1. c. Margaret Vincent, an elderly lady, was carrying water just after dusk. She was challenged by the home guard but failed to respond, and was consequently shot. Mrs. Vincent was hard of hearing.

2. a. (52 cents)

3. b. (Benedict Arnold)

4. c. Candles made from sheep tallow were considered "good" candles; superior to those made from the fat of cows.

5. b. The Lady of the Lake was a steamboat which sailed Lake Memphremagog. It was launched in 1867.

6. a. ($112 plus board at a student's home.)

7. b. An annual subscription cost $1.50 and a single paper cost a penny.

8. a. Miss Donna Gamsby of Huntingville had a 1906 Rambler shipped by freight from California. This topless, chain driven car featured a right-hand drive, a wooden body painted scarlet, and carbide gas lights.

9. c. These first plates were made in 1906 of porcelain and were about the size of our present day bicycle plates.

10. a. The seven-man team consisted of: Goal, Point, Cover Point, Rover, Right Wing, Left Wing and Centre. Each team would have one spare but he would not get a chance to play unless someone got hurt. Games were two periods of thirty minutes each, with a ten-minute rest between periods.

11. a. The native village of Odanak was a mission settlement near the mouth of the St. Francis River.

12. a. After the fall of Quebec in 1759, but before the war was completely over, Amherst decided to punish the St. Francis Indians for their frequent raids and steadfast support for the French.

13. b. (a covered bridge)

14. a. Reginald Fessenden was born in Brome County in 1866. He was the first man in history to send wireless broadcasts of voice and music. He also invented the sonic depth finder, submarine signaling devices, and held over 500 patents.

15. c. The B-7 was a seven-passenger vehicle which featured the sprocket wheel/track system which would later be used in most of the subsequently produced vehicles designed by the famous inventor and entrepreneur, Joseph-Armand Bombardier.

16. c. (1959)

17. b. Both Henry G. Kidd and Bernard Epps have written books about the legendary Outlaw of Megantic, Donald Morrison.

18. c. (Louis St. Laurent)

19. c. (Lucien Bouchard, Secretary of State)

20. c. Henry Seth Taylor of Stanstead designed and built Canada's first horseless carriage. This wood burning steam wagon was introduced at the Stanstead fair of 1867. Its debut was marred by the fact that it had no brakes.

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