CANADA!!
Go see the Canada Day fireworks and visit Parliament Hill in this Canadian capital city.
What is Ottawa?
While Parliament Hill remains a focal point of Canada Day celebrations, the main fireworks are now launched from nearby locations rather than directly from the Hill.
A soccer match normally lasts this many minutes, not including extra time.
What is 90 minutes?
A standard soccer match consists of two 45-minute halves. In knockout competitions, if the score is tied after 90 minutes plus stoppage time, two 15-minute periods of extra time may be played before a penalty shootout if needed.
This animal begins its life as a tadpole before growing legs and living on land.
What is a frog?
A frog’s transformation from tadpole to adult is called metamorphosis. During this process, it develops legs, loses its tail, and changes from breathing mainly through gills to using lungs and its skin to breathe.
Also known as Matrimonial Cake, this classic Canadian dessert has a sweet, chewy date filling sandwiched between two layers of buttery, crumbly oatmeal streusel.
What are date squares?
Date squares became especially popular in Canada in the early 20th century and are still a favourite homemade treat at bake sales, community gatherings, and family celebrations.
This Canadian coin features a caribou on one side.
What is a quarter?
The Canadian quarter has featured a caribou since 1937, although special designs are occasionally issued.
Prior to October 27, 1982, Canada Day was officially known by this name.
What is Dominion Day?
The holiday was called Dominion Day from 1868 until it was officially renamed Canada Day on October 27, 1982.
In soccer, this player defends the goal by trying to stop the opposing team from scoring.
Who is the goalkeeper/goalie?
The goalkeeper is the only player allowed to handle the ball with their hands, but only within their own penalty area.
Don’t let the name fool you, this squeaky pet is neither from Guinea nor a pig.
What is a guinea pig?
Guinea pigs are actually rodents, not pigs, and they originally come from the Andes region of South America.
This prairie pie shares its name with fashionable young women of the Roaring Twenties.
What is a flapper pie?
Flapper pie is a classic Canadian dessert, especially associated with the Prairie provinces. It features a graham cracker crust, a creamy custard filling, and a fluffy meringue topping.
This government institution is responsible for issuing Canada's bank notes and helping keep inflation low.
What is the Bank of Canada?
It manages Canada's monetary policy and oversees the country's currency.
The red and white colours of Canada's flag pay tribute to the influence of these two European nations.
What are Britain and France?
Red and white were proclaimed Canada's official colours by King George V in 1921. Red is associated with Britain (through St. George's Cross), while white has long been associated with France and the French monarchy.
A player who receives two yellow cards in the same soccer match is automatically shown this card.
What is a red card?
A player shown a red card must leave the field immediately and cannot be replaced, so their team must continue the match with one fewer player.
This enormous land animal can run, swim, and even use tools, but it cannot jump.
What is an elephant?
Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and are highly intelligent, with strong memories and complex social relationships.
An unleavened version of this French-Canadian treat, pets de sœurs (“nun’s farts”) are flaky pie dough rolled up with a paste of brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon.
What are cinnamon rolls?
Why are they called pets de sœurs ? No one really knows! Some people think that the name is a cheeky, rebellious joke. The treat was served by nuns at Catholic schools in New France at Christmastime.
Canada's one-dollar coin is better known by this bird-inspired nickname.
What is the loonie?
The nickname comes from the image of a common loon on the coin. Introduced in 1987, the loonie replaced the one-dollar bill.
Home to the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, this province is on Canada's Atlantic coast.
What is Nova Scotia?
The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is located in Baddeck, where Bell spent many summers and conducted experiments in aviation and hydrofoils. The Halifax Citadel overlooks one of the world's largest natural harbours and has guarded the city since the 1700s.
This trophy is awarded every four years to the winner of soccer's world championship.
What is the FIFA Cup Trophy?
The current trophy is made of 18-carat gold and stands about 36 centimetres (14 inches) tall.
With a neck that can be over six feet long, this animal has the same number of vocal cords as humans.
What is a giraffe?
They were once thought to be mostly silent, but researchers have found that giraffes communicate using low-frequency sounds, including humming.
This prairie pie is made from berries that share their name with Saskatchewan’s largest city.
What is Saskatoon berry pie?
Saskatoon berries are native to the Canadian Prairies and have long been used by Indigenous peoples as an important food source.
The newest design of this Canadian banknote will feature Terry Fox on one side.
What is the five-dollar bill?
Terry Fox was chosen to appear on Canada's next $5 banknote in recognition of his inspiring Marathon of Hope.
On June 20, 1868, Viscount Monck proclaimed that Canadians should celebrate July 1. He was the first person to hold this representative position in the new Confederation.
What is Governor General of Canada?
Viscount Monck served as Canada's first Governor General from 1867 to 1868, helping oversee the transition to Confederation. His 1868 proclamation encouraged annual celebrations of July 1, laying the foundation for what is now Canada Day.
In soccer, this colour card is shown by the referee as a warning to a player.
What is a yellow card?
Yellow and red cards were first used at the 1970 FIFA World Cup to make referees' decisions easy to understand in any language.
This sea creature has three hearts: two pump blood to its gills, while one pumps blood to the rest of its body.
What is an octopus?
An octopus has blue blood because it uses a copper-based protein called hemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the iron-based hemoglobin found in humans.
Canadians still debate whether this classic dessert should contain raisins, pecans, or neither.
What is a butter tart?
Butter tarts are a beloved Canadian dessert made with a sweet, buttery filling in a pastry shell. The earliest known recipes appeared in Canadian cookbooks in the late 1800s.
Due to a shortage of coins, our first paper money was printed on these items used in poker and bridge.
What are playing cards?
In 1685, officials in New France used playing cards as emergency currency, making them the first paper money issued in what is now Canada.