[Craic] Canadien Quiz

[Rob Anderson]

*Check out my Post Super Bowl Radisson & Groseilliers “Canadien” Quiz:

1.  What specific act of Champlain’s served to win the hatred of the Mohawks for
   the French and thereby change the course of Canadian history?
2. French name for Lake Ontario in the 1600’s?
3. What is the current name of the body of water that the Cree referred to as
  “the frozen sea?”
4. Why did Radisson go to the English to be his sponsors?
5. Who was Prince Rupert? 
6. First 3 Governors of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
7.  Why was York Factory called by that name?
8.  For whom was James Bay named?
9.  Three provincial capitals that were once Hudson’s Bay forts?
10. How much of Canada’s land mass was under the domain of the Hudson’s
      Bay Company?

Bonus: How much did the Hudson’s Bay sell for in 1986?  Triple points if you know the name of the hedge fund bastard who cratered yet another Canadian company, the oldest corporation in the world once known as the “Company of Adventurers.”

*Wikipedia research accepted.  Better yet, read “Bush Runner” to gain an interesting perspective on European traders meeting the indigenous peoples of North America.  Grade school depictions of these men as “explorers” in the Age of Exploration...I don’t think so; we need a re-visit.

Bob

Bob

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