The Prince Edward Island Acadian Quiz 

The Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee invites you to participate in its annual history quiz. Please send your answers by mail or by e-mail not later than February 18.

The correct answers to the questions will be given one per day on weekdays beginning on February 21, Heritage Day. They will be announced on Radio-Canada’s morning show “Le Réveil”, at CBC's Island Morning program, by email, and on Facebook.  A summary of all the answers along with the names of the winners will be published in La Voix acadienne in the March 2 issue.

Prizes

A) Adult category - Two winners may choose one of the following books: 1) L’Acadie de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard : 300 ans d’histoire by Georges Arsenault and Linda Lowther; 2) Ancient Land, New Land. Skmaqn – Port-la-Joye – Fort Amherst by A.J.B. Johnston and Jesse Francis.

B) School-age category: Two $50 prizes.

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1) One of the Acadian pioneers of Prince Edward Island was Michel Haché dit Gallant. He settled in Port-la-Joye in 1720. How did he die in 1737?
a) Natural death
b) Drowning
c) He was murdered 

2) According to the 1752 census of Île Saint-Jean, how many horses were there on the island? 
a) 55
b) 100 
c) 235

3) During the deportation of the Acadians from Île Saint-Jean to France in 1758, on what date did the last boats carrying the deportees leave the island?
a) September 4
b) October 4 
c) November 4

4) What did the French call Northumberland Strait?
a) La mer Rouge (The Red Sea)
b) Le détroit de l’Île-Saint-Jean (The Strait of Île-Saint-Jean)
c) Le Grand Passage (The Great Passage)

5) Who was the first Acadian to become Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island?
a) J. Henri Blanchard of Charlottetown
b) Joseph A. Bernard of Tignish
c) J. Aubin Doiron of Summerside

6) In 1896, an Island Acadian merchant claimed to be the biggest oyster exporter in Canada. Who was he?
a) Sylvain E. Gallant of Abram-Village 
b) Joseph Gallant of Rustico
c) Gilbert DesRoches of Miscouche

7) When a pig was killed for its meat, its bladder was kept. For what could it be used?
a) A balloon for a child
b) A bag for storing berries
c) A lamp

8) Who was the first director of the Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island? 
a) Dr. J.-Aubin Doiron
b) Sister Antoinette DesRoches
c) Sister Marguerite Richard 

9) Since what year can French television be picked up across the Island?
a) 1960
b) 1970
c) 1980

10) Who was the first founding president of the Association Jeunesse Acadienne in 1976? 
a) Donald Arsenault 
b) Paul D. Gallant
c) Georges Arsenault

Send your answers by mail to : History Quiz, 65 Ambrose St., Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 3P8

By e-mail at: georg52@pei.sympatico.ca

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Thanks to our partners: La Voix acadienne,  Le Réveil de Radio-Canada, CBC’s Island Morning and the Province of Prince Edward Island.