History of Quebec: I Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gaspé

Sent by François I, King of France, Jacques Cartier stepped on to what would later be the town of Gaspé on July 24, 1534. A cross still stands there today, replacing the original Cartier set himself on the ground.

Answer: Canada

In 1867, year of the official creation of Canada, Québec became a province along with Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. There are today 10 provinces and three territories.

Answer: French

Ever since this French colony was conquered by Great Britain, language has been a ... - let's say an important element of arguments between the English- and French-speaking people of Canada. Astonishingly enough, 250 years later, it is still a hot topic.

Answer: Nouvelle-France

"Province of Quebec" was the name the English gave to the land, simply calling it by the name of its most important city back then. Prior to that change, it was called "Nouvelle-France" (New France). France wasn't to be interested in it for very long ...

Answer: Québec has no anthem

Indeed, Québec has no national anthem. The Canadian anthem was composed by a French Canadian, though.

Answer: The white lily

Québec's flag is royal blue with a silver cross starting at the center, creating four symmetric rectangles in each corner, which all contain a white lily. In French, "white lily" is called "fleur de lys". Quebec's flag is often called the "Fleurdelisé".

Answer: 1608

Québec City was founded on July 3, 1608, on the site of the native town of Stadacone, by French explorer and cartographer Samuel de Champlain.

Answer: Stadacone

Stadacone was an ancient Iroquois village headed by chief Donnacona at the time of Jacques Cartier in 1534. In 1608, though, the nomad Iroquois had deserted that territory, probably because of colder winters or wars between native tribes.

Answer: Samuel de Champlain

Québec City was founded by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, lieutenant of the "Don de Dieu", who had left France on April 18, 1608, intending to found a settlement somewhere on the Saint-Lawrence river shore. During the winter, of the 25 men who had stayed with him, 17 died of scurvy or Iroquois attacks. Champlain later made alliances with the Algonquian and Huron tribes, while the Iroquois allied with the English.

Answer: The Durham Report

The Durham Report, also know as the Report on British North American Affairs, was published in 1839 in London. Lord John George Lambton, the future Earl of Durham, in charge of finding out what to do about the resistant French colony of New France. Its publication actually strengthened the French identity of Quebecers and is sometimes considered responsible for the non assimilation of Québec.