{"id":14737,"date":"2016-07-13T21:07:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=14737"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:48:21","slug":"inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE AURORA: Aurora Quiz – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Scott Johnston<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s once again time to find out how well you know the Town in which you live with our second Aurora Quiz.<\/p>\n

As usual, the questions are a bit challenging, but to make it easier, all of the answers provide a 50% chance of being correct.<\/p>\n

1.\tHas Aurora had at least 25 different mayors?
\n2.\tThe Town’s budget was $74M in 2015. Of that, which portion was larger, \tthe Operating Budget which covered programs and services, or the \tCapital Budget, which funded repairs, maintenance and construction of \tinfrastructure?
\n3.\tHow many different species of birds have been observed in Aurora’s \tproposed Wildlife Park – more or less than 100?
\n4.\tAs we know from the signs on our borders, Aurora is twinned with Leksand, Sweden. Which town has the larger population?
\n5. \tWhile living in Aurora in the 1920s, Anne Elizabeth Wilson became the \tfounding editor of which Canadian Magazine: Chatelaine or Maclean’s?
\n6.\tThe oldest tree in Town is said to be about 200 years old, which makes it \tmuch older than the Town itself. Is this aged tree a Red Maple or a Burr \tOak?
\n7.\tTrue or false; in the U.S. alone there are at least 23 different towns or \tmunicipalities named Aurora?
\n8.\tIn 1874 the Aurora Armoury was the site of a famous speech by which Federal politician: Edward Blake or Alexander Mackenzie?
\n9.\tAurora is about 600 kms inland from the nearest ocean, but is it more or \tless than half a kilometre (500 metres) above sea level?
\n10.\tAt one point they intersect, but which came first: St John’s Sideroad or the \tMcKenzie Marsh?
\n11.\tWhich was higher in 2015, the total amount of funding raised during \tHoedown, or the combined total of all nine Council members\u2019 salaries?
\n12.\tTrue or false; Lions Parkette, the smallest park in Aurora’s park system, \tcovers an area less than that of a tennis court?
\n13.\tThe Town’s Latin motto, sol meus testis translates to: “the sun is my \twitness”, or “the dawn heralds prosperity”?
\n14.\tWhen the cell tower was built in King City near Bathurst, there were concerns expressed about radio emissions. But in the unlikely event it actually fell over to the east, is it tall enough to reach our Town’s border?
\n15.\tTrue or false; the largest animal known to be buried in the Aurora Pet Cemetery is a camel named Humphrey that was part of a travelling animal show that passed through Town in the 1930s?
\n16.\tWhich local sports group is older: the Aurora Master Ducks Swimmers or \tthe Aurora Tigers hockey team?
\n17.\tWhich famous person has their name misspelled on the Larter Mural at \tYonge and Wellington: Armand Bombardier or John A. Macdonald?
\n18. \tWould you be able to seat more people in Theatre Aurora, or in two Viva \tBlue buses?
\n19. \tTrue or false; Petch House was originally a hotel?
\n20.\tThe large underground bunker in the north end of Town was originally built: to house politicians during a potential nuclear threat during the Cold War, or as a future weather event refuge for area residents following the severe damage to local buildings caused by Hurricane Hazel?<\/p>\n

Answers:<\/p>\n

1.\tYes, there have been 29 since 1888
\n2.\tOperating was larger, at $56M, compared to $18M for Capital
\n3.\tMore – about 150 species
\n4.\tAurora, by a wide margin; roughly 55,000 to 5,900 for Leksand.
\n5.\tChatelaine
\n6.\tBurr Oak
\n7.\tTrue
\n8.\tEdward Blake
\n9.\tLess – it ranges from about 260 to 310 metres above sea level
\n10.\tSt. John’s Sideroad \u2013 the marsh was created relatively recently
\n11.\tHoedown\u2019s $464,000 could have (but mercifully didn’t have to) easily covered all of council’s combined salaries of $287,000
\n12.\tFalse. The parkette is about 500 square metres, about twice the size of a \ttennis \tcourt
\n13.\tThe sun is my witness
\n14.\tYes, at 60 metres tall, the top would just land on our side of Bathurst, but it \twouldn’t reach any private properties
\n15.\tFalse
\n16.\tThe Tigers, by about 30 years
\n17.\tJohn A. Macdonald – incorrect upper case “d”
\n18.\tTheatre Aurora (154 seats) \u2013 together two buses would accommodate 144 seated passengers
\n19.\tFalse
\n20.\tIt was built for the politicians in the event of a nuclear attack<\/p>\n

Scoring: <\/p>\n

0 – 5 \tYou’re not from around here, are you?
\n 6 -10\t\tNot bad – you\u2019re obviously a local
\n11 -18\t\tWell done – you’ve been reading The Auroran
\n19 -20 \tCongratulations, you must have been a Citizen of the Year<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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