Test yourself on your knowledge of BC people, places and things--and learn a fascinating fact or two! All the answers are taken from articles in the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

1. What animal, found in BC, is the only North American amphibian to occur north of the Arctic Circle?
   The wood frog (Rana sylvatica)
   
   
2. In what BC place did the band 54•40 get its start?
   Tsawwassen
   
   
3. What is BC's longest fjord?
   Gardner Canal (114 km)
   
   
4. For what work did Emily Carr win a Governor General's Award?
   Her book Klee Wyck (1941)
   
   
5. What word, meaning "mother of the wind," is the name of a First Nation, a city, a river and a winter wind in BC?
   Squamish
   
   
6. What was the first steam vessel on the BC coast?
   The Beaver
   
   
7. In what community did BC's first export sawmill begin operations?
   Port Alberni (1861)
   
   
8. What historic sporting event took place in Equimalt in 1876, between the Royal Navy and a group of Victoria businessmen?
   The first recorded rugby game in BC
   
   
9. What is the only species of oak native to BC?
   The Garry oak
   
   
10. In what area of the province is it legal to collect jade for personal use without a miner's certificate?
    Along the Fraser River between Hope and Lillooet
    
    
11. In terms of revenue, what were the five top BC Crown corporations in 1999?
    In order from the top: BC Hydro and Power Authority, Insurance Corporation of BC, Workers' Compensation Board, Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Lottery Corporation
    
    
12. What well-known BC mountain is known by local First Nations as "Mountain of the Spiral Road"?
    Mount Robson
    
    
13. What BC place is known as the longest town in the Cariboo?
    Lac la Hache
    
    
14. What two women's advocacy groups were established more than 50 years ago as homemaking organizations?
    Indian Homemakers' Assocation; BC Women's Institutes
    
    
15. What city has the largest Fijian population in the world outside Fiji?
    Vancouver
    
    
16. How many shark attacks have been recorded in BC?
    None
    
    
17. Who was the only BC premier to be knighted?
    Richard McBride
    
    
18. What was BC's largest forest fire?
    The Kech fire (1958), which burned 2,860 sq km in north-central BC
    
    
19. What BC legal action resulted in a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that oral history should be accepted in court?
    Delgamuukw, involving aboriginal land claims
    
    
20. Which of the following are BC place names: Horsefly, Beaver, Phoenix, Otter, Woodpecker?
    All of them