Cdn Animals
Canadians in Art & Culture
Cdn Geography
Misc. Canadiana
Canadian Inventions
100

The only species of bear that lives across (almost) all of Canada.

What is a black bear?

100

This singer’s album Jagged Little Pill became a global sensation in the 1990s?

Who is Alanis Morisette?

100

Canada's largest province by land area.

What is Quebec?

100

Canada's only officially bilingual province.

What is New Brunswick?

100

This Canadian scientist co-discovered insulin in 1921, saving millions of lives worldwide.

Sir Frederick Banting (& Charles Best)
200

This Canadian mammal turns white in winter to blend in with the snow and brown in summer.

What is a snowshoe hare?

(also accepting Artic Fox or Ermine)

200

Canada's oldest professional theatre company.

What is the Stratford Festival -founded in 1948

200

The capital of Canada in 1843.

What is Kingston? -Briefly Canada's capital from 1841-1843.

200

Canada’s longest-running television show.

What is Hockey Night in Canada?

200

Invented by Canadian engineer Wilbur R. Franks, these flight suits prevent pilots from blacking out during high-speed maneuvers.

What are G-suits?

300

A small Canadian carnivore, related to the weasel, that is famous for its ferocity and known as the “skunk bear”.

What is a Wolverine?

300

This Canadian-born Nobel Prize-winning author wrote The Stone Angel and The Diviners.

Who is Margaret Laurence?

300

The longest river that entirely resides within Canada.

What is the MacKenzie River?

300

The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station

Who is Chris Hadfield?

300

Which of the below was not invented by a Canadian:

Pablum
Zipper
Canadarm
Wonderbra
Basketball

The Zipper -Gideon Sundback was Swedish-American and patented the zipper in the U.S., although did work for a Canadian company.

400

Within the enamel of a beaver's teeth, an abundance of this mineral is the cause of their bright orange colouring.

What is Iron?

400

Before rising to international stardom, this Canadian icon recorded a song entirely in Japanese titled "Listen to the Magic Man," which was released exclusively in Japan in 1985.

Who is Celine Dion?

400

Standardized to size, this Prarie city has the highest population density of any major Canadian city.

What is Winnipeg, Manitoba?

400

The meaning of Canada's "official" motto: a Mari usque ad Mare 

What is "from sea to sea"?

400

Baldur Stefansson, a chemist, is the "father" of this Canadian export, an oil derived from Canada's most valuable crop. 

What is Canola Oil?

Fun fact, canola oil production contributes an average of $43.7 billion annually to the Canadian economy and creates over 200K full-time jobs.

500

This whale species found in Canadian Arctic waters is known for lacking a dorsal fin and an exceptionally long life span (200 years).

What is a Bowhead Whale?

500

The Group of Seven noted  a Canadian art movement of landscape painters who aimed to create a uniquely Canadian style of art, inspired by the country's natural environment. This was the number of artists formally included in the group.

What is ten?

  • Franklin Carmichael
  • Lawren Harris
  • A.Y. Jackson
  • Frank Johnston
  • Arthur Lismer
  • J.E.H. MacDonald
  • Frederick Varley
  • A.J. Casson
  • Edwin Holgate
  • LeMoine FitzGerald
500

This is known as the "City of Bridges" for having more bridges than any other Canadian city relative to its size?

What is Saskatoon?

500

It looks the same, but it doesn't taste the same! This is the name for syrup with an unpleasant taste, when sap is collected late in the season as maple trees begin to bud and has increased amino acids and sulfur compounds.

What is buddy maple syrup?

500

Canadian physicist Robert William Boyle’s wartime research at Hawkcraig, Scotland, helped develop this underwater detection system, first known as ASDIC.

What is sonar?

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