Trivia quiz #5: Canoes, the Cold War and pumpkin people

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It’s time for another edition of the play-at-home Ottawa Road Trips trivia game!

First off, thanks so much to everyone who played last week’s trivia game. Our winner was reader Chrisann R, and a $10 Tim Horton’s e-gift card is headed her way. I’ve updated last week’s game with the answers.

And now, on to this week’s game, with 10 more questions to test your knowledge of places in Ontario, Quebec and beyond. Each question includes a handy link to a post where you’ll find the answer. As always, note that this is virtual travel only—please wait to actually visit these places until the COVID-19 crisis ends!

NOTE: This week’s game has closed in terms of being able to win the prize, but you’re welcome to play for fun. I’ve updated the post to include the answers at the very bottom.

Question 1: Canada’s largest day spa

What Scandinavian-style attraction in Chelsea, Quebec, is Canada’s largest day spa?

Question 2: Cafes, art and the Cold War

In what community on Ottawa’s western edge will you find Alice’s Village Café, the Juke Joint Soul Kitchen, and an annual fall show and sale called Expressions of Art…as well as the Cold War site pictured above?

Question 3: Glowing garden lanterns

What is the name of the spectacular lantern festival that the Montreal Botanical Garden usually hosts each fall?

Question 4: World’s largest canoe collection

In what Ontario city would you find the world’s largest collection of canoes at the Canadian Canoe Museum?

Question 5: Pumpkin people take over town

What town on the Ottawa River runs a “Pumpkin People Festival” in October, featuring pumpkin-headed figures posed in tableaus all over town?

Question 6: A patent medicine fortune

At Fulford Place in Brockville, you can learn about the patent medicine that made a fortune for Senator George Fulford Taylor in the late 1800s. What alliterative five-word slogan did he use to sell the product?

Question 7: Pontiac ski trails

In what West Quebec community—named for a large city in southwestern England—can you ski or snowshoe for free along 10 kilometres of groomed trails at Ski Pontiac?

Question 8: High above Toronto

If you walk along the narrow catwalk known as the CN Tower EdgeWalk, how many metres above the ground will you be strolling?

Question 9: Forever-free park

In Perth, there’s a park where no one is ever allowed to charge admission to an event, because the woman who donated the land to the town made that a condition of the bequest. Name the park.

Question 10: River trips and a treetop walk

Name the Adirondacks outdoors centre in Tupper Lake, New York, where you can take a paddling excursion on the Raquette River or stroll along elevated walkways high above the forest floor.

And here are the answers!

1. Nordik Spa-Nature 
2. Carp
3. Gardens of Light
4. Peterborough
5. Petawawa
6. Pink pills for pale people
7. Bristol
8. 356 metres
9. Stewart Park
10. Wild Center

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