Online Trivia

Featuring Margie Franche (Oliver)

1. Names of Margie’s parents
   Where did they live?
   Number of children the had?
   Number of girls, number of boys, can you name them?
2. Who granted the one acre of land that Stittsville United Church stands on?
   What was the log church known as?
3. What year did a fire destroy almost all of Stittsville?
4. What was the name of the fire?
5. What year was the original Stittsville Public School built?
6. What was the year the final addition for the school completed.?
   How many classrooms originally?
7. In 1866 what was the population of Stittsville?

1. Name of the member of our Stittsville United congregation who owned and operated Goulbourn Sanitation.
2. Who was the saddlebag preacher in 1819?
3. What was the last day the Stittsville Flea Market was open?
4. Where was the Anglican Church originally located before rebuilt at the present location at the corner of Stittsville Main and Cathcart Carleton?
   Why was it relocated?
5. What year did Stittsville/Goulbourn amalgamate with Ottawa?
6. What year was Goulbourn Township founded?
   By whom ?–
   Where did most of the settler population coming from?

1. Name 2 Stittsville fire chiefs from our church members.
2. In 1824 who established a homestead in Goulbourn Township?
3. What year did the first train pass through Stittsville?
   When did the last train run through Stittsville?
4. What was the name of the cleaners on Stittsville Main that burnt in 2013?
5. What was the original name of Cabotto’s Restaurant, built in 1868?

1. Name 2 Members of our the Stittsville United congregation who were RCMP officers.
2. What was the title of the Broadway Musical performed at Stittsville United Church?
   Name 1 of the main actors.
3. Stittsville United Church was once part of a two-point charge. Name the other church?
4. Where was the Orange Lodge originally located?
5. Who was the first Post Master of Stittsville?

1. Name 2 authors from our congregation – one has published a novel (fiction) and the other short stories.
2. When was the last trip the Stittsville United Youth went to Nicaragua (year)?
   What was the purpose of the trip?
   Name two of the Church youth who made this trip.
3. Stittsville United Church history –What year was the log building replaced by a stone building?
   What was the stone building known as?
   What year was the stone building replaced by the “Brick Church”?
4. In the 1950’s where was the General Store located in Stittsville?
   What was the name of the store?
   What business is there now?
5. What was the original use of the building located on Stittsville Main between the Dynacare Lab and the Anglican Church?

Category: Our Congregation (Featuring Carolyn Clark)

1. Name 2 of Carolyn’s many professions?
2. Name an organization Carolyn is presently a member.

Category: Our Church

1. Who played the bagpipes for the Remembrance Day Services at Stittsville United Church?
2. Who plays the trumpet for the Remembrance Day Services at Stittsville United Church?
3. What year was the sod turning for the last addition to the Church?

Category: Our Community

1. Where was the Bowling Alley Located?
2. Who ran the Bowling Alley?
3. After the Bowling Alley closed name 1 of the businesses located in the Building.
4. Before it’s present location on Hazeldean Road, where was Giant Tiger located?

Category:  About the Congregation (Featuring Allison Houston)

1. Where is Allison from?
2. What football team does she cheer for?
3. How many siblings does Allison have and how many have red hair?

Category:  About Stittsville United Church:

1. How many stained glass windows of the church can you see from the outside?
2. What year was Stittsville United church raised and the basement constructed?
3. What is featured at the top of the church spire?

Category:  About Stittsville:

1. What was the name of the transportation service that picked up and dropped people off at the Bowling Alley?

A 140 year old historic building at 1518 Stittsville Main was destroyed by fire in Sept. 2013 –

1. What was the original buildings use?
2. In 1919 what did the building become?
3. What 3 business’s opened in the following years?
4. What was the cause of the fire?

Category:  About the Congregation (featuring Lynn Seabrook)

1. At what school did Lynn teach?
2. How many years did she teach there?
3. What was her special parting gift?

Category:  About Stittsville United Church:

1. What year was the installation of the Solar Panels at Stittsville United Church?
2. Who was the Stittsville United Church organist from the 1940’s through 1980’s?

Category:  About Stittsville:

1. Who was the original owner of the Stittsville Meat Market?
2. What instrument did he play and what was the name of the group he performed with?
3. The Kassis family have owned Jo Jo’s Pizza and served the people of Stittsville for over how many years?

Category – About Our Congregation (featuring Vera Black)

1. Before moving to Hazeldean Gardens – on what street did Vera Black reside?
2. How many years did Vera live there?
3. What was Vera’s profession?

Category – About Our Congregation (Featuring Frank & Elaine Argue)

1. Where did Frank and Elaine Argue live before moving to Flewellyn Road?
2. What type of business is there now?

Category – Church History

1. The United Church of Canada was created in 1925 by which congregations?
2. What year did the name Stittsville United Church occur?

Category – History of Stittsville

1. Name the last Mayor/Reeve of Stittsville/Goulbourn Township?
2. What was in the main floor of the grey and white building on Stittsville Main and the corner of Abbott before it was sold and became apartments?