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RMDC
100

This well-known reformer shares a first name and one  last name with a famous civil rights leader

Who is Martin Luther

100

What Was the first national park to be established? 

Yellowstone National Park - 1872

100

Name one of the many theatres and playhouses that used to line the streets of Rossland

What is the Rosscanna, the star, the Capitol, the opera house, etc.

100

The Consolidated Mining & smelting Company shortened their name to this one-world amalgamation 

what is COMINCO

200

What well-known holiday/celebration is also the day the 95 theses were allegedly nailed to the door of the Wittenburg castle 

Halloween/Oct 31, 1517

200

What was the first anime movie to win an Academy Award? 

Spirited Away -2001

200

On the corner of Washington and Columbia ave stands the iconic BMO building which opened to the public in this pivotal year. 

What is 1900

200

How many phases is there set to be in the full renewal project 

what is 6... i think??

300

The invention of this technology played a large role in the reformation and its widespread reach across Europe

What is the Printing Press

300

Which country's independence celebration shares the same date as my birthday?  

What is Mexico 

300

Barred from mining and excluded from most economic spheres, Chinese immigrants ran the majority of these high-demand business in Rossland

What are Laundries

300

what is the full name of the body under which RMDC is governed 

What is the Rossland Historical Museum Association 

400

Pissed of at the Protestants, Catholics retaliated with what cultural movement  

what is the Counter-reformation

400
Despite having only been on air since 2015, what UK comedy panel show boasts 18+ seasons and 10 international spinoffs

What is Taskmaster

400

what was the name of the Railway by Jewish Rossland Founder, Fritz Heinz. 

Columbia & Western Railway

400

In this year the modern RMDC building opened. 

 

What is 1967

500

What childhood cartoon character's house physically saved my life when i was four

Dora the Explorer

500

The iconic Eiffel Tower and the slightly less iconic Mennonite Collegiate Institute were established in what same year? 


what is 1889 

500

Eventually named after Ross Thompson, what was the original rejected name of this town. 

Bonus points for the reason it was rejected 

What is Thompson


What is Canada Post refused on grounds of there being another thompson

500

Often thought to be JD McDonald, this person was the real founder of the Rossland Museum 

Who is Gordon German