Canada Geography
Fairbanks, Alaska; Svalbard, Norway; and Yukon, Canada are three destinations recommended by Travel + Leisure Magazine for travelers hoping to see what phenomenon?
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Founded in Quebec, what is the French name of the private entertainment company which has sold over 100 million tickets for its unique blend of continuous live music and circus-like acrobatics?
Cirque du Soleil
Natalie Spooner won hockey gold with Team Canada during the balmy 2014 Winter Olympics at what Black Sea resort?
Sochi
What directionally named carrier has the second-largest fleet of any airline in Canada, behind only Air Canada itself in size?
WestJet
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation is owned by the pension plan in Ontario, Canada of what profession?
Teachers
Known for polar bears that live there in the fall, what town on Hudson Bay in Manitoba is named after one of the UK's most famous Prime Ministers?
Churchill
Although James Naismith was teaching in Massachusetts in the U.S. at the time he invented a popular sport, he was a native Canadian who had only recently moved to the U.S. What sport did Naismith invent in 1891?
Basketball
hat white tri-petal woodland flower is the official flower of Ontario?
Trillium
What is the full name for the bill or rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada typically referred to simply as "the Charter"?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Torrington, Wyoming got the TOR airport code instead of Toronto, because Canadian airport codes all start with what letter?
Y
Located in Alberta and established in 1885, what is the oldest national park in Canada?
Banff
"Pepsi" is a slang term for a French Canadian, based on the strong preference for Pepsi over Coke in which province whose official language is French?
Quebec
Originating in Canada, what pizza notable for its tropical fruit topping was created in the 1960s by Sam Panopoulos?
Hawaiian
Named for the railway company that built it, what 1,815-foot-tall communications and observation edifice is the tallest structure in Toronto?
CN Tower
Fin the Whale, is the official mascot of what Canadian NHL team?
Vancouver Canucks
Featuring more than 900 varieties of plants and designated a National Historic Site of Canada, Butchart Gardens is a horticultural marvel located in what province?
British Columbia
Sarah Ann Curzon, Jessie Turnbull, Emily Stowe are all women famously associated with a Canadian movement that had achieved most of its political aims by the 1920s (Quebec was the only exception.) What was the cause championed by these women?
Women's suffrage
In 1683, the Catholic priest and explorer Louis Hennepin published a book titled "A New Discovery" containing his descriptions of what landmark on the U.S.-Canada border?
Niagara Falls
The Alouette 1 refers to a piece of technology famously released by Canada in 1962, making Canada only the third country globally to construct such a device. This historic technology was used to study the ionosphere and while it was deactivated a decade later in 1972, it is expected to remain in existence for 1000 years. What type of device was the Alouette 1?
Satellite
Project Atigi is the name of a collaboration of Inuit designers and what high-end parka brand, which aims to combine the garments with traditional Inuit culture and designs?
Canada Goose
What Canadian city is home to the intersection of the Red and Assiniboine rivers and is located very near the longitudinal center of North America?
Winnipeg
What tough-sounding CFL team has its origins in the Regina Rugby Club, a team that was founded in 1910?
Saskatchewan Roughriders
What is the name for the Gothic Revival style mansion in midtown Toronto constructed in 1911 for financier Sir Henry Pellatt? The name translates from Spanish to "Hill House."
Casa Loma
King Henry VII described the…um…recently discovered area…by John Cabot in a letter written in the late 1500s using a fairly uninventive term. What did he discover?
Newfoundland
What 2007 film written by Diablo Cody stars two teen actors from Canada? The film premiered in Canada, receiving a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival, before later winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Juno