Vancouver 125 History and Trivia

Vancouver 125 History and Trivia

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  1. 1

    Vancouver was incorporated in 1886. Why was the incorporation ceremony delayed ?

  2. 2

    What is the wording on Vancouver's coat of arms ?

  3. 3

    What was the first newspaper in Vancouver ?

  4. 4

    Which of the following does not appear on Vancouver's coat of arms?

  5. 5

    What was the first official cemetery in Vancouver ?

  6. 6

    Which singer was a music journalist for the Georgia Strait?

  7. 7

    Who was the first Vancouver mayor to have been born in the city?

  8. 8

    Art Phillips and Dal Richards were the most recent recipients of the highest honour awarded in Vancouver. What is this civic award called?

  9. 9

    Vancouver's first aquarium opened in 1939. Who was the star?

  10. 10

    In 1909 Vancouver's first motorized police ambulance was taken out for a test drive. What happened?

  11. 11

    In 1925 a man was attacked in the First Narrows by a:

  12. 12

    What food item was introduced into Vancouver in 1937?

  13. 13

    In 1956 Canada's fishing minister officially opened the Vancouver Aquarium. He was also the father of:

  14. 14

    Which mayor was briefly married to two women at the same time?

  15. 15

    The earliest known film footage of Vancouver was found. ( filmed in 1907). Where was the film discovered?

  16. 16

    What did Vancouver purchase from the Chicago World Fair?

  17. 17

    What historic event happened in Vancouver May 23, 1887?

  18. 18

    When did vehicles change from driving on left hand side to the right hand side of the road?

  19. 19

    Why Vancouver ban church services in November 1918?

  20. 20

    The Commodore Lanes is Canada's oldest surviving bowling alley. When did it open?

  21. 21

    In 1961 the police raided Vancouver book stores and libraries to seize copies of what book?

  22. 22

    In 1933, men on Vancouver beaches were finally permitted to legally:

  23. 23

    What technological innovation made the newspapers in Vancouver in 1948 ?

  24. 24

    In 1947 schoolchildren circulated a petition calling for an end to wartime taxes on:

  25. 25

    In 1925 which celebrity judged a tango competition in Vancouver?

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