{"id":23128,"date":"2019-03-01T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23128"},"modified":"2019-03-01T16:30:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:30:41","slug":"inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/inside-aurora-aurora-quiz-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE AURORA: Aurora Quiz – Part 6"},"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 Inside Aurora’s sixth Aurora Quiz.
\nAs 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.\tDr G W Williams High School has been in the news regarding its pending move across Town. But who was Dr Williams: a former school board trustee, or the landowner where the school is currently located?
\n2.\tThe East Holland River winds its way through the Arboretum between St John\u2019s Sideroad and Wellington Street. The distance between these two roads is about 2 kms, but if you paddled between these two roads on the river, how far would you travel – more or less than 4 kms?
\n3.\tBased on a survey of total tree cover in Aurora conducted in 2016, how much is there; more or less than 25%?
\n4. \tAre there any street names in Aurora that are only two letters in length?
\n5.\tWhen the Region of York was created in 1971, Aurora\u2019s current boundaries were established. Did these new borders make the Town larger or smaller than it was previously?
\n6.\tLloyd Chadburn, a WW2 fighter pilot who grew up in Aurora, is notable for being the only RCAF plot to; be awarded the French Croix du Guerre, or fly his plane under the Eiffel Tower?
\n7.\tTrue or false; in area, all of Aurora’s parks combined are approximately the same size as the area bounded by the following streets: Yonge, St John’s, Bayview and Wellington?
\n8.\tHas an Auroran ever won an Olympic medal?
\n9. \tWhich came first; the Town of Aurora or the country of Canada?
\n10.\tAurora is part of two Federal ridings: Newmarket-Aurora, and Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill. In which riding is the largest percentage of our Town by area?
\n11.\tHave there been any black bear sightings in Aurora in the past 10 years?
\n12. \tWhich appeared in Aurora first; a steam train or a library?
\n13.\tTrue or false; Salamander Pond, a popular winter skating surface on the west side of Town, was named after Alexander Salamander, a former back-up goalie for the Boston Bruins, who grew up in the area?
\n14.\t“Happy Woodlawn” is the Town’s largest retirement residence being built near St John’s and Leslie, or a now abandoned pet cemetery that operated in south Aurora in the mid 20th century?
\n15.\tTrue or false, \u201cYou\u2019re in good company\u201d, Aurora\u2019s motto, is also the motto of Canberra, Australia?
\n16.\tThe Ducks, Jokers and Saints are teams in which Aurora sports league; Masters Lacrosse, or Lawn Bowling?
\n17.\tTrue or false; the most common tree planted on Aurora’s boulevards is not native to Canada?
\n18.\tAurora Council was recently reduced to 7 members. When the first Aurora Council met in 1863, were there more or less than this number?
\n19.\tThe only National Historic Site in Aurora is Church St School or Hillary House?
\n20.\tIs the Town of Aurora closer to the North Pole, or the equator?<\/p>\n

Answers<\/p>\n

1.\tSchool board trustee
\n2.\tMore – just over 5 kms \u2013 it\u2019s a twisty river
\n3.\tMore – 28%
\n4.\tNo, but there are several with three
\n5.\tLarger, as it annexed parts of King and Whitchurch
\n6.\tHe was awarded the Croix du Guerre
\n7.\tTrue, about 313 hectares
\n8.\tYes, Jim Elder won an equestrian gold in 1968, and John Wood a silver in canoeing in 1976
\n9.\tAurora, which was incorporated in 1863, four years before Confederation
\n10.\tAurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill
\n11.\tYes, two were seen in the Case Woodlot in May 2011 and one was captured near Yonge and Wellington in June 2009
\n12.\tThe first steam train rumbled into Town in 1853 – the first library opened two years \tlater in 1855
\n13.\tFalse, it was named after the local amphibian inhabitants
\n14.\tPet cemetery
\n15.\tFalse, local license plates describe Canberra as \u201cThe Bush Capital\u201d
\n16.\tLacrosse
\n17. \tTrue. The Norway Maple is a European species introduced to North America in the 1700s
\n18.\tLess, there were 5 in total
\n19.\tHillary House
\n20.\tThe equator, but only barely as its location at 44 degrees latitude it is only one point shy of the mid-point between the pole and equator<\/p>\n

Scoring:
\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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