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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Victoria, BC

Can you answer these multiple-choice questions about Victoria, British Columbia?
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Last updated: March 13, 2025
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1. On what island is Victoria?
Vancouver Island
Haida Gwai
Baffin Island
Isle du Victoria
2. Which of these shows the Victoria harbour?
Halifax, Victoria, Boston, Liverpool
3. Who is Victoria named for?
Queen Victoria
King Vittorio Emanuelle
Victoria Bering
Tsar Viatopolk I
4. What made Victoria’s population grow from just a couple hundred to over 20,000 in 1858?
The Great Seattle Fire
It became a prison colony
The Cariboo Gold Rush
The Dunsmuir “Super” Coal Mine
5. Which of these statements is true?
The thumbnail picture is the parliament building! Source.
Victoria is British Columbia’s largest city
Victoria is British Columbia’s capital
Victoria is farther north than Vancouver
Victoria has hosted the Olympics
6. North ______ is both a peninsula and a city that’s part of the Greater Victoria Area; it is named for the indigenous people of the area.
Beothuk
Cree
Dene
Saanich
7. What Victorian singer recorded several major international hit songs, including Timbaland collaboration “Give it to Me”?
Carly Rae Jepsen
Bryan Adams
Tate McCrae
Nelly Furtado
8. Which of these is traditional indigenous art from the Victoria area?
Totem poles are commonly found in the Pacific Northwest. The ivory carving is Inuit, the Haida hat is only found on Haida Gwai, and the false face mask is Iroquois.
9. What Victoria native was a National Basketball Association MVP twice and eight-time all-star?
Sadly, Canada's best basketball player never won a championship. He won as a coach, though.
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki
Andrew Wiggans
Larry Bird
10. What is Victoria’s National Hockey League team?
It has a WHL team called the Royals, but that's it. It's not even the location of an NHL farm team.
Mammoths
Millionaires
Orcas
Victoria does not have an NHL team
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