ROUND 9: Miscellaneous/Canadiana - Let's Go to the "Ex"

1. Within 5 years, in what year was the CNE founded (under the name
   'Toronto Industrial Exhibition')? 

A. 1879 (accept 1874-1884) 


2. Tell us, within 5 cents, the price of general admission in 1879, or
   tell us exactly what the price of general admission (including
   taxes) will be in 2003. 

A. 25 cents (accept 20-30); $10 


3. In 1882, the closing hour was extended to 10:00 as the Ex had become
   the first exhibition in the world to adopt which technological advance? 

A. Electric lighting 


4. Over the next few years the CNE was home to what form of transportation,
   the first of its kind in Canada?  In 1883 it didn't work properly,
   but many people rode on it starting in 1884.

	Electric railway
	(Accept "trolley car" or "electric streetcar";
       "electric" or "trolley" is required.)


5. The oldest sound recording still in existence was recorded at the 
   Exhibition by Thomas Edison in 1888, and featured greetings from 
   Lord Stanley (of Stanley Cup fame) to which politician? You can 
   give his name or title. 

A. Grover Cleveland; President of the US 


6. In 1938, an experimental television broadcast was conducted 
   from the Horticulture Building to the Automotive Building. 
   It featured an interview of boxer Jack Dempsey by what legendary 
   Canadian broadcaster? 

A. Gordon Sinclair 


7. Within one year, what was the last year that a Blue Jay baseball game 
   was played at Exhibition Stadium?

A. 1989 (accept 1988-1990) 
   (Note: The Jays moved to Skydome part way through the 1989 season.)


8. Who runs the Midway? 

A. Conklin Shows (or The Conklin Group) 


 

9. For many years, a popular exhibit in the Horse Palace was a sculpture 
   made out of what? (There was a new one every year.) 

A. butter 


10. What is the oldest building on the CNE grounds, built in 1794 and 
    moved to the CNE in 1879? 

A. The Scadding Cabin