Early Canada
British North America
The Rise of Organized Sport
Sport on Film
Lacrosse
100
An aboriginal game similar to ice hockey, played by the Han, Deg Hit'an and Gwich'in groups in the sub arctic.
What is shinny
100
The most important site of leisure and games in British North America.
What is the tavern.
100
The "cradle of organized sport"
What is Montreal
100
Film about hockey, focusing largely on the 2010 Olympics and 1972 Summit Series.
What is "More Than A Game"
100
The first organized lacrosse club in Canada.
What is the Montreal Lacrosse Club
200
The "most important aboriginal game." Used for settling political differences, creating competition in preperation for war, and gambling.
What is Lacrosse
200
A European Christian tradition, typically opposed by British protestants in favour of a calmer, more devoted Sunday.
What is the Continental Sabbath/Sunday or Sabbatarian Laws
200
Common middle/upper class sport in nineteenth century Montreal, known for its "tramps." Eventually abandoned for ice skating.
What was snow shoeing
200
The city that hosted Chuvalo-Ali I, after numerous American and Canadian cities turned down the oppertunity. Highlighted in the film "The Final Round."
What is Toronto
200
Man responsible for the promotion of lacrosse as "Canada's national game"
who was George W. Beers
300
Early French speaking fur traders. Regularly participated in canoe and foot races, lifting competitions, fighting, and wrestling. The true adherents to "bush masculinity."
What is Coureurs de Bois
300
Racial slang used to describe aboriginal hunting guides.
What is 'savage'
300
"Unquestionably the greatest change in the organization of amateur sport." The "penny-farthing" was one popular variation.
What is the bicycle
300
A Quebec terrorist group, highlighted in the film "A Dangerous Game"
What is the FLQ
300
Visitor that sparked the standardization of lacrosse rules, following a Montreal vs Abroginal game in the nineteenth century.
Who was the Prince of Wales.
400
The term used to describe the settlers of New France. Organized under the seigneurial system - with is long, thin tracks of land - these early settlers were able to participate in festivities with neighbours, including drinking, card playing, and singing.
Who were the Habitants
400
Two of the favoured sports of British military in North America.
What were cricket, hunting, steeple chase
400
Two athletic clubs that joined with the Montreal Bicycle Club to form the Montreal Amateur Athletic Associaton.
What were the Montreal Snowshoe Club and the Montreal Lacrosse Club.
400
Ben Johnson's American rival in "Reputations: The Ben Johnson Story."
Who was Carl Lewis
400
A working class Irish club from Montreal's Griffintown. Brought a level of competition into the game of lacrosse previously unexperienced in Canada.
Who were the Montreal Shamrocks
500
A fraternal club, founded by the Montreal upper class to celebrate the fur trader lifestyle. Ironically, few club members had any actual experience in the wilderness.
What is the Beaver Club
500
Canada's first sporting club, founded in 1807.
What is Montreal Curling Club
500
The two bodies that fought it out in the "amateur war"
What were the Amateur Athletic Association/Amateur Athletic Union and the Amateur Athletic Federation
500
The first black hockey league in Canada, discussed at length in "More than a game"
What was the Maritime Coloured Hockey League
500
The two major governing bodies for lacrosse in turn of the century Canada.
What were the National Amateur Lacrosse Association and the Canadian Lacrosse Association.
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