Baseball
Canadian Heroes
Sports Journalism and the Media
Gender, Body, and Sport
Education
100
The great economic patron of early Canadian baseball. He was 'notoriously good' at managing the business end of the sport.
Who was Sleeman
100
A row and Canada's first professional world champion in any sports. May have had the luck of the Irish.
Who was Ned Hanlan
100
The Grandfather of Canadian sports journalism
Who was Lou Marsh
100
An early, exceptionally violent, means of settling disputes of masculine honour. Particularly popular in elite circles.
What was duelling.
100
Founded the Toronto Normal School, encouraging physical education in Canada.
Who was Egerton Ryerson
200
The most prominent teams of the 1860s.
Who were the Woodstock Young Canadians.
200
Talented figure skater, lauded more for her looks than her exceptional athletic abilities.
Who was Barbara Ann Scott
200
Author of the popular "In the Women's Sportlight" column in the Montreal Daily Star.
Who was Myrtle Cook.
200
Perhaps the most basic and ancient method of settling matters of manhood. Common in taverns and rural settings.
What is fighting
200
Main form of physical activity used in Canadian education system well into the twentieth century.
What was drilling
300
Trophy emblematic of the Canadian baseball championship.
What was the silver ball.
300
Quebec Strong man, known for his vaudeville acts.
Who was Louis Cyr
300
Winner of the Grey Cup in football and Mann Cup in Lacrosse, this Toronto journalist wrote for the Toronto Telegram and, later, the Toronto Globe.
Who was Ted Reeve
300
Name given to a family of fighters from Lucan, Ontario. Several members of the family were eventually murdered by their neighbours.
Who were the Black Donnelleys
300
Bowling pin shaped exercise equpiment.
What are Indian Clubs.
400
With Sleeman's help, became the most succussful baseball town of the 1870s.
What was Guelph
400
A Jewish-Canada figure skating star.
Who was Louis Rubenstein
400
Canadian icon, known for his opening line on Hockey Night in Canada: "Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland."
Who was Foster Hewitt
400
Form of sport championed by the middle class to reinforce their own masculine identities, while marginalizing other men and women.
What was amateurism
400
American University club that, along with McGill University, helped iron out many of the originally rules of American/Canadian football.
What was Harvard.
500
Toronto's major ball team before the arrival of the Blue Jays. They continue to play in the Ontario inter county semi professional league today.
Who were the Maple Leafs.
500
The first black boxer to win a championship of the world. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Who was George Dixon
500
Title of Lou Marsh's famous sports column.
What is the "Pick and Shovel"
500
The main reason nineteenth century doctor's discouraged women from participating in sport. No evidence to support these physical ailments.
What is uterine displacement/reproductive damage
500
Author of 'Physical Culture' - an early Canadian training manual that included exercises for young women.
Who was E.B. Houghton
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