1) Since 2002, Hull has been a part of which Outaouais city?
a) Aylmer
b) Gatineau
c) Chelsea
2) What momentous step in the development of Hull took place in 1845?
a) The City of Hull was established.
b) The municipality of Hull Township was created.
c) The town of Hull established its fire department.
3) Who is considered the founder of Hull?
a) Sir William Hull, an officer in the British Army.
b) Philemon Wright, a timber merchant.
c) Ruggles Wright, who invented the timber slide.
4) Ezra Butler Eddy was a Hull manufacturer of what wood product?
a) Clothespins.
b) Matches.
c) Window frames.
5) True or false, Hull is the oldest part of the modern National Capital Region?
a) True
b) False
6) Which of the following took place in Hull in the 1970s and early 1980s?
a) A pronged strike among civil servants caused widespread hardship.
b) A strike among liquor suppliers crippled the local economy.
c) Much of the old downtown was demolished to make way for modern office towers.
7) In the 1970s and 1980s, downtown Hull gained a reputation as a bar strip. In the 1990s, the city began systematically to do what?
a) Plant trees and flowers to counteract the downtown’s seedy appearance.
b) Collect a special “beer tax” to fill city coffers.
c) Buy up existing bars and then not apply to renew their liquor licenses.
8) What wartime facility was built in Hull during World War II?
a) A factory for building tanks.
b) A prisoner of war camp.
c) An underground bunker to house the Government of Canada in case of air raid.
9) What catastrophe devastated Hull in 1900?
a) A fire destroyed much of the town.
b) A flu epidemic decimated the population.
c) Flooding along the Ottawa River resulted in the evacuation of Hull.
10) In 1989, the skyline of Hull was transformed by the construction of what?
a) The Place du Portage office complex.
b) The Museum of Civilization.
c) The demolition of the large Catholic church.