Q 01/05

Toronto's name is thought to come from the Mohawk word tkaronto, meaning what?

A) Trees standing in the water

B) Shore of the great lake

C) Hill above the harbour

D) Land of the tall grass

Answer · why

A) Trees standing in the water

Trees standing in the water described fish weirs of stakes at a narrows near Orillia, far to the north; a portage trail later spread the name south.

Q 02/05

Which Toronto musician popularised 'the 6ix' as a nickname for his city?

A) Drake

B) The Weeknd

C) Shawn Mendes

D) Tory Lanez

Answer · why

A) Drake

Drake made it famous around his 2016 album Views, though he credits rapper Jimmy Prime with coining it; the 6 nods to the 416 and 647 area codes.

Q 03/05

Which Toronto mayor admitted in 2013 to smoking crack cocaine while in office?

A) Rob Ford

B) John Tory

C) David Miller

D) Olivia Chow

Answer · why

A) Rob Ford

Rob Ford refused to resign, and with no legal way to remove him, city council stripped him of key executive powers for the rest of his term.

Q 04/05

US forces captured and burned York, now Toronto, during which war?

A) The American Revolutionary War

B) The War of 1812

C) The Fenian Raids

D) The Seven Years' War

Answer · why

B) The War of 1812

The War of 1812 brought US troops ashore at York, and the retreating British set fire to their own half-built warship so the Americans could not seize...

Q 05/05

After US troops burned York's parliament buildings, British forces later retaliated by burning which city?

A) Washington, D.C.

B) Philadelphia

C) Baltimore

D) Richmond, Virginia

Answer · why

A) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. was set ablaze in August 1814, the climax of a run of cross-border reprisals in which towns on both sides were burned.