Underground City, Montreal - Quiz
Underground City Montreal
  • 1. How many Metro stations are interconnected by the central segment of the Underground City?
A) Seven
B) Ten
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 2. Which Metro station acts as the hub for the Green, Orange, and Yellow lines?
A) Berri–UQAM
B) Bonaventure
C) Peel
D) McGill
  • 3. Which building serves as the former headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
A) Édifice Gare Windsor
B) Place du Canada
C) Centre Bell
D) Place Ville-Marie
  • 4. The RTL Terminus Centre-Ville is located near which Metro station?
A) Peel
B) McGill
C) Bonaventure
D) Place-des-Arts
  • 5. Which organization's headquarters can be accessed via the ICAO Building near Square-Victoria-OACI?
A) Via Rail
B) AMT
C) ICAO
D) STM
  • 6. The Palais des congrès de Montréal provides access to which Metro station?
A) Peel
B) Square-Victoria-OACI
C) McGill
D) Bonaventure
  • 7. Which complex provides access to the Place-des-Arts Metro station from Complexe Guy-Favreau?
A) Place Montreal Trust
B) Centre Eaton
C) Complexe Desjardins
D) Le 1000 de La Gauchetière
  • 8. Which university has multiple buildings connected via the Underground City?
A) McGill University
B) Université de Montréal
C) UQAM
D) Concordia University
  • 9. The Cinema Banque Scotia is located near which Metro station?
A) Peel
B) McGill
C) Bonaventure
D) Berri–UQAM
  • 10. What is the former name of Carrefour Industrielle Alliance?
A) Complexe Les Ailes
B) Les Terrasses
C) Simpsons
D) Place Montreal Trust
  • 11. Which Metro station serves the Centre Bell?
A) Peel
B) Lucien-L'Allier
C) Bonaventure
D) McGill
  • 12. Which hotel is located near the Central Station?
A) Hôtel des Gouverneurs
B) W Hotel
C) Queen Elizabeth Hotel
D) Le St. James Hotel
  • 13. Which building serves as the Montreal Exchange?
A) Tour Scotia
B) Tour Aimia
C) Tour de la Bourse
D) KPMG Tower
  • 14. Who is the urbanist credited with the original vision for Montreal's underground city?
A) Jean Drapeau
B) Camillien Houde
C) Robert Bourassa
D) Vincent Ponte
  • 15. In what year did Place Ville Marie open?
A) 1966
B) 1984
C) 1962
D) 1974
  • 16. What was the initial purpose of building over the site of Place Ville Marie?
A) To cover a pit of railway tracks
B) To create a parking garage
C) To connect the Metro to the airport
D) To build a public park
  • 17. When did the Montreal Metro begin running?
A) 1974
B) 1962
C) 1984
D) 1966
  • 18. Which station connected to the Tour de la Bourse?
A) Bonaventure
B) Square-Victoria–OACI
C) McGill
D) Peel
  • 19. What policy helped develop the underground city by allowing construction above Metro station entrances?
A) Tax-free development zones
B) Public-private housing grants
C) Federal infrastructure subsidies
D) Emphyteutic leases
  • 20. How many free-standing station entrances remained in the central segment after development?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Zero
  • 21. What shopping center was built underneath Christ Church Cathedral?
A) Centre Eaton
B) Promenades Cathédrale
C) Cours Mont-Royal
D) Place Montréal-Trust
  • 22. Between 1984 and 1989, how much did the underground city grow in length?
A) From 12 km to almost 22 km
B) From 5 km to 10 km
C) From 10 km to 50 km
D) From 22 km to 35 km
  • 23. What was the original name of the Bell Centre?
A) Forum de Montréal
B) Complexe Guy Favreau
C) Place du Canada
D) Molson Centre
  • 24. What year saw the redevelopment of the Quartier international de Montréal?
A) 2006
B) 1992
C) 2003
D) 1999
  • 25. What is unique about the tunnel sections in the Quartier International?
A) They contain educational and artistic displays
B) They are exclusively for private office use
C) They have no ventilation systems
D) They are the oldest in the network
  • 26. What is the walking distance between the UQAM Sherbrooke Pavilion and Lucien-L'Allier station within the underground network?
A) 10 km
B) 1.7 km
C) 5 km
D) Approximately 3 km
  • 27. Which building helped consolidate the two central halves of the underground city?
A) Complexe Desjardins and Palais des Congrès
B) Tour de la Bourse and Place Bonaventure
C) Windsor Station and Bell Centre
D) Eaton Centre and Place Ville-Marie
  • 28. Where is the commemorative plaque for Vincent Ponte located?
A) Place Ville Marie
B) Central Station
C) McGill Station
D) Complexe Desjardins
  • 29. What is the common name for the network known as RÉSO in Montreal?
A) The Underground City
B) The Metro Hub
C) The Subterranean Complex
D) The Montreal Tunnel System
  • 30. The Underground City forms the heart of which area in Montreal?
A) Old Montreal
B) Downtown Montreal
C) The Plateau
D) Mount Royal
  • 31. With which rapid transit system is the Underground City integrated?
A) Montreal Light Rail
B) Montreal Metro
C) Montreal Bus Terminal
D) Montreal Commuter Train
  • 32. Besides being underground, what other physical level do some passageways occupy?
A) Rooftop level
B) Basement level
C) Second story level
D) Ground level
  • 33. What type of connection exists between Lucien-L'Allier Metro station and Gare Lucien L'Allier?
A) A skybridge
B) A tunnel
C) A subway corridor
D) An underground walkway
  • 34. How is the Underground City more accurately described, given that some parts are at ground level?
A) A sky-walk system
B) A subterranean village
C) An indoor city
D) A street-level network
  • 35. During which season is the Underground City particularly useful?
A) Summer
B) Spring
C) Autumn
D) Winter
  • 36. Approximately how many people use the network every day during winter?
A) Exactly two hundred thousand
B) Less than one hundred thousand
C) Over one million
D) Well over half a million
  • 37. What is the approximate total length of the tunnels in the network?
A) 4.6 kilometres
B) 12 kilometres
C) 32 kilometres
D) 60 kilometres
  • 38. What is the general shape of the network's arrangement?
A) Circular
B) Linear
C) Grid
D) U-shape
  • 39. How many exterior access points are there to the network?
A) Less than 50
B) More than 500
C) More than 120
D) Exactly 60
  • 40. Which of these institutions has a tunnel network separate from the Underground City?
A) Central Station
B) Gare Lucien L'Allier
C) Place Ville Marie
D) McGill University
  • 41. Which of the following is NOT explicitly mentioned as a component of the Underground City?
A) Hotels
B) Industrial factories
C) Shopping centres
D) Office towers
  • 42. What is the official name of the downtown underground network in Montreal?
A) Metro City
B) Underground Link
C) Tunnel Net
D) RÉSO
  • 43. In what year was the downtown network rebranded as RÉSO?
A) 2010
B) 2004
C) 2000
D) 2008
  • 44. The word 'RÉSO' is a homophone for which French word?
A) Repos
B) Rapide
C) Réseau
D) Route
  • 45. Which Metro line serves the Peel and Place-des-Arts stations?
A) Orange Line
B) Yellow Line
C) Blue Line
D) Green Line
  • 46. How do most Montrealers perceive the underground city?
A) As a restricted government site
B) As a historical museum
C) As a large mall complex
D) As a tourist attraction
  • 47. How many people use the underground city per day?
A) Nearly 100,000
B) Nearly 500,000
C) Nearly 1 million
D) Nearly 250,000
  • 48. How many Metro stations are linked to the underground network?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 50
D) 5
  • 49. How many movie theater screens are available in the underground city?
A) 10
B) 40
C) 200
D) 5
  • 50. How many restaurants are located in the network?
A) 200
B) 1,000
C) 50
D) 500
  • 51. Which of the following is NOT listed as a facility in the underground city?
A) Library
B) Hotel
C) University
D) Bank
  • 52. On what date was the fissure discovered in the underground corridor ceiling?
A) August 24, 2008
B) August 27, 2007
C) August 24, 2007
D) March 2008
  • 53. What part of the infrastructure did the fissure affect?
A) The electrical wiring
B) The floor
C) The ceiling
D) The foundation
  • 54. What did city workers allegedly hit that caused the damage to the corridor?
A) A water pipe
B) A main support beam
C) A gas line
D) A pillar
  • 55. When was service restored to the Green Line?
A) Friday, August 24, 2007
B) March 2008
C) Monday, August 27, 2007
D) Sunday, August 26, 2007
  • 56. When did street traffic on de Maisonneuve Boulevard fully resume?
A) January 2008
B) August 2007
C) March 2008
D) December 2007
  • 57. Which station is located one Metro station west of Peel?
A) Atwater
B) Guy–Concordia
C) Bonaventure
D) Berri-UQAM
  • 58. Which station is located at the western edge of downtown and just inside Westmount?
A) Guy–Concordia
B) Atwater
C) Peel
D) Vendôme
  • 59. Which CEGEP is located near the Atwater station?
A) Vanier College
B) Dawson College
C) John Abbott College
D) Marianopolis College
  • 60. Which hospital is located right next to the Champ-de-Mars station?
A) CHUM
B) Royal Victoria Hospital
C) Shriners Hospital
D) Montreal Children's Hospital
  • 61. Which station serves as the eastern transfer point between the Orange and Blue lines?
A) Lionel-Groulx
B) Snowdon
C) Berri-UQAM
D) Jean-Talon
  • 62. Which station is connected to the Réseau express métropolitain?
A) Vendôme
B) Édouard-Montpetit
C) Montmorency
D) Université-de-Montréal
  • 63. Which facility is served by the Édouard-Montpetit station?
A) CEPSUM
B) John Molson School of Business
C) Place Alexis Nihon
D) Brunswick Medical Centre
  • 64. Which station serves as the terminus of the Yellow Line?
A) Champ-de-Mars
B) Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
C) Montmorency
D) Berri-UQAM
  • 65. Which hotel is connected to the Bonaventure station?
A) Hôtel Place Dupuis
B) Hôtel Le St. James
C) Marriott Château Champlain
D) Hôtel Le Westin
  • 66. When does Art Souterrain present artistic projects in the Underground City?
A) June
B) September
C) February
D) December
  • 67. Which station serves the McGill University Health Centre?
A) Vendôme
B) Guy–Concordia
C) Champ-de-Mars
D) Atwater
  • 68. Which building complex is found at the Pie-IX station?
A) Olympic Stadium
B) Tour Jean-Talon
C) Westmount Square
D) Place Alexis Nihon
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