Montreal City Facts Quiz【Questions – Answers】

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Question 1: The city stands on Montreal Island, at the confluence of two rivers. Name them please?

(A) The St Lawrence and the Ottawa

(B) The Dorval  and the Hampstead

(C) The Kirkland  and the Dorval

(D) The Hampstead and the Ottawa

Question 2: What is the centre of the city called?

(A) Dollard-des-Ormeaux

(B) Mount Royal

(C) Côte Saint-Luc

(D) L’Île-Dorval

Question 3: The city’s business activities are centred roughly where?

(A) Between  Mount Royal and Côte Saint-Luc

(B) Between St Lawrence and L’Île-Dorval

(C) Between L’Île-Dorval and Mount Royal

(D) Between Mount Royal and the St Lawrence

Question 4: Where are the department stores and major shops to be found?

(A) Around Place Vertu

(B) Around Les Galeries Saint-Laurent

(C) Around St Catherine St

(D) Around Méga Centre Côte-Vertu

Question 5: The tall office buildings are concentrated downtown around which boulevard?

(A) The Rene Levesque Boulevard

(B) The Place Ville Marie

(C) The Tour de la Bourse

(D) The Tour CIBC

Question 6: Which of the city’s universities is the oldest, founded in 1821?

(A) Concordia University

(B)  McGill University

(C) Vanier College

(D) HEC Montréal

Question 7: In 1974 the Sir George Williams University and Loyola College were combined to form what? 

(A) McGill

(B) HEC

(C) Vanier

(D) Concordia

Question 8: What is the performing arts centre called?

(A) Bank of Montreal Museum

(B) Artothèque de Montréal

(C) Place des Arts

(D) None of Above

Question 9: Which museum is known for its collection of Canadian art and artefacts?

(A) The McCord Museum

(B) Artothèque de Montréal

(C) Bank of Montreal Museum

(D) None of Above

Question 10: The site of the 1967 International Exhibition on Sainte Helene Island, has been transformed into a recreation and entertainment park, called ___?

(A) Parc La Fontaine

(B) Parc Westmount

(C) Parc de Iles

(D) Parc Arthur-Therrien

Question 11: The “Expos”, Montreal’s major league professional baseball team play …where?

(A) Jarry Park

(B) Olympic Park

(C) Mount Royal

(D) None of Above

Question 12: What is the name of the French style castle, built-in 1705, which is today a museum?

(A) Château de Callière

(B) Château Haldimand

(C) Vhateau de Ramezay

(D) Château Frontenac

Question 13: What is the name of the oldest church in Montreal?

(A) Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal

(B) Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal

(C) Notre Dame de Bon Secours

(D) Saint Patrick’s Basilica

Question 14: What is the ecclesiastical building best viewed from the Place d’Armes called?

(A) Tour de la Bourse

(B) Place Ville-Marie

(C)  René-Lévesque

(D) St Sulpice Seminary

Question 15: Who was the first French explorer to set foot on Montreal Island, in 1535?

(A) Jacques Cartier

(B) Mary Catherine des Granches

(C) Samuel de Champlain

(D) John Cabot