Trivia quiz #9: Glass chairs, craft beer and a bank robbery

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Welcome back to another edition of the play-at-home Ottawa Road Trips trivia game!

Many thanks to everyone who played last week’s game. Our winner is reader Christine Wong, and a $10 Tim Horton’s e-gift card is headed her way. I’ve updated last week’s game with the answers.

NOTE: This week’s game has closed in terms of being able to win the prize, but you’re welcome to play for fun. I’ve updated the post to include the answers at the very bottom. As always, note that this is virtual travel only—please wait to actually visit these places until the COVID-19 crisis ends.

Question 1: Beautiful bridge

In what Lanark County community—part of the Town of Mississippi Mills—would you find this distinctive five-span stone bridge? (Hint: This community is also home to a historic general store that I mentioned in the quiz a couple of weeks ago.)

Question 2: Larger than life

What beloved musician is depicted in this huge Montreal mural by artist Kevin Lido?

Question 3: Cobden craft beer

What brewery, named for a key characteristic of the Ottawa River, has a main location in Cobden and a second brewpub in nearby Foresters Falls?

Question 4: A famous bank heist

In what Eastern Ontario city did thieves make off with millions of dollars’ worth of jewellery, bonds and cash in a famous 1958 bank heist? (Hint: The bank building is now home to the Keystorm Pub, where you can still see the old vault door.)

Question 5: Big names in small places

What is the full name of the festival that (in non-COVID times) brings great musicians from across Canada to unique venues in small communities across Eastern Ontario each fall?

Question 6: A prime ministerial estate

What former prime minister lived in this house in what is now Gatineau Park, where you can now find Café Pat Café, named after this politician’s dogs (he had several named Pat)?

Question 7: I’ve heard of glass houses, but glass chairs?

At what museum in New York state could you see this 19th-century glass chair made for an Indian maharajah, shop for glass products or take a glass-blowing workshop?

Question 8: Mmmm….chocolate….

In what city in Quebec’s Eastern Townships can you learn to make sweet treats at a chocolate museum?

Question 9: Famous Five on the move

A statue by Edmonton artist Barbara Paterson, Women Are Persons!, commemorates the five women who won a 1929 case to have women declared persons under the law. It normally stands on the grounds of Parliament Hill (as in the photo above), but it has been moved temporarily due to the Centre Block renovations. Appropriately, what building does the statue now stand in front of?

Question 10: Living history in Morrisburg

What is the name of this popular “living history” museum in Morrisburg, Ontario?

And here are the answers!

1. Pakenham
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Whitewater Brewing Company
4. Brockville
5. Festival of Small Halls
6. William Lyon Mackenzie King
7. Corning Museum of Glass
8. Bromont
9. Senate of Canada building
10. Upper Canada Village

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