Canadian history
What year did canada become an official country?
( July first ) 1867
What wildly popular winter sport was invented by a Canadian gym teacher in Massachusetts in 1891?
Basketball. Canadian James Naismith created it to keep his students active indoors during the freezing winter.
This Canadian icon had her massive breakout hit with the pop-punk anthem "Complicated" in 2002.
Avril Lavigne.
What is Canada's large national animal that is famous for building dams in the wild?
The Beaver.
Which Canadian city hosted the first Olympic Games ever held in Canada (the Summer Games in 1976)?
Montreal.
Who was the first canadian prime minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald
What famous electronic communication device was patented in Brantford, Ontario, in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell?
The telephone.
What Canadian dish features French fries, cheese curds, and gravy?
Poutine
Canada has more of these bodies of water than the rest of the world combined. What are they?
Lakes. (Canada has millions of them!)
Who scored the famous "Golden Goal" in overtime to win the gold medal for Canada against the United States at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics?
Sidney Crosby.
Which Canadian city did the Vikings first settle in around the year 1,000 AD?
L'Anse aux Meadows (Located in Newfoundland)
What life-saving medical treatment for diabetes was discovered by Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1921?
Insulin.
The famous character "Winnie the Pooh" was named after a real bear donated to the London Zoo by a Canadian lieutenant. What Canadian city is the bear's namesake city?
Winnipeg, Manitoba (the bear was named "Winnipeg," or "Winnie").
What is the only Canadian province where you can find the small, red-beaked Atlantic Puffin living on the coast in large numbers?
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Who is the first Black Canadian athlete to win an Olympic medal, capturing a bronze in the 4x400-meter relay in the 1932 Los Angeles games?
Raymond "Rapid Ray" Lewis.
Which Canadian Prime Minister won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work during the 1956 Suez Crisis?
Lester B. Pearson (He helped create the first United Nations peacekeeping force).
A Quebecer named Joseph-Armand Bombardier is famous for inventing what tracked, motorized vehicle used for traveling on deep snow?
The snowmobile (or Ski-Doo says Ellie).
What iconic Canadian daytime TV show host greeted children every day while wearing a bright, striped, button-up cardigan?
Mr. Dressup (Ernie Coombs).
Found in the Rocky Mountains and the Prairies, this wild animal is Canada's largest land mammal and looks a bit like a hairy cow with horns. What is it?
The Bison (or Buffalo to Mericans).
"The Rocket" is the famous nickname of which legendary Montreal Canadiens hockey player?
Maurice Richard
Which 1763 royal document officially ended French rule in North America and established English law in the new colony?
The Treaty of Paris.
Which Montreal Canadiens goalie invented the fiberglass hockey mask in 1959 to protect his face from flying pucks?
Jacques Plante.
Before reaching intergalactic fame playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek, which Montreal-born actor made his Hollywood debut in 1951 playing the role of Alexander the Great in the film The Butler's Night Off?
William Shatner.
Canada's deepest lake is over 600 metres deep. It holds 2.19 cubic kilometres of water and is located in the Northwest Territories. What is the name of this lake?
Great Slave Lake.
1996, Donovan Bailey became a national hero when he won the men's 100-meter dash and set a world record at which Olympic Games?
The Atlanta Olympics.