Montreal History
The name given to what settlers call the city of Montreal by the Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) people.
What is Tiohtià:ke (pronounced joh-ja-gay)?
The current mayor of Montreal, elected in 2025
Who is Soraya Martinez Ferrada?
Gates in front of McGill, named for the dean of McGill's Faculty of Medicine from 1901 to 1908
What are the Roddick Gates?
The name of a show directed by Montreal native Jacob Tierny
What is Heated Rivalry?
The FM Frequency in MHz of CKUT’s radio broadcast.
What is 90.3 FM?
The year Montreal was incorporated as a city
What happened in 1832?
Online short term rental platform that has been banned in Montreal outside of summer months.
What is AirBnB?
This orange icon has been serving drinks and fries since 1932
What is Orange Julep?
This restaurant received honourable mention in the 2025 Michelin Guide Canada and was where Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry went out on a date
What is Le Violon?
I am a News Collective host, and I am speaking right now
Who is _____?
This jazz artist from the Little Burgundy neighbourhood of Montreal known as the maharaja of the keyboard by Duke Ellington and won 8 Grammy’s.
Oscar Peterson
The recent rapid development of this type of infrastructure has proven to be highly controversial in part due to the density of inner city traffic
What are bike lanes?
This National Historic Site of Canada is a vast Roman Catholic pilgrimage site located on the north slope of Mount Royal
What is Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal?
Critically acclaimed Quebecois filmmaker known for his work in sci-fi
Who is Denis Villeneuve?
This is the amount in dollars that the CKUT Annual Funding drive hopes to meet as their goal for 2026.
What is $55,000?
The name of the active stratovolcano, which erupted on April 10th 1815, leading to the Montreal/Canadian 1816 “The Year Without a Summer”
What is Mount Tambora in Indonesia?
In 1954, the then mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, lead a campaign to cut down nearly all of the trees on Mont Royal, earning it this nickname for years to come
What is the “bald mountain”
This 1976 landmark, designed by Roger Taillibert has garnered controversy from its retractable roof
What is the Olympic Stadium?
This musical artist filmed a music video at McGill’s Molson Stadium and was a student at McGill
Who is Grimes?
This day of “triumphant return” marks the first day that this version of the News Collective graced the air
What is November 3rd 2024?