TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
For centuries, Black Canadians have contributed enormously to all aspects of Toronto’s culture, including sports, literature, art, food and politics. In this week’s quiz, Jamie Bradburn celebrates Black History Month
1. Scarborough-born Mike Marson was the second Black player in the NHL, debuting with which expansion team in 1974?
a) Atlanta Flames b) Kansas City Scouts c) New York Islanders d) Washington Capitals
2. What was Toronto’s first soul food restaurant, which operated between 1969 and 1990 and whose owners included former Argos John Henry Jackson and Dave Mann, club operator Howard Matthews and musician Archie Alleyne?
a) Bourbon Street b) Ports of Call c) Underground Railroad d) Unity Grill
3. In 1962, Daniel G. Hill became the first director, and later chair, of which provincial government body?
a) Ontario Educational Communications Authority (later TVO) b) Ontario Human Rights Commission c) Ontario Racing Commission d) Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
4. Hill’s children, Dan, Karen and Lawrence, have each had notable careers in the arts. Which ballad sung and co-written by Dan reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977?
a) “All I See Is Your Face” b) “Can’t We Try” c) “Never Thought (That I Could Love)” d) “Sometimes When We Touch”
5. Malcolm X appeared as a guest on which CBC series filmed in Toronto in January 1965, a month before he was assassinated?
a) “Front Page Challenge” b) “Reach for the Top” c) “This Hour Has Seven Days” d) “W5”
6. Which church, considered the oldest Black institution in the city, traces its roots to a dozen escaped slaves who established a congregation in 1826?
a) Coloured Wesleyan Church b) First Baptist Church Toronto c) Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church d) Nazrey African Methodist
7. During the mid-1850s, which abolitionist newspaper edited by Mary Ann Shadd moved its operations from Windsor to Toronto?
a) The North Star b) Provincial Freeman c) True Royalist d) Voice of the Fugitive
8. On May 17, 1946, Jackie Robinson got two hits in his first game at Maple Leaf Stadium while playing for which visiting Brooklyn Dodgers farm team that defeated the baseball Maple Leafs 5-4 that night?
a) Buffalo Bisons b) Jersey City Giants c) Montreal Royals d) Newark Bears
9. Beyond his many political achievements, Toronto-born Lincoln Alexander allegedly caught Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau mouthing an obscenity in Parliament in February 1971, provoking which famous Trudeau expression?
a) “Fuddle duddle.” b) “I had been called worse things by better people.” c) “Just watch me.” d) “My life is one long curve, full of turning points.”
10. In 2017, patrons of A Different Booklist, which specializes in literature related to the African-Caribbean diaspora, carried boxes of books across which street to the store’s new home? a) Bathurst Street b) Bloor Street c) Harbord Street d) Roncesvalles Avenue