Day Trivial Pursuit Questions and Answers 1. On what date is Canada Day celebrated? Answer: July 1. Just like the Fourth of July, there is no “Monday holiday” provision for Canada Day. 2. What three provinces joined to create the country of Canada? Answer: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada. 3. What year did Canada become a country? Answer: 1867. 4. What year did Canada gain full independence from England? Answer: 1982. Canada Day became an official holiday the same year. 5. Ottawa hosts many festivities tocelebrate Canada Day. Where would you go to see the largest fireworks display? Answer: Parliament Hill. 6. What was Canada Day originally named? Answer: Dominion Day. It was renamed Canada Day in 1982, the year Canada gained full independence. 7. What is the only Canadian province that is officially bilingual? Answer: New Brunswick. The country is bilingual, and Québec is officially an all-French province. Since the nation is bilingual, every province provides French schools, courts, and federal government services. 8. What is the name of the Canadian anthem? Answer: “.” While it was written in the 19th century, it did not become the national anthem until 100 years later in 1980. 9. How many oceans border Canada? Answer: Three. The Arctic is to the north, the Atlantic is to the east, and the Pacific is to the west.

©ActivityConnection.com – Canada Day Trivial Pursuit – Page 1 of 4 10. Canada boasts the longest national highway. What is the name of this highway? Answer: Trans-Canadian Highway. It runs east and west from Newfoundland to British Columbia and passes through all 10 provinces. 11. What is one of the first two groups of people to live in Canada? Answer: The Inuit or the First Nation Peoples. 12. Whose face is on the Canadian 20 dollar bill? Answer: Queen Elizabeth II. The new polymer bill issued in 2012 featured the face of Queen Elizabeth II on the front of the bill and the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, a tribute to the Canadians in military conflicts, on the back. 13. What is Canada’s national winter sport? Answer: Hockey. 14. What is Canada’s national summer sport? Answer: Lacrosse. 15. Canada has hosted three . What is one city that has hosted the Olympics? Answer: , , or . Montreal hosted the , Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics, and Vancouver hosted the . 16. How many time zones are there in Canada? Answer: Six. Canadian times zones from east to west are Newfoundland,Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific. 17. Where is North America’s only walled city north of Mexico located? Answer: Québec City. The city is more than 400 years old. According to CBC, “It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, as the ‘Historic District of Old Quebec.’” 18. How many times have Americans invaded Canada? Answer: Two. In 1775, the invasion was regarded as a “British family quarrel.” In 1812, during the War of 1812, the United States attacked Canada because it was the closest British colony.

©ActivityConnection.com – Canada Day Trivial Pursuit – Page 2 of 4 19. What province in Canada was the only place in North America invaded by the Germans during World War II? Answer: Newfoundland. It was attacked several times in different locations by German U-boats, which were submarines. 20. What is the oldest national park in Canada? Answer: . Located in , the park was established in 1885. It’s also the third national park established in the world. 21. How many territories does Canada have? Answer: Three. Canada’s three territories are Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. 22. What leaf is featured on the Canadian flag? Answer: The maple leaf. The flag was adopted on February 15, 1965, and it’s one of the most widely recognized flags in the world due to its unique design. 23. Do Canadians measure temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius? Answer: Celsius. Most ovens in North America use Fahrenheit settings, but Canadian recipes quote temperatures in Celsius. 24. What Canadian served as prime minister of Great Britain? Answer: Bonar Law. Law was prime minister from October 23, 1922, to May 20, 1923. Canada had not yet gained independence from Britain. He was born in Kingston, New Brunswick. 25. If you order a “double double” in Canada, what will you receive? Answer: A coffee with two creams and two sugars. 26. Your hydro bill went up last month. Which utility bill went up? Answer: Electricity. While some electricity is still hydro-powered in Canada, all early electricity was hydro- powered, and the name remained. 27. How do Canadians pronounce the last letter of the alphabet? Answer: It is pronounced zed. Zeta is the final letter of the Greek alphabet, and the English,Australians, and Canadians remained closer to the Greek roots. It’s a shortened version of the French zede. The Americans changed it to zee.

©ActivityConnection.com – Canada Day Trivial Pursuit – Page 3 of 4 28. If you send a letter to a member of Parliament, how much is the postage? Answer: Nothing. It’s free through the Government Mail Free of Postage program. 29. What indoor winter sport that’s wildly popular in the United States was invented in Almonte, Ontario, Canada? Answer: Basketball. It was invented by Dr. James Naismith. 30. What denomination plastic bank note was said to have smelled like maple syrup? Answer: The $100 bill. Some citizens even complained that their bills had “lost the scent.” The government denied anything maple (real or synthetic) was added to the plastic.

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