Q 01/05

What name was given to Terry Fox's 1980 run across Canada for cancer research?

A) Run for the Cure

B) Journey for Lives

C) Marathon of Hope

D) Man in Motion

Answer · why

C) Marathon of Hope

Marathon of Hope began over his mother's objections: Betty Fox told him the plan was crazy, and he said he would run anyway. She later came round to b...

Q 02/05

In which city was Terry Fox born in 1958?

A) Winnipeg

B) Vancouver

C) Brandon

D) Saskatoon

Answer · why

A) Winnipeg

Winnipeg was home only until 1966, when his father, a Canadian National Railway switchman, moved the family to British Columbia, the province Fox late...

Q 03/05

In which British Columbia city did Terry Fox grow up after his family moved west?

A) Port Moody

B) New Westminster

C) Maple Ridge

D) Port Coquitlam

Answer · why

D) Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam is where he made his Grade 8 basketball team as the 19th of 19 players and got one minute on court all season. Two years later he was a...

Q 04/05

Terry Fox was diagnosed with which form of cancer in 1977?

A) Leukemia

B) Osteosarcoma

C) Lymphoma

D) Ewing sarcoma

Answer · why

B) Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, cost him his right leg in March 1977. Three weeks after the amputation he was walking on an artificial leg, and soon he w...

Q 05/05

Which treatment did Terry Fox undergo for 16 months after losing his leg to cancer?

A) Radiation therapy

B) Chemotherapy

C) Immunotherapy

D) Hormone therapy

Answer · why

B) Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy kept him visiting a Vancouver cancer clinic for 16 months. Learning that research had lifted his survival odds from 15 per cent to about ...