The theme for the September/October Readers’ Quiz was simply the Second World War. Here are the answers to the quiz that appeared on page 89 of the magazine.

1. The Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers.
2. The Mid-Ocean Escort Force, which protected convoys between Newfoundland and Northern Ireland.  It was designed to shorten convoy routes, allow ships access to better facilities, and shift escorts from the mid-Atlantic to the North American coast.
3. Helena, Montana.  This unit, under a U.S. commander, was a paratroop-trained commando force.
4. The Tribal class.  Four of these destroyers served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the war; four more entered service in the three years following the war’s conclusion.
5. Wellington, Halifax, and Lancaster.
6. Sicily, specifically the town of Pachino.  The Canadians took the airfield there, their primary objective for July 10.
7. True.  The Royal 22nd  Regiment served in all three areas of conflict with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division.
8. Operation Totalize, the Canadians’ attempted breakthrough German positions south and east of the city of Caen.  The “Kangaroo” carriers were devised by General Guy Simonds, commander of II Canadian Corps, by stripping the guns from U.S. – made Priest self-propelled artillery pieces.  The carriers were able to carry 11 men apiece into battle.
9. Manitoba-born Gabrielle Roy.  The book, about the life of French Canadians in the St. Henri district of Montreal, was originally published in French as Bonheur d’occasion in 1945.
10. The festival originated with the Dutch monarchy’s gift of 100,000 tulip bulbs to Canada in the fall of 1945, in appreciation of Canada’s protection of the exiled royal family in Ottawa during the Second World War.  The gift was also in recognition of Canadian troops’ role in the liberation of Holland.  The first festival was held in 1953.