1 FUN FACTS 2 PEOPLE

1. Which of the following superheroes was created by a Canadian? 1. Terry Fox decided to run across to raise money to find a cure for A Bat Man A Heart disease B Superman B Athletes who had lost a leg C Spiderman C Asthma D Captain America D Cancer

2. Which of the following items was NOT invented by a Canadian? 2. Which of the following groups did NOT help to create Canada? A Jolly Jumpers A The English B McIntosh Apples B The French C Toilet Paper C The Spanish D Peanut Butter D The First Nations

3. What is the most popular flavour of ice cream in Canada? 3. Which Canadian astronaut sang with their guitar from the Space Station? A Chocolate A William Shatner B Vanilla B Justin Bieber C Strawberry C Chris Hadfield D Mint Chocolate Chip D Roberta Bondar

4. Which of the following foods was actually invented by a Canadian? 4. Who produced the story of Charlie Wenjack in a graphic novel and music A Baked Alaska album called “The Secret Path”? B Spanish Rice A C Hawaiian Pizza B Gord Lightfoot D Chinese Chews C Gord Sinclair D Gord Pinsent 5. Sir John Franklin’s ship was found in 2016 in the Arctic ocean, after it sank and disappeared 168 years ago. It’s name was: 5. Which of the following women was NOT a Canadian trail-blazer? A HMS Hurricane A Viola Desmond, Black Activist and Business Woman B HMS Tornado B Elsie Knott, First Female Chief of a First Nation C HMS Terror C Asian Actor Lilly Singh, aka Superwoman D HMS Fury D British Writer J.K. Rowling

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3 PLACES 4 WEIRD & WACKY

1 Everyone knows that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. But where IS 1. Canadians eat more of this food than any other country in the world. the North Pole located? Is it… ? A Northwest Territory A Pizza Hut Pizza B Nunavut B Tim Horton Donuts C Yukon C Smoke’s Poutine D in the frozen Arctic Ocean D Kraft Macaroni and Cheese

2 Travelling across Canada from east to west, where is the center of 2. Which of the following English Canadian words is listed in the official Canada? English Oxford Dictionary? A A Smarties B B Levidrome C Manitoba C Timbits D Yukon D Eh?

3 Which of Canada’s provinces or territories DO NOT have a name which 3. Which of the following terms is used in Canada but not in the USA? comes from an Indigenous language? A Notebook A Alberta B Rubber Bands B Manitoba C Coloured Pencils C Ontario D Chinook D Nunavut

4 Which of our Canadian provinces is the biggest in size? 4. Which of the following sports was invented by a Canadian? A British Columbia A 5 pin bowling B B Badminton C Ontario C Speed skating D Nunavut D Water Polo

5. In what Canadian city do the greatest number of Métis live? 5. Which of the following games was invented in Canada? A Edmonton A Monopoly Junior B Vancouver B Sorry! C C Trivial Pursuit D D Settlers of Catan

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5 SPORTS 6 ANIMALS

1. Which of the following sports was invented in Canada? 1. Which animal is the official symbol of Canada? A A Beaver B Sledge Hockey B Polar Bear C Ping Pong C Common Loon D Ringette D Orca Whale

2. Which of the following hockey players is the best-known Canadian 2. Which of the following animals DOES NOT live in the Arctic? hockey player in the world? A Ground Squirrel A B Polar Bear B Hayley Wickenheiser C Whale C D Penguin D. Rocket Richard 3. Which of the following Canadian animals has the longest lifespan? 3. What is the official national summer sport of Canada? A Polar Bear A Soccer B Moose B C Walrus C Lacrosse D Sasquatch D Football 4. Which of the following mammals has the highest population in Canada 4. What sport do more adult Canadians play, than any other sport? today? A Ultimate Frisbee A Beaver B Bowling B Polar Bears C Volleyball C Caribou D Golf E Moose

5. Which of the following kinds of boating is most popular in Canada today? 5. What kind of fishing makes the most money for Canada today? A Canoeing A Lobster B Paddle Boarding B Halibut C Kayaking C Atlantic Salmon D Sailing D Queen Crab

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7 THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE! 8 BY THE NUMBERS

1. Which of the following items are produced from pieces of icebergs that 1. How many Canadian citizens living in Canada today were born are gathered off the coast of Newfoundland each year? and came here from another country? A Ice cubes A 5 % of Canadians (1 out of every 20 people) B Vitamins B 7.5 % of Canadians (1 out of every 15 people) C Newfoundland Dill Pickles C 10 % of Canadians (1 out of every 10 people) D Skin care products D 20 % of Canadians (1 out of every 5 people)

2. Which of these is a very real place in Canada? 2. How much of the world’s maple syrup does Quebec produce? A Frankenstein New Brunswick A almost 20% B Nowhere Saskatchewan B almost 40% C Endor British Columbia C almost 60% D St-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! Quebec D almost 80%

3. Which of the following Canadian tourist attractions DOES NOT exist? 3. About how many official flags has Canada used since 1497? A A Mer-man A 3 B A Village of Scarecrows B 6 C A Toilet Art museum C 9 D A Famous Frog Jumping Fair D 12

4. Which of the following is the correct name for Canada’s mythical 4. What is the distance in a straight line from St. John’s Newfoundland sea creature which people believe lives in BC’s Lake Okanagan? to Vancouver BC? A Ogopogo A about 1000 km B Ookpik B about 3000 km C Opagoki C about 5000 km D Okeydokey D about 7000 km

5. Which of the following bizarre facts about Canada is NOT true? 5. How many different languages are spoken in Canada today? A It is against the law in Canada to scare the Queen. A over 125 B Parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of the planet. B over 150 C It is illegal in Canada to have more than 3 yard sales a year. C over 175 D Canada has more donut shops per person than any country D over 200 in the world

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9 MORE ABOUT PLACES 10 MORE ABOUT PEOPLE

1. The name Canada comes from the Iroquois word “kanata” 1. Canada produces more of the following item than any other country which means in the world: A A village or settlement A Bottled Water B Countryside B Trash C Friendly people C Hockey Sticks D Fast Flowing River D Mushroom Omelets

2. What is the most common type of farm in Prince Edward Island? 2. According to Stats Canada 2017, which of the following is the most A Tobacco commonly spoken Indigenous language in Canada? B Potatoes A Ojibway C Dairy Cows B Cree D Sheep C Inuktitut D Dene

3. Which Canadian city has a crater on Mars named after it? 3. Which of the following is the 3rd most common language spoken in A Big Stone Alberta all of Canada, after English and French? B Drumheller Alberta A Spanish C Salt Springs B Mandarin D Gander Newfoundland C Arabic D German 4. Where in New Brunswick can you see a river flow backwards? A Saint Croix 4. Which hockey team was the first NHL team to be created in Canada? B Saint Pierre A Vancouver Canucks C Saint John B Edmonton Oilers D Saint Andrews C Maple Leafs D Canadiens 5. Which of these is NOT a real place in Canada? A Bacon Ridge Manitoba 5. Which of the following items was NOT invented by a Canadian? B Heartbroken Newfoundland A The Egg carton C Forget Saskatchewan B The Electric Wheelchair D Crapaud PEI C The Video Game D The Garbage Bag

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