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Quiz about Beautiful Banff Alberta
Quiz about Beautiful Banff Alberta

Beautiful Banff, Alberta Trivia Quiz


Here is our quiz on Banff, Alberta: a famous and beautiful part of Canada. Take the quiz and find out how much you know about this spectacular place.

A multiple-choice quiz by Team The Alberta Pioneers. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Trufflesss
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
343,068
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
319
Last 3 plays: Guest 204 (2/10), Guest 82 (3/10), Guest 174 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Banff National Park is huge! It is now 6,641 sq. km. (2564 sq. mi.) in size, but what size was it when it first became a national park? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Castle Mountain, located in Banff National Park, was the location of what type of camp during World War 1? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Banff was the first national park to be created in Canada but in what year was the site of the park first set aside under federal protection? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What part of Banff National Park was depicted on the Canadian $20 banknote between the years 1969 and 1979? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. How did Banff get its name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The highest permanent settlement in Canada is in Banff National Park, Alberta. Where exactly is it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. When hiking in Banff National Park there is a lot of wild life to be on the lookout for. Which of these is NOT among them? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What year did the Banff Springs Hotel open? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who was the first known European to visit the site of what is now Banff? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Hoodoos can be found in Banff. What exactly are Hoodoos? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Banff National Park is huge! It is now 6,641 sq. km. (2564 sq. mi.) in size, but what size was it when it first became a national park?

Answer: 26 km. sq.

The Prime Minister at the time, Sir John A. MacDonald, put aside a 26 square kilometre (10 sq. mi.) reserve around the hot springs at Cave and Basin as a public park. It was known as the Banff Hot Springs Reserve at the time.

Question provided by: Trufflesss
2. Castle Mountain, located in Banff National Park, was the location of what type of camp during World War 1?

Answer: Internment Camps

Immigrants from Hungary, Ukraine, Austria, and Germany were deemed to be "enemy aliens" and were sent to internment camps to work. They cut trails, cleared buffalo paddocks, repaired the streets and sidewalks, and crushed rocks in additon to performing various other tasks. The internees were eventually released in August 1917, when the camp closed, in order to meet the demands of the labour shortage created by the war.

Question provided by: Trufflesss
3. Banff was the first national park to be created in Canada but in what year was the site of the park first set aside under federal protection?

Answer: 1885

After the discovery of hot springs in the area, the government, under the direction of prime minister John A. Macdonald set aside a small protected park known as the "Banff Hot Springs Reserve" in 1885. The "Rocky Mountains Park Act" of 1887 enlarged the area that was under federal protection and in 1930 the park assumed its present name.

Source:http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=866917

Question provided by: StetsonHat
4. What part of Banff National Park was depicted on the Canadian $20 banknote between the years 1969 and 1979?

Answer: Moraine Lake

Situated at an elevation of 1,885 metres or 6,183 feet above sea level in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake was shown on the reverse of the Canadian $20 banknote series 1969-1979. The lake's waters, fed by glaciers, has a distinctive blue-green hue due to the presence of "glacial flour", fine-grained rocky debris created by the eroding effect of glaciers on the underlying bedrock.

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5. How did Banff get its name?

Answer: It was named after Banffshire, Scotland.

Two of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR), Lord Strathcona and George Stephen, were born in Banffshire, Scotland. They decided to name the place after the district of their birth.

Question provided by: Trufflesss
6. The highest permanent settlement in Canada is in Banff National Park, Alberta. Where exactly is it?

Answer: Lake Louise

Both the town of Jasper and Miette Hot Springs are located in Jasper National Park. Lake Louise, named for Louise Caroline Alberta, Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, is the highest permanent settlement in Canada. It is 1,534 meters or 5,033 feet above sea level. The hamlet of Lake Louise had a population of about 777 in 2006.

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7. When hiking in Banff National Park there is a lot of wild life to be on the lookout for. Which of these is NOT among them?

Answer: Northern cardinal

Over 50 species of mammals and some 280 bird species have been recorded in the park in addition to a few reptiles and amphibians. The northern cardinal, however, is not among them as it is mainly an eastern North American species that has rarely been recorded in Alberta.

Question provided by: StetsonHat
8. What year did the Banff Springs Hotel open?

Answer: June 1, 1888

The hotel was inspired by William Cornelius Van Horne general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway. He foresaw the opening of the west as a tourism opportunity. The hotel was built where the Bow and the Spray Rivers meet.

Source: http://www.fairmont.com/bsh/hotelhistory

Question provided by: Stampede_Gal
9. Who was the first known European to visit the site of what is now Banff?

Answer: Sir George Simpson

Sir George Simpson's birth year is variously given as 1787 or 1792 as he was born out of wedlock to an unknown mother. In 1820 he was appointed Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land, and the Columbia Department in BNA (British North America - now Canada) as well as the administrator over the Northwest Territories from 1821 to 1860. In August, 1841 Simpson traveled through the Banff area with twenty-two men and forty-five horses. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1841.

Question provided by: Stampede_Gal
10. Hoodoos can be found in Banff. What exactly are Hoodoos?

Answer: Tall, thin, pillars of rock

Hoodoos are made up of gravel, silt, and rocks which are combined with dissolved limestone. They are sculpted by the wind and water. They can be found in other parts of the world, but in Banff, Hoodoos can be found on the top of Tunnel Mountain.

Question provided by: Trufflesss
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