{"id":21137,"date":"2018-07-11T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21137"},"modified":"2018-07-11T13:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:32:38","slug":"inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE AURORA: Aurora Quiz – Part 5"},"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 fifth Aurora Quiz.<\/p>\n

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

1.\tTrue or false; Aurora\u2019s average annual temperature is only 6.8C.
\n2.\tAccording to the 2016 Census, what language was reported as being more frequently spoken at home in Aurora; French or Russian?
\n3.\tAre there more or fewer than 7 cell towers within the Town of Aurora?
\n4.\tWas The Holland River, which flows northwards through the east side of Town, named after a country or a person?
\n5. \tDoes a location have to have a door in order to participate in Doors Open Aurora?
\n6.\tIf you need a replacement tree on the boulevard in front of your property, is one of your options a spruce?
\n7.\tThe proposed new theatre in Library Square will seat around 200 people. Does the Council Chamber at Town Hall seat this many?
\n8.\tThere is a famous Disney princess whose name is Aurora. Do we know her better as Sleeping Beauty or Snow White?
\n9.\tTrue or false; Aurora\u2019s current official Town Crier lives on a street called \u201cTown Crier Lane\u201d?
\n10.\tThere\u2019s been increased talk lately about the importance of continuing to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine. What percentage of the Town of Aurora is located on the moraine; more or less than 20%?
\n11.\tWhat\u2019s interesting about \u201cThe Aurora Site\u201d, a sixteenth century Huron-Wendat village located along the East Holland River: despite its name it is not located in Aurora, or it was discovered by an 11 year old on his way to school in 1923?
\n12.\tTrue or false; there are streets in Aurora named after 5 of the 12 months of the year.
\n13.\tHow many items are borrowed annually from the library; more or less than 500,000?
\n14.\tTrue or false; the old Post Office building on Yonge Street, built in 1915 and currently the home of The Auroran newspaper, was the Town\u2019s fourth post office.
\n15.\tWhich of these institutions is older; the Aurora Lawn Bowling Club, or St Andrew\u2019s College?
\n16.\tWhich town\u2019s Councillors have a higher annual salary; Aurora or East Gwillimbury?
\n17.\tAurora\u2019s coat of arms features a plough. True or false; in a nod to its roots, Aurora\u2019s Swedish twin city Leksand\u2019s coat of arms features an axe?
\n18. \tWho was Annie Dunning; an 1800s resident thought to haunt a restaurant on Yonge Street, or Aurora\u2019s first female firefighter in 1958?
\n19. \tTrue or false: one of the reasons that the Aurora Tigers hockey team recently updated its tiger themed logo is that the previous one depicted a mountain lion.
\n20.\tWhat happened in Aurora on July 29, 2015; the first wedding ceremony was conducted at Town Hall, or all time attendance over ten years at the Concerts in the Park reached 100,000? <\/p>\n

Answers below.<\/p>\n

Feel free to e-mail Scott at: machellscorners@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Answers:<\/p>\n

1.\tTrue, even if it is hard to believe based on recent temperatures
\n2.\tRussian – 1,115 speakers to 275 who spoke French
\n3.\tMore \u2013 at least 20 used by Bell, Telus, Rogers and other companies
\n4.\tA person \u2013 it was named in 1793 after Major Samuel Holland, Surveyor General of Upper Canada
\n5.\tNo, various open air locations have been featured over the years including the Farmers\u2019 Market, the garden at Merlin\u2019s Hollow, and the Aurora Cemetery
\n6.\tNo, conifers aren\u2019t on the list of 42 different species that the Town allows to be planted on residential boulevards, only deciduous trees
\n7.\tNo, the Chamber only accommodates 120 people
\n8.\tSleeping Beauty
\n9.\tTrue \u2013 it\u2019s located in Markham, where he is also that municipality\u2019s Crier
\n10.\tMore \u2013 the moraine underlies about 55% of the Town
\n11.\tIt\u2019s not located in Aurora, but in Whitchurch-Stouffville
\n12.\tFalse \u2013 only two so far: April and October
\n13.\tMore \u2013 in 2016 over 685,000 items were borrowed digitally or in hard copy
\n14.\tTrue \u2013 it was replaced by the one on Wellington Street East, which became the fifth and final one before it too, was closed
\n15.\tSt Andrews, which opened in 1899. The Lawn Bowling Club was established 15 years later in 1914.
\n16.\tEast Gwillibury\u2019s elected officials at over $44k a year make about 50% more than Aurora\u2019s Councillors, who make just under $29k
\n17.\tFalse \u2013 it depicts a key
\n18.\tThe ghost of Annie Dunning has been reportedly seen several times over the years in the building that currently houses The Filly and Co.
\n19.\tFalse \u2013 of course it was a tiger !
\n20.\tThe first wedding<\/p>\n

Scoring:
\n0 – 5 \tYou’re not from around here, are you?
\n6 -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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