This BC history quiz is for your enjoyment only.  No marks or grades will be offered.  The questions will change periodically as I find the time to do so.  Click on  answers  to find the answers to the questions.

1. Who was this lawyer who played a significant part in the judicial history of British Columbia?

  a. Peter O'Reilly

  b. Mathew Begbie

  c. G.H. Carey

  d. J.D. Pemberton

  e  Joseph Trutch

2. Deadman Island was so named because

a. of a mispronunciation of John Dodman, who settled there in 1882; 

b. of an unidentified body of a drowned man was found there;

c. it was a former Indian grave yard;

d. of a quarrel over a campsite led to a shooting in which one man died.

3. Maquinna was a great leader of which first nation?

a. Nuu cha nulth (Nootka) 

b. Haida

c. Squamish

d. Secepemc (Shuswap)

e. Sto lo

4. Who was Brother XII?

a. the youngest member of a 1940s family singing group called the Baker's Dozen;

b. a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled the gold mines to serve the Chinese miners during the gold rush;

c. a cult leader who claimed super-natural powers and established a community on Vancouver Island in the 1920s;

d. a spiritual confidant of former Premier Vander Zalm.

5. Who was Chee Duck Tong?

a. a major retailer in Victoria in the 1880s and 1890s;

b. a Chinese miner known for his courage both in the mines and     on the river;

c. a Chinese outlaw who was hanged for murder in 1888;

d. a clan association of Chinese families formed in 1920.