Try your luck with 10 more trivia questions about places in Ontario, Quebec and New York state.
Question #1: Prime ministerial collections
Which prime minister’s collection of ruins are still on display on the grounds of his one-time summer home in Gatineau Park?
Question #2: Really big dunes
In what Eastern Ontario provincial park would you find Outlet Beach and some of the world’s highest freshwater sand dunes?
Question #3: Watery landmarks
What is the name of this body of water, one of the defining features of downtown Perth?
Question #4: Yummy road trips
What is the name of the driving route that guides road trippers to culinary shops, farms, markets and other food-related destinations in West Quebec?
Question #5: Kingston history
What local history museum in Kingston, housed in the city’s first waterworks building, re-opened for tours on July 2? (Hint: The museum is also offering walking tours of nearby Ontario Street this summer.)
Question #6: No, not that castle
What castle in the 1000 Islands was built by the president of a sewing machine company, was later sold to a military academy and is now owned by a German company that specializes in renting out private islands? (Hint: It’s not Boldt Castle.)
Question #7: Wonderful waterfalls
What city in upstate New York is home to so many waterfalls that its tourism slogan is “[Name of city] is GORGES!” (Hint: The community is also home to Cornell University.)
Question #8: Bid on a chair
What local arts organization has taken its annual Art on the Street festival online and is currently auctioning off six Muskoka chairs painted by artists?
Question #9: Meditative strolls
In what town near Ottawa can you meditate while walking through this free outdoor public labyrinth?
Question #10: An historic church
In what community just east of Ottawa would you find the grand Très-Sainte-Trinité church, a parish that dates back to 1889?
And here are the answers!
- Mackenzie King
- Sandbanks Provincial Park
- Tay Basin
- Outaouais Gourmet Way
- Pump House Museum
- Singer Castle
- Ithaca
- Westport Arts Council
- Carleton Place
- Rockland
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