Canadian Potluck
What actor from Canada played in the movie; The Sound of Music?
A. William Shatner
B. Christopher Plummer
C. Donald Sutherland
B. Christopher Plummer
The rose is the provincial flower of Ontario.
True or False
(False – it is the trillium.)
What Canadian city, who hosted the Olympic Games, had the theme song, ‘Can You Feel It’?
A. Montreal
B. Calgary
C. Whitehorse
B. Calgary
Fill in the blank of the name of the school that was also the title of this Canadian TV show.
------- Junior High
A. Toronto
B. Degrassi
C. Lincoln
B. Degrassi
In January of 1998, what knocks the power out in Quebec and Ontario?
A. a hurricane
B. an ice storm
C. birds
B. an ice storm
What province is Labrador part of?
A. Newfoundland
B. PEI
C. Quebec
A. Newfoundland
Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut.
True or False
(True)
What film or TV show did Dan Aykroyd NOT star in?
A. Ghostbusters
B. Saturday Night Live
C. Star Wars
C. Star Wars
If I am ordering a double double what am I asking for at Tim Horton’s?
A. ice cream
B. brownies
C. coffee
C. coffee
February 13, 1988 what sporting event official starts in Calgary?
A. The Stampede
B. the World Series
C. the Winter Olympics
C. the Winter Olympics
Besides Santa Claus; who else can Canadians send mail to for free?
A. the prime minister
B. RCMP
C. any MP or PM
C. any MP or PM
In 1968 the army, navy and air force were joined together to form the Canadian Armed Forces.
True of False
(True)
What group never won a Juno in music?
A. Bare-naked Ladies
B. The Guess Who
C. the Rolling Stones
C. the Rolling Stones
Who was NOT from the Second City TV show?
A. John Candy
B. Dave Thomas
C. Tom Cruise
C. Tom Cruise
Lester B. Pearson dies in December 1972. He was prime minister from 1963 to 1968. What was name after him?
A. the Lester B. Pearson United World College
B. the Lester B. Pearson International Airport
C. the Lester B. Pearson Building
D. all of them are named after him
D. all of them are named after him
What jolly snowman presided over Quebec City’s Winter Carnival?
A. The Jolly Green Giant
B. Bernice the Beaver
C. Bonhomie
C. Bonhomie
The capital of Canada, Ottawa, is located on the McKenzie River.
True or False
(False – it is located on the Ottawa River.)
Who sang the song Both Sides Now?
A. Joni Mitchell
B. Anne Murray
C. Bryan Adams
A. Joni Mitchell
What is a fiddlehead?
A. an edible fern
B. a type of drum
C. a person with messy hair
A. an edible fern
June 1957 John Diefenbaker leads what party to defeat the Liberals ending their 22 years in power?
A. Green Party
B. Progressive Conservative Party
C. Work Less Party
B. Progressive Conservative Party
(In 2003 the Progressive Conservative Party became Conservative Party of Canada
What Canadian city never hosted the Olympic Games?
A. Halifax
B. Montreal
C. Vancouver
A. Halifax
The first company in Canada was the Philip – Morris Group.
True or False
(False – it was the Hudson’s Bay Company.)
What did Percy Faith do for a living? He was a …..
A. doctor at Sick Kids in Toronto
B. hockey player
C. band leader and music arranger
C. band leader and music arranger
If I am eating a Coffee crisp what am I eating?
A. coffee ice cream
B. a pie
C. a candy bar
C. a candy bar
In 1911 the world’s first national park service is established in Canada. It was called the Dominion Parks Branch of the Department of the Interior. What is it called now?
A. Parks for All
B. Canadian Parks Group
C. Parks Canada
C. Parks Canada