Geography
1. Which of these cities is furthest north?
A. Halifax
B. Ottawa
C. Vancouver
D. Winnipeg
2. Which Canadian Province is the setting of “Anne of Green Gables?”
3. Which Canadian Cities have or will in the near future host the Olympic games?
4. Which Canadian City was named the most livable city in the world by The Economist in 2008?
5. The Parliament in which of these Canadian Capitals is pictured here?
A. Edmonton, AB
B. Regina, SK
C. Victoria, BC
D. Whitehorse, YT
History and Politics
6. What is the term for people descended from Canadian aboriginals and European settlers?
7. Which of these reasons was most influential in the building of Canada’s first transcontinental Railway?
A. To assist in the war effort during the war of 1812
B. To beat the United States in a race to build the first transcontinental railway
C. To persuade the people of Brittish Columbia to join the Canadian Confederacy
D. To transport Chinese workers to the east
8. Which of the following is NOT a registered political party in Canada?
A. The Animal Alliance Party
B. The Democracy In Action Party
C. The Christian Heritage Party
D. The Marijuana Party
E. The Work Less Party
9. During the Conscription Crisis of 1917, what group of Canadians refused to go to war?
10. Which Canadian aboriginal tribe famously dwelt in structures like the one pictured?
A. Cree
B. Inuit
C. Iroquois
D. Kwakwaka'wakw
Sports and Entertainment
11. What Canadian chanteuse won the most Juno awards (i.e. the Canadian Grammy) in 2008 (1 bonus point for naming all of the categories)?
12. What are Canada’s two national sports?
13. What is the main focus of CBC radio 3?
14. What Canadian Author penned the popular Book, “The Life of Pi?”
15. Which Canadian Hockey team made it the furthest in the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
Miscellaneous
16. Which Canadian company produces the BlackBerry communications device (1 bonus point for naming where it is based)?
17. According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, which is the best Canadian University?
18. For what is the Bay of Fundy famous?
19. This is the mascot for what (1 bonus point for giving his name)?
20. As you might expect, the top two countries of origin for Canadian Immigrants are China and India. Name one of the other birth countries of Canadian immigrants that round out the top 5 (1 bonus point for naming all three).
21. Which of these figures is closest to Canada’s population (the other three are the populations of Tokyo, New York State, and the UK)?
A. 18.9 million
B. 33.3 million
C. 34.4 million
D. 60.6 million
22. Who is on the Canadian $50 bill?
23. Which Canadian author was born and raised on St. Urbain Street in the Mile End area of Montreal, Quebec, and wrote The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz?
A. Margaret Atwood
B. Stephen Leacock
C. Saul Bellow
D. Mordecai Richler
24. In what year was Quebec City founded?
25. Which Canadian-born architect built this?
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Answers:
1–D, 2–Prince Edward Island, 3–Montreal, Calgary & Vancouver, 4-Vancouver, 5-C, 6-Metis, 7-C, 8-B, 9-Quebecois, 10-C, 11-Feist (Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year), 12-Hockey (the official winter sport) and Lacrosse (the official summer sport), 13-Independent Canadian music (rock, pop, hip-hop, folk, country, and electronic music), 14-Yann Matel, 15-Montreal Canadiens, 16-Research In Motion (Waterloo, ON), 17-McGill, 18-Highest tides in the world, 19-Quebec Winter Carnival (Bonhomme), 20-Phillapines, Pakistan, United States of America, 21-B (New York is 18.9, Tokyo is 34.4, and UK is 60.6), 22-William Lyon Mackenzie King, 23-D, 24-1608, 25- Frank Gehry
aaahhhhhh! I have to block the answers. I just wanted to post that I love the new banner picture. I just wish that I looked a little happier.
Is this a high/low game? I knew two (yes, 2) answers: I recognized the parliment building from Victoria and I knew who wrote "The Life of Pi," though I didn't know he was Canadian. Perhaps I could also get a half point for Hockey being an official sport, though I thought the other one would be curling. Maybe another 1/3 point for knowing Calgary hosted the games (completely forgot about Montreal... d'oh). And for number 9 my answer was "probably those #@&* french canadians...," is that close enough for points?
Well, I guess I'm doing the best so far--although it isn't that great. I got 15/25. I did kick myself that I didnt' get some of the answers, such as the population of Canada. I thought I had heard we were up to 34 million--my mistake. And no bonus points for me! So, thanks again for showing me how little I know!
Don't worry about it - We made a hard quiz this year. Lots of the questions were really idiosyncratic. But where are everyone else's scores? Come-on everyone - don't be shy.
Was the one last year too easy for people?
Well I'm not as great as mom with a score of 11/25 but considering how well I did in Social in High School, I'm quite pleased with my score. I'm actually surprised at some of the answers I got (like Metis and Quebecois) and of corse kicking myself for some of the others (how could I forget about Feist?). And we had a live hit from Quebec on our morning show yesterday for the celebration of Quebec's 400th birthday, I guess going to work benefits me in more ways than financially.
Anyway thanks for the quiz by the way I thought it was a bit ironic we're doing this quiz on July 4th.
I got 10! I was impressed. I gave myself half a point b/c I said the radio station played ONLY Canadian songs (I didn't know they were indi), and another half point for the snowman picture b/c I wrote "Quebec Winter something"...
Amy - I'm not that harsh of a judge: I would give you one point for each of your answers (they were close enough)
And Holly - it wasn't so much that the other test was too easy. It's more that the quiz is supposed to inform as much as to test your knowledge. With the last quiz, the questions were just too basic I though. So don't feel bad if your score wasn't super high - I is supposed to be difficult.
Randy,
I see you stay away from controversial topics like Canadian inventors inventing in the USA. As for people that won't go to war, my guess was Hutterites but I guess it didn't meet the proper time frames - rats. Also, I didn't know there was a "Work Less Party" - where can I sign up?
Thanks for doing this again this year. I especially like the questions that involve places I've been. For example the Quebec Winter Carnaval and 1608, the Bay of Funday, etc. Good job.
By the way, my score was 16/25.
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