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1
license plates in Nunavut are in the shape of what animal?
Beluga Whale
Seal
Caribou
Polar Bear
2
What is the population of Canada?
300 Million
36 Million
3 Million
30 Million
3
CBC stands for
Canadian Broadcasting Company
Council of Broadcasters for Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Competent Broadcasters of Canada
4
There are two governing bodies in Parliament. Name them.
Senate
Congress
House of Lords
House of Commons
5
What city gets its name from a Mohawk word meaning “where the trees are standing in the water”?
Toronto
Ottawa
Manitoba
Vancouver
6
What does "RCMP" stand for?
Royal Canadian Motorcycle Police
Royal Canadian Military Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
7
How many caribou are in Canada?
2 Million
2.5 Milion
1 Million
5 Million
8
What ship is depicted on our dime?
Titanic
The Bluenose
HMSS Beaver
Her Majesty's Favorite Ship
9
Where is the capital of Canada?
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
10
Do you believe that any of these creatures really exist?
Yes
No
11
Canada is a bilingual country, but what is the only officially bilingual province?
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
12
This run was called...
Terry Fox Run
The Marathon of Hope
Great Canadian Marathon
13
The Canadian motto is
A Mari Usque Ad Mare.
It means
_____________________.
Long Live the Noble Beaver
We'll Drown Our Enemies in Maple Syrup
From Sea To Sea
Long Live the Queen
14
True or False: Whitehorse is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world.
True
False
15
What is Canada’s national sport?
1 & 2
Curling
Lacrosse
Hockey
16
True or False: Ottawa is the second coldest capital in the world.
False
True
17
What province was the first to be explored by Europeans but the last to join Confederation?
Quebec
Newfoundland
British Columbia
New Brunswick
18
What is the polar bear capital of the world?
Churchill, Manitoba
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Anchorage, Alaska
19
Name Canada’s four largest cities (by population), in order (largest, next, next).
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary
Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver
Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary
20
Which province is famous as the potato-growing province?
PEI
Ontario
New Brunswick
Quebec
21
How many oceans border Canada?
3
2
4
1
22
Kanata is the St. Lawrence-Iroquoian word for ______________________.
Lake
Home
Village
Beaver
23
When did the last residential school close?
1895
1946
1996
1972
24
The hairy, human-like creature rumoured to live in lower BC is called what?
Windigo
Ogopogo
Sasquatch
Beaver-Eater
25
True or False: The Toronto Huskies were the first Canadian team in the NBA
False
True
26
True or False: Each Canadian eats an average of 100 eggs per year.
True
False
27
Canada's highest mountain is
Mont Tremblant, Quebec
Whistler Mountain, BC
Mount Logan, Yukon
28
The term "trick or treat" was first used in which province?
PEI
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
29
Who is our Prime Minister?
Stephen Harper
Megatron
Justin Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
30
What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
Calgary
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Regina
31
When did Canada become a country?
1876
1867
1865
1902
32
True or False: Over 200,000 pancakes are served during the Calgary Stampede.
False
True
33
Whose face is on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill?
Queen Mary
Elizabeth II
Ms. Lawrence
Wilfred Laurier
34
In Canadian folklore, the__________ is a lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in BC.
Beaver-Eater
Windigo
Sasquatch
Ogopogo
35
Algonquin folklore talks about a creature that possesses people and can turn them into cannibal
This creature is called a Beaver-Eater
This creature is called Ogopogo
This creature is called a Windigo
This creature is called a Sasquatch
36
"In Flander's Field" was written by
John Mackenzie
John Murphy
John McCrea
37
Name Canada’s four Atlantic provinces.
Newfoundland, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia
New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador
Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia
38
What country did Canada beat in the 1972 Summit Series, symbolizing a victory over communism?
Quebec
Soviet Union
America
Russia
39
In 1980, who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research?
Terry Fox
Wilfred Laurier
Gordon Lightfoot
Queen Elizabeth II
40
The people who represent voters at a national level are called
MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament)
MP (Member of Parliament)
MLA (Members of the Legislative Assembly)