Riel Jeopardy!

1. Riel Jeopardy! This is:

2. Riel Dumont Scott John A Richtot 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

3. In what part of Manitoba (then the Northwest Territory) was Louis Riel born? $100

4. St Boniface

5. After the Canadian government purchased the Northwest Territory from the Hudson Bay Company, they appointed an Englishman as lieutenant-governor. What was his name? $200

6. William MacDougall

7. Modern-day Winnipeg, this was the name of the fort where Riel organized his provisional government. $300

8. Upper Fort Garry

9. In what year did Manitoba officially become part of Canadian Confederation? $400

10. 1870 The Manitoba Act passed on May 12

11. The name of the military group dispatched from Ontario that was given the task of apprehending Louis Riel for the execution of Thomas Scott. $500

12. Red River Expedition

13. True or False?Riel was a member of the Canadian Parliament as the representative of Manitoba. $100

14. True He signed the register but was thrown out of parliament.

15. In his youth, to what calling was Louis Riel drawn, because of his intelligence? $200

16. Priesthood

17. During the Saskatchewan Rebellion, how did Riel see himself? $300

18. At the ‘Prophet of the New World’

19. When Riel was charged with treason in Saskatchewan, his lawyers offered to enter a plea of THIS in order to save Riel from certain execution: $400

20. Insanity

21. How many physicians were summoned to determine Riel’s mental health after his guilty verdict in Regina? $500

22. Three One found him insane; the others felt he was mentally capable.

23. Where is Riel buried? $100

24. St Boniface A suburb of Winnipeg, also Riel’s birthplace.

25. Who Am I? $200

26. Gabriel Dumont Riel’s comrade, born in Red River Illiterate, but spoke six languages Named ‘adjutant general of the Métis people’ in Saskatchewan’s provisional government Performed in Wild Bill Cody’s Wild West Show after the failed rebellion Died in Batoche in 1906

27. What is another name for the Red River Rebellion? $300

28. Red River Resistance

29. What was the original name which Riel and the Métis had before the name ‘Manitoba’ was chosen? $400

30. Assiniboia No dice – the Canadians wouldn’t go for it.

31. Before the Canada purchased what was to become known as the Northwest Territory from the Hudson Bay Company, by what name was it referred? $500

32. Rupert’s Land

33. A government set up for the purpose of ruling for a short period of time until a new government is chosen is called THIS: $100

34. Provisional Government

35. Who’s Execution? $200

36. Thomas Scott’s

37. Riel’s trusted friend given the task of negotiating with the Canadians for Manitoba’s entrance into Confederation. $300

38. Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot

39. What were two of Riel’s demands in the Manitoba Act? Which were both granted, by the way. $400

40. Separate French-language schools for Métis children and the protection of the Catholic faith.

41. What does this flag represent? $500

42. The Métis Nation

43. Offer two other names given to the Northwest Rebellion. $100

44. Northwest Resistance&Saskatchewan Rebellion

45. Part of the struggle between the Métis and the Canadians was the differing systems of land division. Name them. $200

46. Seigneurial System&Square Concession System

47. For generations, this animal served as the main source of food for the Métis. $300

48. The Buffalo

49. Why was the derogatory term ‘half-breed’ used when referencing the Métis in the past? $400

50. The Métis origins are the result of the co-mingling of French fur traders and Aboriginals on the Canadian Prairies The term ‘half-breed’ is no longer used.