The first MÄtis elected to the House of Commons was ...
Louis Reil
Yvon Dumon
A.H. de Tremaudan
5
* Did-you-know * Q 36 - Cedar * Q002
What is the largest living thing, by volume, in Canada?
The Western Red Cedar
The Polar Bear
Sea Plankton
9
* Quality of Life * Q4 - Hotel Dieu * Q003
The oldest hospital in Canada, based on the European model, still in operation, is ...
Hotel-Dieu, Quebec City, P.Q.
Grace Hospital, St. John's, Nfld.
Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta.
9
* Quality of Life * Q5 - PEI * A004
Which province or territory can boast the lowest violent crime rate in Canada?
Prince Edward Island
The Yukon Territory
Saskatchewan
9
Pe0ple Q13 Q005
Mary Ann Shadd has the distinction of being the first of these in North America ...
First Black newspaper woman
First Black Olympic athlete
First Black female doctor
5
* World Scene * Q 21 - Bethune * Q006
Who devised the first mobile blood transfusion service and the first mobile medical unit?
Norman Bethune
Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Fredrick G. Banting
7
* Firsts * Q58 - The Beaver * 007
Name the first S.T.O.L. aircraft in the world - that stands for 'Short Take Off and Landing'. If you haven't figured out the pattern by now, it's Canadian!!
The Beaver
The Caribou
The Grey Goose
7
* Agriculture * Q64 - Louis La Corne * Q008
The first wheat in Western Canada was grown in 1754 in Saskatchewan by...
Louis La Corne
David Fife
PepÄ La Pew
6
* ?? * Q 77 - Trans Canada Highway * Q009
Name the world's longest national highway. Is it...
The Trans-Canada Highway
The Yonge Highway
The Alaska Highway
6
Q90 - 243,792 KMS- Q010
Including the coastlines of its islands, Canada has the longest coastline in the world! So how long is it?
243, 792 kilometres
212, 965 kilometres
294, 856 miles
4
* Firsts * Q 91 - St. John N.B. * Q011
Abraham Gesner - that's Abraham Gesner - opened the first museum of natural history in Canada. Where did ol' Abe do the deed? Was it...
Saint John, New Brunswick
Drumheller, Alberta
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2
Firsts Q97 - CIQC - Q012
Which of the following is the oldest commercial radio station in the WORLD?
C I Q C, MontrÄal, P.Q.
C B C Radio Canada
W K R P, Cincinnati, Ohio
9
* People * Q 99 - NWT * Q013
In the ten year period between 1981 and 1991, which province or territory had the highest rate of population growth?
North West Territories
Manitoba
New Brunswick
9
* ??? * Q 100 - Covered Bridge * Q014
Hartland, New Brunswick has the longest one of these in the WORLD! Here's a hint: it's 391 metres long...sshh....
A covered bridge
A missile silo
A submarine sandwich
9
Firsts Q101- Lester Q015
The first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace was...
Lester B. Pearson
William Lyon MacKenzie
John Diefenbaker
5
* Biggest and Best * Q 102 - 38.28 meters * Q016
The world's largest totem pole, carved from a single pole, is how tall?
38.28 metres
80 metres
8,122.4 millimetres
9
Biggest & Best - Quebec City - Q 104 - Q017
The only walled city in North America north of Mexico is right here in Canada! Is it...
Quebec City, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Calgary, Alberta
4
* Biggest and Best * Q 108 - Saskatoon * Q018
Based on public library use...ssshh, the reading capital of...ssshhh...North America is
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fredericton, N.B.
Wrigley, N.W.T.
2
* Biggest and Best * Q 117 - 164,851 kg * Q019
The most milk from a Canadian cow (in total not all at once) was...
164,851 kilograms
132 tonnes
2,583 cubic metres
1
Firsts Q142 Macoroni - Q020
The First Trans-Atlantic Radio Telegraph message was received on Signal Hill, Saint John's, Nfld. on December 12, 1901 and it was addressed to...
Guglielmo Marconi
Alexander Graham Bell
Bruno Gerussi
7
Wildlife Q132 Attached to Boats Q022
How did those pesky zebra mussels get into the Great Lakes?
Attached to the hulls of ships
By swimming
Floating with the currents
1
* Wildlife * Q 98 - Q. Maud Gulf, N.W.T. * Q023
The largest migratory bird sanctuary - I'm talking the sanctuary, not the bird - in Canada is...
Queen Maud Gulf, North West Territories
Algonquin Park, Ontario
Jasper National Park, Alberta
1
Wildlife Q70 - White Pelican - Q024
What is the largest bird to nest in Canada?
The American White Pelican
The Condor
Humongous Canaryous Streetus Sesameus
1
* Animals * Q 60 - Basking Shark * Q025
What is the largest fish in Canadian waters?
The Basking Shark
The Blue Whale
The Akula
1
* Animals * Q59 - Wood Bison * Q026
What are the largest land mammals in Canada, not including the front line of the Hamilton Tigercats?
Wood Bisons
Polar Bears
Atlantic Puffins
1
* Animals * Q34 - The Pygmy Shrew * Q027
What is Canada's smallest mammal... smallest mammal?
The pygmy shrew
The doormouse
The aunt
1
* Birds * Q 26 - Arctic Tern * Q028
Which birds have the longest migration route in the world?
Arctic Terns
Canada Geese
Snow Birds
1
* Animals * Q9 - The Cecropia Moth * Q029
What is Canada's largest insect?
The Cecropia Moth
The Silver Beetle
The Arctic Tern
1
* Animals * Q3 - The Pronghorn * Q030
The fastest land animal in Canada is...
The pronghorn
The Canadian mountain lion
The wood bison
1
* Transportation * Q11 - Windsor, ON * Q031
Okay we're moving along, where was the first commercial electric streetcar service, waaaay back in 1886?
Windsor, Ont.
Toronto, Ont.
Calgary, Alta.
6
* Tranportation * Q 82 - Modular Trailers * Q032
Ronald and Donald Southern of Alberta started ATCO in the 1950s, pioneering the construction of which useful item?
Modular trailers
Quick release train couplings
Freight car security alarms
6
* Industry * Q2 - Hudson's Bay Co. * Q033
Name the oldest continuously operating company in North America...
The Hudson's Bay Co.
Noranda Forestry
McDonald's
6
Transport Q65 - Grand Trunk Q034
What was the first major railway system in Canada?
Grand Trunk Railway
C. P. Railway
Reading Railroad
6
* Sports * Q 120 - MontrÄal * Q035
Which Canadian city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympic Games?
MontrÄal, P.Q.
Calgary, Alta.
Toronto, Ont.
8
* Sports * Q 105 - Boston Marathon * Q036
Tom Longboat, of the Six Nations Reserve Ontario, was the first Canadian to
Win the Boston Marathon
Win an Olympic gold medal
Score 50 goals in 50 NHL hockey games
8
* Sports * Q 103 - Basketball * Q37
James Naismith of Ontario, invented which popular sport?
Basketball
Lacrosse
Hockey
8
Sports Q43 Rideau Canal Q038
What is the WORLD'S longest maintained skating rink?
Ottawa's Rideau Canal
Montreal's Molson Centre
Great Bear Lake
8
Sports Q20 Ned Q039
Who was the first Canadian World class sports champion. Here's a hint, it was in 1880, so think of something old.
Ned Hanlan
Maurice Richard
T.E. Ryan
8
* Sports and ladies * Q14 - Marilyn Bell *Q040
Who was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario?
Marilyn Bell
Susan Nattrass
Noah Brusso
8
* Disaster * Q 61 - Toronto * Q041
Where did the most severe flood in Canadian history occur?
Toronto, Ontario, 1954
St. John, New Brunswick, 1932
St. John's, Newfoundland, 1899
3
* Disasters * Q 41 - Halifax, 1917 * Q042
Where and when was the world's largest accidental explosion?
Halifax, N.S., Dec. 6, 1917
Moncton, N.B., Aug. 18, 1989
Winnipeg, Man., November 4, 1995
3
* Weather * Q 63 - Medicine Hat * Q043
Which city in Canada has the most days per year without measurable precipitation?
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Arctic Bay, North West Territories
Revelstoke, British Columbia
3
* Weather* Q 62 - Winnipeg * Q044
Which Canadian city gets the most hours of sunshine during the winter months?
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Eureka, North West Territories
Kelowna, British Columbia
3
* Weather * Q10 - St. John's NFLD.Q045 *
Which Canadian city has the worst weather? By that I mean most days per year with freezing rain, fog, and lots of wind?
St. John's, Nfld.
Kelowna, B.C.
Edmonton, Alta.
3
Weather Q7 Thompson Q046
This city leads all of Canada in most days with freezing temperatures. Name it.
Thompson, Manitoba
Cape Hope's Advance, P.Q.
Paulatuk, N.W.T.
3
Weather Q111 ChinookQ047
During the winter months, people in the Calgary area get a much needed break from the cold by these warm, dry winds that blow east from the Rocky Mountains. These winds are called...
Chinook
Wetaskiwin
Nanook
3
* Weather * Q 110 - Snag, N.W.T. * Q048
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Canada was - 63í C on February 3, 1947. Where did it happen?
Snag, North West Territories
Thompson, Manitoba
Kamloops, British Columbia
3
Weather Q33 Vancouver Q049
Which city claims the record for the most consecutive days of rain? Not the most precipitation, but the most rainy days in a row!
Vancouver, B.C.
St. John's, Nfld.
Prince Rupert, B.C.
3
* Natural Disasters * Q 144 - Earthquake * Q050
On August 22nd 1949, something big happened off the Queen Charlotte Islands in B.C. The most severe of its kind in Canada. What happened?
Earthquake
Whale ran aground
Hurricane
3
Inventions Q55 Henry Q051
Here's one for all you "bright" players. The electric lightbulb was invented in 1874 by...
Henry Woodward
Thomas Edison
Lester B. Pearson
7
* Technology* Q 57- James Bay *Q053
Where is Canada's largest hydro-electric power development?
James Bay, P.Q.
Cape Harrison, Nfld.
Thompson, Man.
7
Tech Q46 Alouette Q054
What was the name of the FIRST non-Soviet satellite?
Alouette 1
Anik A1
Cobalt 1A
7
Medicine Q68 Banting & Best Q055
Who were the discoverers of insulin?
Banting and Best
Sanford and Fleming
Wayne and Schuster
7
* Technology * Q 75 - Sarnia * Q056
The first oil pipeline linked Petrolia, Ontario to which city? Was it...
Sarnia, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Calgary, Alberta
7
* Inventions * Q 78 - Emile Berliner * Q057
Which Canadian inventor created the flat disk record?
Emile Berliner
Rudy Vallee
Joseph Gramophone
7
* Inventions * Q 85 - Chocolate bar * Q058
Arthur D. Ganong and George F. Ensor created the first Canadian version of this in New Brunswick in 1910. What did they create?
The chocolate bar
The football
The two wheeled bicycle
7
* Inventions * Q 84 - Helium/Natural Gas * Q059
In 1919, John C. McLennan devised the method of doing this before anyone else in the world. What was the method in Johnny's madness?
Extracting helium from natural gas
Extracting oil from tar sand deposits
Extracting gold from sea water
7
Tech Q87 Bauxite Q060
Although Canada is a major producer of aluminium, most of the ore used to produce it must be imported. This ore is called...
Bauxite
Platinum
BO-BBY Ore
7
* * Q 148 - G.E. Desarats & W. Leggo * Q062
Half tone reproduction of photographs was invented by...
Georges-Edouard Desarats and William Leggo
Harry Wasyluk and Larry Hanson
Linda Cullen and Bob Roberts
7
* Technology * Q 37 - Slick Licker *Q063
In the 1960's national defense department chemist Richard Sewell developed a method for cleaning up oil spills and he called it...
The Slick Licker
The Oil Eater
The Spill Sucker
7
* Technology * Q35 - SaskTel * Q064
Which company created the world's first fibre optics telecommunications network?
SaskTel
Fundy Cable
Bell Telephone
7
* Arts and Culture * Q22 - LÄgarÄ * Q065
Who opened the first art gallery in Canada?
Joseph LÄgarÄ
The Group of Seven
Paul Grosse
2
* Achievements * Q 30 - The Bluenose * Q067
What famous Canadian ship finished it's career undefeated?
The Bluenose
The Avro Arrow
The Maple Leaf
9
* Culture * Q47 - Halifax Gazette * Q068
What was the first newspaper published in Canada?
The Halifax Gazette
The Calgary Herald
The Toronto Star
2
* Culture * Q 67- Bryan Adams* Q069
Who was the first Canadian recording artist to sell over one million albums in Canada?
Bryan Adams
Corey Hart
Gowan
2
CultureQ79 Inuit Q70
The Inuit; one of Canada's native people, originally inhabited...
The Arctic
The Antarctic
Victoria Island, B.C.
2
Arts Q115 Hugh Q071
Name the Canadian author who has garnered the most Governor General's Literary Awards. Was it...
Hugh MacLennan
Margaret Atwood
Michel Tremblay
2
People Q15 Tremblay Q072
What is the most common family name in Canada?
Tremblay
Smith
Jones
2
Literature * Q 138 - Michael Ondaatje * Q073
Who was the first Canadian Citizen to win the British literary prize, "The Booker"?
Michael Ondaatje
Alice Monroe
John Degen
2
* Culture * Q 146 - Mary Pickford * Q074
Now here's the game that EVERYBODY loves to play, Name That Canadian Actress!
Mary Pickford
Marlena Dietrich
Sara Bernhardt
2
People Q25 David Q075
Most of the early maps of the Canadian West were based on the surveys of what British explorer?
David Thompson
Tom Thomson
Scott Thompson
2
* Early Canada * Q 71 - North West Passage* Q076
The goal of many early Canadian explorers was to find the fabled "North West Passage." So what was the North West Passage supposed to be?
A water route to China
A land bridge to England
The British Columbia Gap
4
History Q125 Nova Scotia Q077
Louisbourg was a fortress built way back when England and France were battling it out for North America. It was built by the French, so naturally it was built in...
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Alberta
5
* History * Q 128 - James Cook * Q078
Who was the first European to explore the west coast of Canada?
Captain James Cook
Simon Fraser
Sergeant Preston
5
* Settlement * Q 39 - United States * Q079
The first great migration of settlers did not come from England, or France... so where did they come from?
The United States of America
Scotland
Sardinia
5
* History* Q 136 - Shipbuilding * Q080
Before the Confederation of Canada, the forests of the Maritime provinces were very important to the British Navy... Why, pray tell...
Shipbuilding
Fuel
Toothpicks
5
* Politics * Q23 - Mexico * Q081
What is the name of the country that is a partner with Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Mexico
Cuba
Alaska
5
History Q139 Mary Ellen Q082
Alright Explorer, who was the world's first woman Federal cabinet minister?
Mary Ellen Smith
Mary Ellen Walton
Mary Celeste
5
* Firsts * Q 150 - 1st female in H. of C. * Q083
Agnes MacPhail has the distinction of being...
The first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons
The first woman lawyer in the British Empire
The founder of the first credit union in North America
9
* Firsts * Q 149 - Jeanne SauvÄ * 084
Hey, a double achievement here. This Canadian was Canada's first female speaker of the House of Commons AND the first female Governor General of Canada. Her name is... uh, it's on the tip of my tongue... Help me out here!
Jeanne Sauve
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
Cairine Wilson
9
Geography Q133 Lake Champlain Q085
What is the name of the lake that is bordered by Quebec and TWO U.S. states, New York and Vermont?
Lake Champlain
Lake Erie
Lake Shirley
4
* Geography * Q 123 - Hopedale * Q086
So you're walkin' along, minding your own business, when you happen to see an ICEBERG! Where are you most likely taking your stroll?
Hopedale, Newfoundland
Vancouver, British Columbia
Goderich, Ontario
4
* Geography * Q 122 - Ontario * Q087
Which province would you be in if you were at Canada's southernmost point?
Ontario
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
4
Geography Q118 Highest point Q088
Tomato, tomato... Mount Caubvick in Newfoundland or Mont D'Iberville in Quebec, well anything you call it, it's still...
The highest point in either province
A glacier straddling the Newfoundland/Quebec border
The site of the battle between Wolfe and Montcalme
4
Geography * Q 114 - Lake Huron * Q089
Which lake is Canada's largest lake?
Lake Huron
Great Slave Lake
Great Bear Lake
4
Geography Q107 Yukon Q090
Which province or territory has the highest percentage of residents who were born outside their province or territory of residence? Okay, born in ANOTHER province or territory?
The Yukon Territory
Nova Scotia
Ontario
4
* ?? * Q 95 - New Brunswick *
What province has the highest percentage of forested land?
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
4
Geology Q80 Mount Logan Q092
Canada's highest mountain is...
Mount Logan
Mount Columbia
Gyp Rock
4
Geography Q76 Great Slave Lake Q093
Canada's deepest lake is...
Great Slave Lake, N.W.T.
Lake Ontario, Ont.
Lake Winnipeg, Man.
4
People Q51 Montreal Q094
Which Canadian city has the highest population density?
MontrÄal, P.Q.
Toronto, Ont.
Vancouver, B.C.
4
People Q49 PEI Q095
Which province has the highest population density?
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Quebec
4
Geography Q27 St. Pierre Q096
Two small islands off the southern coast of Newfoundland are actually part of France!! These islands are...
St. Pierre and Miqeulon
St. Hubert and St. Bernard
St. Chevalier and St. Marceaux
4
* Physical Geography * Q 130 - Moraine * Q097
A deposit of sand, rock, and gravel left behind by a glacier is called a...
moraine
pingo
debris
4
Physical Geo Q1.Pingos Q098
The world's largest concentration of pingos, about 1,450, occurs in the MacKenzie Delta of the Yukon Territory. Sounds more like an answer than a question! So, uh, what's a pingo?
A land formation
A wild dog
A woodland rodent about the size of a domestic rabbit
