Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is observed every year on this date to honor those who served in war.
November 11
World War II began in 1939 when this country invaded Poland.
Germany
This clear spirit is often mixed with tonic water and a slice of lime.
Gin
This is the largest French-speaking province in Canada.
Quebec
This country is home to both the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia
This flower became a symbol of remembrance after World War I.
Poppy
This British Prime Minister became famous for his speeches and for leading Britain through the war.
Winston Churchill
This Mexican drink is made from the blue agave plant and is used to make margaritas.
Tequila
This city hosts the famous Winter Carnival, one of the largest in the world.
Quebec City
This South American country is the only one where Portuguese is the official language.
Brazil
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, this war officially ended in 1918.
World War 1
The surprise Japanese attack on this U.S. naval base in 1941 brought the United States into the war.
This famous Cuban cocktail is made with white rum, mint, sugar, lime juice, and soda water.
Mojito
This dish of fries topped with cheese curds and gravy was invented in Quebec in the 1950s.
This landlocked European country is famous for its neutrality and for inventing the Red Cross.
Switzerland
This famous poem begins with the line, “In .... fields the poppies blow.”
Flanders Field
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in this operation that turned the tide of the war.
D-day (Operation Overload)
This cocktail, made with whiskey, sugar, bitters, and an orange peel, shares its name with something “not new.”
Old Fashioned
This Québécois singer became an international superstar with hits like “My Heart Will Go On.”
Celine Dion
This small European country is ruled by a Grand Duke and has the highest GDP per capita in the world.
Luxembourg
This Canadian soldier and physician wrote In Flanders Fields after the death of his friend in battle.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
World War II ended after these two Japanese cities were destroyed by atomic bombs.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This dark spirit, made from distilled molasses or sugarcane juice, originated in the Caribbean and became popular with sailors and pirates.
Rum
This massive river runs through Quebec and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
St. Lawrence River
This African country, once known as Abyssinia, is the only one on the continent never colonized by a European power.
Ethiopia