Fox family settle in 1968?

A) Port Moody

B) New Westminster

C) Maple Ridge

D) Port Coquitlam

Answer · why

D) Port Coquitlam

His high school there was renamed Terry Fox Secondary School in 1986, and he is buried in the city's municipal cemetery.

Q 04/05

Fox was diagnosed with which form of cancer in 1977?

A) Leukemia

B) Osteosarcoma

C) Lymphoma

D) Melanoma

Answer · why

B) Osteosarcoma

He believed a 1976 car crash had weakened his knee and left it vulnerable, though his doctors saw no connection.

Q 05/05

Fox was told his chance of survival was 50 per cent; what had it been two years earlier?

A) 20%

B) 15%

C) 30%

D) 40%

Answer · why

B) 15%

The jump in survival rates impressed on him the value of cancer research and planted the seed for the run.