The first province to have an organized school board.
What is Ontario
100
An Ontario-based pioneer in sports journalism. Now has an award named after him.
What was Lou Marsh
100
In a 1985 human rights case, Justine Blainey won the right to play with boys in what sport?
What is hockey
100
Bowling pin shaped exercise equipment.
What are Indian Clubs
100
This type of institution was largely responsible for the rise of organized team sports in Canada's education system more broadly.
What is the university
200
The author of the column "In the Women's Sportlight." A journalist for the Montreal Daily Star from 1929-1971.
Who was Myrtle Cook
200
Aboriginal Canadian Runner. Passed out from a Strychnine overdose in the 1908 Olympic marathon.
Who was Tom Longboat
200
A football match between this Canadian college and Harvard led to the Canadian and American rules for football.
What was McGill
200
After huge strides towards gender equality were made in the 1970s, men began "retreating" to this type of sport.
What were combat sports
200
The main reason many schools lacked physical education in the 1800s
What was a lack of money
300
Future prime minster of Canada. Wrote to the Minster of Education in hopes of having drill removed from his school's curriculum
Who was Arthur Meighen
300
The book many 'muscular Christians' actually based much of their practices on. It was about a boys experiences at Rugby School in Britain.
What is Tom Brown's Schooldays.
300
The leading baseball town in 1870s Canada.
What is Guelph, Ontario
300
A very accomplished sports journalist in Toronto, this man was a remarkable lacrosse player, adding creditability to his sports writing. In 1929 and 1930 he won the Mann Cup as a Lacrosse player.
Who was Ted Reeve
300
The first national association for amateur sport in Canada.
What is the AAAC
400
Founder of the Toronto Normal and Model school in 1853. Strove to have physical education included in Ontario's schools.
Who is Egerton Ryerson
400
A death in this sport cast a shadow over the Calgary sporting world in 1913. No one was every convicted of manslaughter in the case, due to a "culturally accepted level of violence" in sport.
What was boxing
400
Baseball was initially played in this Canadian community
What is Beachville
400
An extremely successful Canadian baseball club located in southwestern Ontario. It left Canadian league play for the International Baseball Association. They won the championship of this league in 1877.
Who were the London Tecumsehs
400
This founder of the Olympic Games saw no need to include women in the event.
Who was Pierre de Coubertin
500
Appointed inspector of Toronto public schools in 1874. Author of the "Manual of Drill and Calisthenics."
Who was James L. Hughes
500
The first "black player in organized ball." He was from Vancouver
Who is Jimmy Claxton
500
A Christian group providing "respectable exercise facilities for women." By 1900, 14 branches of this group existed in Canada.
What was the YWCA
500
The two games/sports that led to the creation of baseball
What are rounders and cricket
500
The name of Toronto's first internationally competitive baseball club. They pre-dated the Toronto Blue Jays and continue to play in a semi-professional league.