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Test your knowledge of Canada's musical history #Music Canada
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1
Where is the most famous
Jazz festival
in Canada?
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
2
Who was the
first female Canadian
artist to score a diamond album in Canada?
Gisele McKenzie
Diane Dufresne
Anne Murray
Alannah Myles
3
What are the
Inuit
singers known for?
Folk music
Throat singing
Rapping
Yodeling
4
Which Canadian orchestra was
formed in 1902
?
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Québec
5
The first album by a Canadian artist to
sell a million copies
domestically was…
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Reckless by Bryan Adams
Hot Shots by Trooper
6
When did Canada’s
first star of jazz
: Oscar Peterson appear?
1950
1940
1939
1945
7
When did Paul Anka become
Canada’s first
teen idol and rock and roll superstar?
1975
1964
1957
1952
8
Who was the
first Canadian artist
to top the British album charts?
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young
Andy Kim
Anne Murray
9
When were the first
Canadian musicians
featured on a Canada Post stamp?
1890
1960
1940
1980
10
Who is Canada’s first
successful
R&B group?
Les Colocs
The Four Lads
The Crew Cuts
Northern Lights
11
Who wrote Canada’s first
twelve-tone composition
in 1939?
Harry Somers
Jean Coulthard
Jacques Hétu
John Weinzweig
12
When was
The Tragically Hip
formed?
1983
1975
1980
1990
13
When was O Canada made our
official anthem
?
May 10th, 1956
March 15th, 1967
January 24th, 1897
September 18th, 1972
14
In 1960, Canada saw a
growth in composers
due to...
The rise of female composers
The heightened popularity of classical music
Advancements in musical technology
The rise of minimum wage
15
When was the first
commercial broadcast
radio station in Canada created?
1919
1928
1916
1924
16
Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about
a shipwreck on Lake Superior
.What was the name of the ship?
Bluenose
SS Ramona
HMCS Athabaskan
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
17
Settlers from what
countries
brought along new musical customs to Canada in 1867?
USA and Russia
England and France
England and Asia
Australia and Japan
18
What is the
most watched
awards show in Canada?
Canadian Folk Music Awards
MTV Music Awards
Canadian Country music Awards
The Juno Awards
19
The First World War marked
the beginning
of great changes in popular music with ...
The rise of jazz
The rise of Doo Wop music
The rise of country music
The rise of vaudeville
20
Who were the first people to
ever play music
in Canada?
Irish
Aboriginals
British
French
21
What famous country singer comes from
Timmins Ontario
?
Shania Twain
Terri Clark
Johnny Reid
Jason Blaine
22
When did Canada
introduce
gold, platinum, and diamond sales certifications?
1967
1975
1980
1963
23
Who became Canada's
first
singing superstar in 1870?
Emma Albani
Louis Riel
Lorne Michaels
Emily Murphy
24
What
musical
opened in P.E.I in 1965?
Anne of Green Gables
Hamlet
Home Again
Treasure Island
25
Who was Canada’s first
singer-songwriter
that debuted in 1929?
Mary Rose-Anna Travers or La Bolduc
Gilles Vigneault
Percy Faith
Emma Albani
