Fill in the Blanks

Instructions: Write the missing word on the line. Some questions give you two choices: pick one.
Hint: You might find some of the answers at other places on this Web site.
Level of Difficulty: Choose from Easy, Intermediate and Difficult levels.

Easy

1. In 1873, the__________________________________ Police was formed.
(North-West Mounted or Royal Northwest Mounted?)

2. The animal on the RCMP coat of arms is a ________________________.
(moose or buffalo?)

3. The Prime Minister who created the Mounties was ___________________ Macdonald.
(Sir Ronald or Sir John A.?)

4. The colours that the RCMP wear are ______________________________.
(“Scarlet and Silver” or “Scarlet and Gold”?)

5. RCMP Headquarters are located in the city of _______________________.
(Regina or Ottawa?)

Intermediate

1. RCMP troops are trained in the Province of _________________________.

2. The Commissioner has the highest position in the RCMP. Our current Commissioner’s name is ________________________________________.

3. To become an RCMP officer you have to be __________________ years old.

4. The North-West Mounted Police were vital to the administration of the Yukon during the Gold Rush. The Mounted Policeman in charge of the area during the most busy years of the Rush, from 1898 to 1899, was Superintendent _________________________________ .

5. In 1900, North-West Mounted Policemen fought in the ___________ War in both the Canadian Mounted Rifles commanded by Former Commissioner Lawrence W. Herchmer, and Lord Strathcona’s Horses commanded by Lt. Colonel Sam Steele.

Difficult

1. When Inspector Fitzgerald and his men were killed on what has become known as the “Lost Patrol,” they were trying to travel from _________to _________ by dog sled.

2. The most northerly detachment in RCMP history was on _____________ Island.

3. When the Royal Northwest Mounted Police became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920, the ______________ Police, which was responsible for protecting Government buildings, were absorbed into its ranks.

4. During the March West, the North-West Mounted Police broke into two groups, one that went north to Fort Edmonton and another that headed to what is now Southern Alberta. Upon arrival, the latter group built Fort __________________.

5. A syndicated comic strip by American author Zane Grey that first appeared in the Chicago American in 1935 was called _________________. It told stories about a fictional RCMP officer named King.

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