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SRP - Adult - Week 1 - O'Canada
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Canada History Week is July 1-7. Join us for our first quiz as we celebrate all things Canada!
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History - BlackBerry Limited was founded by Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin in 1984 in which city?
Waterloo, Ontario
Vancouver, BC
Brampton, Ontario
Montreal, Quebec
2
History - The name Canada originates from the Iroquoian word 'kanata' which means:
far away
shelter
sword
village
3
Famous People - This popular astronaut performed a zero gravity cover of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'.
Chris Hadfield
Roberta Lynn Bondar
Marc Garneau
Julie Payette
4
Famous People - This Second City alumni is one half of the Blues Brothers, a Ghostbuster, and winemaker.
Bill Murray
Harold Ramis
Rick Moranis
Dan Aykroyd
5
Famous People - This activist was the first woman magistrate in Canada and founder of the 'Famous Five'.
Emily Dickenson
Emily Murphy
Nellie McClung
Huberte Gautreau
6
Art & Lit - Anne of Green Gables was written by author L.M. Montgomery. What does the “L” in her name stand for?
Lady
Lillian
Lucy
Laura
7
Music - Drake had a breakthrough year as a rapper in 2009 after having spent 8 seasons on what TV Show?
Freaks and Geeks
Murdoch Mysteries
Degrassi: the Next Generation
Flashpoint
8
Famous People - In 1875 she was the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
Jessie Catherine Gray
Jennie Kidd Trout
Jennie Smillie Robertson
Emily Howarde Stowe
9
History - Where is Canada's most visited national historic site located?
Montreal, Quebec (Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica)
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Citadel)
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island (Green Gables)
Toronto, Ontario (Hockey Hall of Fame)
10
Music - This indie rock band from Montreal gained international success with 'No Cars Go' and 'Wake Up'.
Simple Plan
Arcade Fire
wintersleep
Metric
11
Geography - Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined.
False
True
12
Geography - How many Canadian provinces do not have marine coastlines?
7
2
4
10
13
Potpourri - 80% of the world's supply of ____________ comes from Canada.
beavers
petroleum
maple syrup
blueberries
14
Famous People - This creator of Saturday Night Live began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio.
Mike Myers
Barry Diller
Dick Ebersol
Lorne Michaels
15
Art & Lit - Which Joan Thomas' novel won the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award in Fiction?
Where the Crawdads Sing
Brothers
The Orenda
Five Wives
16
Potpourri - Which Canadian city welcomes the most tourists each year with over 25 million visitors?
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
17
Famous People - This sweet, departed funnyman has his name engraved on the Grey Cup for the Toronto Argonaut's 1991 win.
Mike Myers
Jim Carrey
Martin Short
John Candy
18
Potpourri - How many points does the maple leaf on the Canadian flag have?
15
10
11
9
19
Potpourri - While Canada as a country is officially bilingual, which is the only officially bilingual province?
Quebec
Alberta
New Brunswick
Ontario
20
Music - Alessia Cara's 2015 debut single was described by MTV as "a song for everyone who secretly hates parties".
Okay, Okay
Here
Call Me Maybe
Baby
21
History - Which 4 provinces formed Canada on July 1, 1867?
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
22
Geography - Where is Mount Logan, Canada's tallest mountain standing 5959 metres, located?
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
Quebec
23
Geography - What dinosaur was discovered in Drumheller, AB in 1880?
Stegosaurus
Albertasaurus
Canadasaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
24
History - This Nova Scotian activist and businesswoman is featured on the new vertical $10 bill.
Anne Murray
Beverly Mascoll
Rose Fortune
Viola Desmond
25
Famous People - At age 32 this physician won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the co-discovery of insulin.
Roberta Bondar
Arthur B. McDonald
Frederick Banting
Isobel Dunbar
26
Music - Which band leader famous for New Year's Eve music, reached #1 on Billboard in 1944 with "It's Love-Love-Love"
Will Osborne
Guy Lombardo
Duke Ellington
Oscar Peterson
27
Art & Lit - This artist of Ojibwa heritage produced many beautiful line drawings of wildlife before his death at 37.
Benjamin Chee Chee
Thomas King
Joseph Boyden
Wab Kinew
28
Geography - Which territory takes up one fifth (1/5th) of Canada's total area at about 2 million km
2?
Nunavut Territory
Northwest Territories
Labrador
Yukon Territory
29
Potpourri - Which world-famous Canadian food and beverage chain first opened in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964?
Smoke's Poutinerie
New York Fries
Booster Juice
Tim Horton's
30
Geography - What is the longest river in Canada?
Thames River
St. Lawrence River
Mackenzie River
St. Clair River
31
History - Which famous ship used as a fishing and racing vessel in the 1920s and '30s is on the front of the dime?
The Bluenose II
Tall Ship
The Bluenose
The Royal William
32
Art & Lit - Which of the following was written by Canadian author Stephen Leacock?
A Tale of Two Cities
Life of Pi
Little Miss Sunshine
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
33
Famous people - Founder of the
Provincial Freeman
, she was the first black woman newspaper editor in North America.
Mary Ann Shadd
Esi Edugyan
Oprah
Viola Davis
34
Music - Born in Timmins, Ontario, this country-pop queen's real name is Eileen Regina Edwards.
Alanis Morissette
Shania Twain
Carly Rae Jepsen
Buffy Sainte-Marie
35
Potpourri - What are Canada's two official national sports?
hockey and basketball
hockey and baseball
hockey and lacrosse
hockey and curling
36
Potpourri - Over 200 annual car accidents in Canada involve which animal?
black bears
Canadian geese
beavers
moose
37
Art & Lit - Which of the following is a Canadian writer and Nobel Prize winner?
Alice Munro
Alice Cooper
Alice Walker
Alice Pleasance Liddell
38
Art & Lit - Lawren Harris and A. Y. Jackson are part of this loosely-knit fraternity of artists, collectively known as:
The Group of Seven
The Magnificent Seven
The Disciples of Art
The Modernist Troupe
39
Geography - What percent of the world's fresh water is in Canada?
75%
5%
20%
60%
40
Geography - Which historic city is the only walled city in North America?
Laval, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Kingston, Ontario
Quebec City, Quebec
41
Famous People - This all-time leading scorer in the Olympic women's hockey tournament has won 4 gold medals & 1 silver.
Charline Labonté
Cassie Campbell
Jayna Hefford
Hayley Wickenheiser
42
Geography - How many time zones does Canada stretch across?
6
5
2
10
43
Music - What is the name of the Tragically Hip-owned studio in Toronto where the Hip produced their later records?
Strawberry Fields
Hipsters
The Chicken Coop
The Henhouse
44
Music - In 1998, this speedy Barenaked Ladies song reached number one on the charts for one week.
Pinch Me
One Week
Call and Answer
If I Had $1,000,000
45
Music - Chad Kroeger of Nickelback sang the theme song 'Hero' for what huge 2002 movie?
Men in Black II
The Scorpion King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spider-Man
46
History - Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote?
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
47
History - What famous Remembrance Day poem was composed in 1915 by Lt.-Col. John McCrae?
Dulce et Decorum Est
Anthem for Doomed Youth
The Road Not Taken
In Flanders Fields
48
Potpourri - The Stanley Cup has its own bodyguard.
True
False
49
Music - Which young male artist from Toronto was featured in a Tim Horton's TV commercial and on their cups in 2019?
Shawn Mendes
Bryan Adams
Justin Bieber
The Weeknd
50
History - In what year did Canada officially become its own completely independent country under the Canada Act?
1882
1867
1967
1982
51
History - This province was its own country up until joining Canada in 1949.
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Nunavut
52
Geography - Which of the following elements is not mined in Canada?
Nickel
Cobalt
Aluminum
Copper
53
Music - Discovered on YouTube, he debuted in 2010 with the hit single 'Baby' and has sold more than 150 million records.
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Michael Buble
Justin Bieber
54
Famous People - The youngest person ever named to the Order of Canada, he began his Marathon of Hope in 1980.
Gordie Howe
Donovan Bailey
Jesse Davidson
Terry Fox
55
Art & Lit - The 1992 Man Booker Prize was tied between Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger and Michael Ondaatje's:
The Poisonwood Bible
The Great Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The English Patient
56
Art & Lit - Known for detailed depictions of wildlife, this artist was one of the first to offer limited edition prints.
Mr. Rogers
Robert Bateman
Nicholas Featherington
Gord Downie
57
Potpourri - Churchill, Manitoba has established a prison for which animal that breaks into people's homes for food?
wolf
squirrel
raccoon
polar bear
58
Art & Lit - This West Coast artist is known for her paintings of Indigenous artifacts, particularly totem poles.
k.d. lang
Nathalie Bertin
Emily Carr
Pauline Johnson
