Q 01/05

What was the first name of Captain Vancouver, the Royal Navy officer who explored Burrard Inlet in 1792?

A) James

B) Simon

C) Francis

D) George

Answer · why

D) George

George Vancouver first sailed with James Cook as a teenage midshipman, and his later survey showed no Northwest Passage existed along the coast he cha...

Q 02/05

The settlement that became Vancouver grew around a saloon opened in 1867 by which former riverboat pilot?

A) Gassy Jack Deighton

B) Captain Edward Stamp

C) Sewell Moody

D) John Irving

Answer · why

A) Gassy Jack Deighton

Gassy Jack Deighton: legend says thirsty mill workers built his saloon in exchange for whisky, and that the district took its name, Gastown, from his ...

Q 03/05

Before it was renamed Vancouver, the townsite on Burrard Inlet was officially called what?

A) Hastings

B) New Westminster

C) Port Moody

D) Granville

Answer · why

D) Granville

Granville honoured Lord Granville, Britain's colonial secretary, until William Van Horne insisted the growing town take a new name.

Q 04/05

Which company chose Vancouver as its western terminus in 1884, giving the city its name and its boom?

A) The Hudson's Bay Company

B) The Canadian Pacific Railway

C) The Canadian National Railway

D) The Great Northern Railroad

Answer · why

B) The Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway extended its line about 20 km past Port Moody, the official terminus, to reach a better harbour.

Q 05/05

Weeks after Vancouver was incorporated as a city, what destroyed most of it?

A) A flood

B) A fire

C) An earthquake

D) A landslide

Answer · why

B) A fire

A fire: a land-clearing blaze blew out of control that June, and residents began rebuilding at once.