Geography: Canada Jeopardy Template

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Canadian Facts, Eh

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Eastern

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Northern

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O Canada Trivia

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What is both Canada's national symbol, and it's national tree?

A) A Beaver

B) A Maple Leaf

C) A Moose

B) A Maple Leaf

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What is British Columbia's largest city?

A) Calgary

B) Québec

C) Vancouver

C) Vancouver. It was founded as a saw-milling town in the 1870s.

100

What is the capital of French-speaking Canada?

A) Montreal

B) Québec

C) Toronto

B) Québec

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In Hudson Bay, what animal lives onshore during the summer, but hunts seals across the pack ice throughout the winter?

A) Arctic Foxes

B) Polar Bears

C) Mounties

B) Polar Bears

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True or False: There are places in Canada that have less gravity than the rest of the world.

A) True

B) False

A) True

200

What is Canada's national mammal?

A) A Beaver

B) A Moose

C) A Polar Bear

A) A Beaver

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What natural wonder, and tourist attraction, does Canada share with the United States?

A) Mount Rushmore

B) Niagara Falls

C) The Northern Lights

B) Niagara Falls

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Ottawa was selected as Canada's capital in 1857. Ottawa is where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police show off their horse-riding skills. What is another name for the Canadian Mounted Police?

A) The Horsemen

B) The Mounties

C) Dudley Dooright

B) The Mounties

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What part of Canada is sometimes called Treasure Island even though to date, no significant treasure has been found?

A) Bay of Fundy

B) Newfoundland

C) Oak Island

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True or False: Canada is the most educated country in the world?

A) True

B) False

A) True. Over half of its residents have degrees

300

What is Canada's official phone number?

A) 1-800-555-1234

B) 1-800-867-5309

C) 1-800-O-CANADA

300

Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains and west of Calgary, what is Canada's oldest national park?

A) Banff National Park

B) Jellystone National Park

C) Yellowstone National Park

A) Banff National Park. It was established in 1885

300

What language is mostly spoken in Montreal?

A) English

B) French

C) Canadian

B) French

300

The Yellowknife Dog Derby, which happens every March in Yellowknife, has drivers, called mushers, guiding sleds that are powered by 12 what each?

A) Dogs

B) Mooses

C) Reindeer

A) Dogs

300

True or False: In Eastern Canada, road signs use both French and English languages.

A) True

B) False

A) True

400

What years did Canada host the Winter Olympics, and in what city?

A) Calgary 1988

B) Lake Placid 1980

C) Vancouver 2010

D) A & C

D) Calgary 1988 and Vancouver 2010

400

The Canadian Pacific Railway is a railway runs across six provinces of Canada and into the United States. It stretches from Montreal to what western Canadian city?

A) Alberta

B) Calgary

C) Vancouver

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What is the name of Toronoto's 1,815-foot-high telecommunications and viewing tower?

A) The CN Tower

B) The Canadian Tower

C) The Christmas Tower

A) The CN Tower. It is currently the tallest structure in North America.

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What are North America's largest land carnivores that have adapted to the extreme Arctic environment around Cape Churchill in northern Manitoba?

A) Arctic Foxes

B) Moose

C) Polar Bears

C) Polar Bears. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 polar bears live in Canada.

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True or False: Canada is the second-largest country in area in the world, after Russia?

A) True

B) False

A) True. At 5,525 miles from west to east, it stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the globe.

500

What is Canada's national sport?

A) Figure Skating

B) Hockey

C) Moose Riding

B) Hockey

500

What geological feature are part of a major continental divide that extends from western North America to western South America?

A) The Arctic Circle

B) The Canadian Rockies

C) Niagara Falls

B) The Canadian Rockies

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Germany is famously known for it's outdoor Christmas markets. What Canadian city holds the largest outdoor Germany Christmas Market in the Americas?

A) Québec

B) Toronto

C) Vancouver