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1. Dr. J.S. Helmcken was:

  a. First physician of the BC Colony

  b. Speaker of the BC Legislature

  c. President of the BC Medical Society

  d. all of the above

2. Dragon Lake  was so named because

a. Dick Dragon was the first white settler in the area; 

b. it was the birthplace of Te Qoitcital, the serpent of Carrier legend;

c. of a famed Quesnel resident hothead, Tom Dray;

d. of the strong current in the lake which left paddlers 'draggin'.

3. The first female MLA in the BC Legislature was:

a. Emily Higgins (1882) 

b. Mary Ellen Smith (1918)

c. Nancy Hodges (1941)

d. Patricia Owens (1952)

4. Who were the Victoria Pioneer Rifles?

a. a group of former black slaves from the United States who formed their own military unit in 1860;

b. a group of British Columbia men who volunteered for the Boer War and were the first Canadians sent to South Africa in 1899;

c. the crew of the HMCS Shearwater of the BC Navy in 1914;

d. a group of volunteers who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War in 1937.

5. What BC city was formerly known as Stanley?

a. Vancouver;

b. Smithers;

c. Fort St. John;

d. Nelson.