How Well Do You Know Canada? Invite Your Family Or Friends to Test Their Knowledge on All Things Canadian with This Themed Quiz
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How well do you know Canada? Invite your family or friends to test their knowledge on all things Canadian with this themed quiz. Looking for an extra challenge? Modify the questions by removing the multiple choices to really stump the smarty-pants in your life. Canadian Geography 5. The first Tim Horton’s opened in what city? 1. What is the name of the deepest lake in Canada? A) London A) Quesnel Lake B) Hamilton B) Lake Superior C) Barrie C) Great Slave Lake D) Collingwood D) Lake Huron Answer B: Hamilton. The first Tim Horton’s opened Answer C: Great Slave Lake. Located in the in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964. By 2018 there are Northwest Territories Great Slave Lake is Canada’s 4,846 Tim Horton restaurants located in 14 countries deepest lake. At 2,015 feet deep this Great Slave around the world. Lake is the 8th deepest lake in the world. 6. What province was the cocktail drink the 2. What is Canada’s only officially bilingual “Caesar” invented in? province? A) Nova Scotia A) Manitoba B) British Columbia B) Quebec C) Newfoundland C) Ontario D) Alberta D) New Brunswick Answer D: Alberta. The Caesar was invented in Answer D: New Brunswick. Canada is a bilingual Calgary, Alberta in 1969 by Chef Walter Chell. country recognizing French and English languages, the only officially bilingual province is New 7. What Canadian province or territory boasts the Brunswick. Quebec is the only all-French province. longest freshwater beach in the world? Government services are also offered in Indigenous A) British Columbia languages in areas of Canada as well. B) Nunavut C) Ontario 3. How many time zones does Canada have? D) Prince Edward Island A) 6 B) 8 Answer C: Ontario. Wasaga Beach, located in C) 10 Ontario is the world’s longest freshwater beach with D) 12 14 kilometres of sandy shoreline. Answer A: There are 6 time zones in Canada (Pacific, 8. What is the largest country in the world? Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and A) Canada Newfoundland). B) The United States of America C) Russia 4. What is the tallest mountain peak in Canada? D) China A) Mount Logan, Yukon B) Mount Fairweather, British Columbia Answer C: Russia. This is sort of a trick question. C) North Twin, Alberta Canada is actually the 2nd largest country in the D) Mount Caubvick, Newfoundland world. Not bad geographically speaking! Answer A: Mount Logan in Yukon is Canada’s tallest mountain. It is 5,995 metres high and is in Kluane National Park and Reserve. Canadian History 1. Who was Prime Minister of Canada for the shortest period of time? 5. Who was the youngest person to become Prime A) Kim Campbell Minister? B) Sir Charles Tupper A) Justin Trudeau C) Paul Martin B) Joe Clarke D) John Turner C) Brian Mulroney D) Alexander Mackenzie Answer B: Sir Charles Tupper was Canada’s shortest- serving prime minister at 68 days. He was also the Answer: B: Joe Clark became Prime Minister one day th oldest person to become Prime Minister at 74 years before his 40 birthday making him Canada’s of age. youngest prime minister at 39 years and 364 days old. 2. Who is featured on the new $10 Canadian bill? A) Emily Carr 6. What province was the first to grant voting rights B) Agnes Macphail to women? C) Viola Desmond A) Ontario D) Queen Elizabeth II B) Quebec C) Nova Scotia Answer C: Viola Desmond, a black woman from D) Manitoba Halifax who took a stand for racial equality in a rural Nova Scotia movie theatre. It was 1946, and Viola Answer D: Manitoba. In 1916 Manitoba was the first Desmond caused a stir by refusing to move to a province to grant women the right to vote in section of the theatre unofficially set aside for black provincial elections. patrons. Desmond was dragged out of the theatre 7. What year was Lesbian and Gay Pride Day (now and jailed. known as Pride) established in Toronto? 3. What is the name of the Canadian who A) 1981 composed “In Flanders Fields”? B) 1991 A) Billy Bishop C) 1961 B) Margaret MacDonald D) 1971 C) Gen. Arthur Currie Answer A: 1981. On February 5 1981, police arrested D) Lt.-Col. John McCrae 300 men in raids on four bathhouses in Toronto. Answer D: Canadian physician Lt.-Col. John McCrae Lesbian and Gay Pride Day was established the same composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” in 1915. year as a reaction to the raids. 4. When was the “loonie” introduced into Canadian 8. Which city’s harbor was destroyed by a ship currency circulation? explosion in 1917? A) 1987 A) Vancouver B) 1997 B) Halifax C) 2007 C) St. John’s D) 2017 D) Sydney Answer A: 1987. The Loonie, featuring a loon design Answer B: The Halifax Explosion was the largest was introduced into circulation in 1987. human-made explosion in history until the detonation of the atomic bomb. Canadian Sports 1. Which former NHL player is known as the 5. How many Canadian cities have hosted the “Rocket”? Olympics? A) Hector Blake A) 1 B) Maurice Richard B) 2 C) Bobby Orr C) 3 D) Wayne Gretzky D) 4 Answer B: Maurice “Rocket” Richard played 18 Answer C: 3. Canada has hosted the Summer seasons for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to Olympics in Montreal, Quebec in 1976 and the 1960. Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta in 1988 and in 2. What consecutive years did the Toronto Blue Jays Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010. win back to back World Series titles? 6. What is the sport known A) 1982 & 1983 B) 1992 & 1993 as bagaa’atowe and tewaarathon in Indigenous C) 2002 & 2003 languages? D) 2012 & 2013 A) Hockey B) Lacrosse Answer B: The Toronto Blue Jays became World C) Wrestling Series champs in 1992 and again in 1993. D) Tag 3. How many Canadian teams are in the NHL? Answer B: Lacrosse. Known as the Creator’s Game, A) 7 bagaa’atowe, tewaarathon or lacrosse in English, B) 8 was traditionally played by men. Games often lasted C) 9 all day and were viewed as a form of spiritual D) 10 celebration. Answer A: 7. Of the 31 NHL teams, 7 are Canadian 7. Which current NBA star’s father also played for (the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, the Raptors? Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, A) Klay Thompson Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks). B) Andrew Wiggins C) Stephen Curry 4. What is the name of the Canadian Golfer who D) Kevin Love won The Masters Tournament in 2003? A) Mike Weir Answer C: Stephen Curry. The father of both Stephen B) Graham DeLaet and Seth Curry, Dell Curry, played for the Raps from C) Corey Conners 1999 until 2002. The other players on the list also D) Brooke Henderson have fathers who played ball in the association. However, none of them took to the floor for Answer A: Mike Weir was the first Canadian to win a Toronto. major golf tournament, winning The Masters in 2003. He was also the first left-handed player to win 8. What is a curling tournament called? The Masters. A) Stone’s Throw B) Toast C) Sweep D) Bonspiel Answer D: A bonspiel is a match or tournament between curling clubs. Curling originated in Scotland but has been a popular sport in Canada since 1807 when the first curling club was formed in Montreal. Canadian Symbols 1. How many points are on the maple leaf featured 5. What bird won Canadian Geographic’s contest to on Canada’s national flag? become a new Canadian emblem? A) 3 A) Loon B) 7 B) Gray jay C) 9 C) Bald eagle D) 11 D) Canada goose Answer D: There are 11 points on the Canadian flag’s Answer B: The gray jay was declared the winner of maple leaf. the National Bird Project after two years and 50,000 2. What animal is an official emblem of Canada? votes. Canadian Geographic submitted an official A) Moose request to have the gray jay recognized as a symbol B) Beaver of Canada. The gray jay is also known as the whiskey C) Black bear jack or Canada jay. D) Racoon 6. The motto of the Dominion of Canada is “A Mari Answer B: Beaver. The beaver became an official Usque Ad Mare”. What is the English translation of emblem of Canada in 1975 and has been featured on this Latin phrase? the Canadian nickel, postage stamps and several A) From sea to sea coat of arms. B) From far and wide 3. When did Canada officially adopt its flag? C) Over land to sea A) 1867 D) On ship and on horse B) 1921 Answer A: From sea to sea. The practice of attaching C) 1957 an inscription to a coat of arms or a crest has been D) 1965 honoured by the Dominion of Canada. Answer D: 1965. The national flag of Canada 7. Which of the following is NOT an official symbol featuring a red field with a white square and a of Canada? stylized maple leaf at the centre was officially A) Maple tree adopted on February 15, 1965. B) Maple leaf tartan 4. When did “O Canada” become the official C) Canadian horse national anthem? D) Maple leaf A) 1880 Answer D: Though the maple leaf may be considered B) 1917 one of the most prominent symbols of Canada, it has C) 1967 not been adopted as an official symbol or emblem. D) 1980 8. What is Canada’s National Sport? Answer D: 1980.