--- title: "How Prince George are you? PG trivia | PG Pulse" description: "Test your knowledge of Prince George, BC: rivers, Mr. PG, weather records, history and more. 14 questions, with Mr. PG keeping score." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/trivia/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/trivia.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T15:26:21.924Z --- # How Prince George are you? 14 questions about the city. Mr. PG is keeping score. Question 1 of 14 0 correct ## Which two rivers meet in Prince George? 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JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/trivia | question | answers | correct | why | more | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Which two rivers meet in Prince George? | The Fraser and the Nechako, The Fraser and the Thompson, The Nechako and the Skeena, The Peace and the Fraser | The Fraser and the Nechako | The Nechako flows in from the west and joins the Fraser right beside downtown. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/geography-and-rivers/ | | What does “Lheidli T’enneh” mean? | The people from where the two rivers flow together, The people of the spruce forest, The people of the long lake, The people who fish for salmon | The people from where the two rivers flow together | The Lheidli T’enneh have lived at the confluence for thousands of years. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/ | | In what year was Mr. PG first built? | 1960, 1915, 1985, 1994 | 1960 | He first appeared in May 1960 and has stood at the junction of Highways 16 and 97 since 1970. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/history/ | | Mr. PG’s round head is made from what? | A plastic septic tank, A hollowed-out log, A fibreglass buoy, An old water tower | A plastic septic tank | His head, then and now, is a spherical plastic septic tank. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._PG | | The “bowl” most of the city sits in was once the bed of what? | An ancient glacial lake, An inland sea, A volcanic crater, A meteor crater | An ancient glacial lake | Glacial Lake Prince George filled the area as the last ice sheet melted, laying down the silt you see in the cutbanks. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/glacial-lake-prince-george/ | | What is Prince George’s coldest temperature on record? | -50.0°C, −38.2°C, −44.4°C, −56.0°C | -50.0°C | It hit -50.0°C on January 2, 1950. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/climate/ | | And the official record high? | 38.9°C, 34.2°C, 41.1°C, 35.6°C | 38.9°C | 38.9°C on July 17, 1941, at the old town station. In the June 2021 heat dome the airport reached 38.4°C and the Massey station in the Bowl hit 40.1°C, but Mass… | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/climate/ | | In what year did Simon Fraser build the Fort George trading post? | 1807, 1793, 1858, 1914 | 1807 | The North West Company post at the confluence gave the later city its name. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/fort-george-and-the-railway-boom/ | | When was the City of Prince George incorporated? | 1915, 1807, 1952, 1967 | 1915 | It incorporated in 1915, a year after the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway arrived. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/history/ | | Which two highways cross in Prince George? | 16 and 97, 1 and 5, 16 and 5, 97 and 20 | 16 and 97 | Highway 16 (Yellowhead) and Highway 97 meet here, which is why PG is called the crossroads of the north. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/getting-here-and-around/ | | Which multi-sport event did Prince George host in 2015? | The Canada Winter Games, The BC Summer Games, The Arctic Winter Games, The Commonwealth Games | The Canada Winter Games | The 2015 Canada Winter Games were held in Prince George. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/notable-people-and-sports/ | | What is the name of Prince George’s WHL hockey team? | The Cougars, The Spruce Kings, The Grizzlies, The Timberwolves | The Cougars | The Cougars play in the WHL; the Spruce Kings are the BCHL team. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/notable-people-and-sports/ | | Compared with BC as a whole, Prince George’s median age is… | Younger (38.8 vs 42.8), Older, Exactly the same, Not measured | Younger (38.8 vs 42.8) | The 2021 Census put PG’s median age at 38.8, 4 years younger than BC. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/people/ | | How many neighbourhoods (communities) does the City map? | 31, 12, 8, 50 | 31 | The City’s open data has 31 community boundaries, from Downtown to Chief Lake. | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/ | --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/trivia/. 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