Nova Scotia Quiz: How Much You Know?
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- 1.What is known as "The Devil's Staircase?"
- A.
The Stairway at the oldest Nova Scotia Lighthouse.
- B.
A unique geological formation at the Sambro Lighthouse.
- C.
The three mile Fish Ladder on the Musquodoboit River.
- D.
Jacobs Ladder at Truro's Victoria Park.
- 2.Where was the First European Settlement established?
- A.
Port Royal.
- B.
Annapolis Royal
- C.
Louisburg
- D.
Halifax
- 3.What famous person obtained his degree in freemasonry near Yarmouth in 1772?
- A.
Ulysses S. Grant
- B.
General Robert E. Lee
- C.
Paul Revere
- D.
Mi'kmaq Chief Membertou
- 4.What event occurred at New Minas Nova Scotia on October 12, 1786?
- A.
The Chair Factory Fire with the loss of twelve lives.
- B.
First documented North American UFO sighting.
- C.
Canada's only gun fight ending in both men's death.
- D.
The Mikmaq rescued a slave being taken back to the USA.
- 5.What was Rose Fortune's claim to fame?
- A.
First female Governor General of Nova Scotia.
- B.
The only Canadian Survivor of the Titanic
- C.
She started the "Fortune 500" Companies.
- D.
Nova Scotia's First Police woman in Annapolis Royal.
- 6.What is the City of Halifax's Motto?
- A.
Riches from the Sea.
- B.
The Atlantic Gateway.
- C.
From History to The Future.
- D.
The City of Spirits.
- 7.What did the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designate as a Heritage Site in 1995?
- A.
Old Town Lunenburg.
- B.
The Citidal in Halifax.
- C.
PIER 21
- D.
Fort Louisburg.
- 8.What did Oscar Wilde declare as his only item of value when he went through customs at Halifax in 1882?
- A.
His Mother-in-law.
- B.
His ticket to the Americas.
- C.
His imagination.
- D.
His genius.
- 9.What game was played in Newport Nova Scotia ending in a 120 to 102 score?
- A.
A hockey game.
- B.
The first basketball game in Canada.
- C.
A lacrosse game.
- D.
A Masters Dart Tournament.
- 10.What location has "A Progressive Community" as its motto?
- A.
Dartmouth
- B.
Town of Canso
- C.
Sydney
- D.
Bible Hill
- 11.What is known as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic?"
- A.
Sable Island.
- B.
The Grand Banks.
- C.
The Shoal Rocks of Gunner Harbour.
- D.
The Fundy Tidal Area.
- 12.What town in Nova Scotia became known as Canada's "Biggest" Town by population in the 1940s?
- A.
North Sydney.
- B.
Glace Bay.
- C.
Springhill.
- D.
Halifax.
- 13.What community is also known as "City of Lakes?"
- A.
Sydney.
- B.
Yarmouth.
- C.
Halifax.
- D.
Dartmouth.
- 14.What is known as the "New England Planters?"
- A.
An Elizabethan term for colonists.
- B.
Mennonite farmers from New England.
- C.
Peanut farmers from New England.
- D.
Loyalists repatraiting to Canada after the Acadian Expolsion.
- 15.What town is also known as "The Little Switzerland of Nova Scotia?"
- A.
Bear River.
- B.
Port Hawkesbury.
- C.
Sheet Harbour.
- D.
Baddeck.
- 16.What eventually happened to the first "Bluenose?"
- A.
Sank on the Grand Banks in 1948
- B.
Sold to a Rum-runner in New England in 1954.
- C.
Perished on a reef off Haiti in 1946.
- D.
The schooner was scrapped and the hull used on Bluenose II in 1968.
- 17.What is the relationship between the Norwegian Sealing Ship "The Samson" and the "Titanic?"
- A.
The Samson relayed the distress call to Signal Hill in Newfoundland.
- B.
The Samson was the second ship after the Carpatia to respond and collect the deceased.
- C.
The Samson was a sister ship of the Titanic.
- D.
The Samson was close to the Titanic but steamed off because it was poaching seals.
- 18.Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney left Truro Nova Scotia on August 29, 1912, at 7:45 AM to do what?
- A.
The first Train on the new Cape Breton Railroad.
- B.
First Transcanada Automobile Trip.
- C.
The youngest boys to successfully join the army in World War I.
- D.
To join Scott Fitzgerald in his successful attempt to reach the North Pole.
- 19.What did Champlain in 1604 refer to as "The Sea Wolves?"
- A.
Unpredictable Grand Bank Storms.
- B.
Killer whales.
- C.
Caribbean Pirates.
- D.
Seal Island and the rocks around it.
- 20.What motto is on the New Glasgow Flag?
- A.
"Let New Glasgow Flourish."
- B.
"Through Diversity, Onward to the Stars"
- C.
"Hard Work & Dedication equals Success"
- D.
"Sinn Fein" "We Ourselves"
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