Canada's Creations
What classic Canadian book published in 1908 has many adaptations about a young red headed girl?
Anne of Green Gables
Which Canadian province is the largest by land area?
Quebec
What is the name of the famous tower in Toronto?
CN Tower
What is the traditional Inuit word for the winter dwelling made of snow and ice?
Igloo
This hockey equipment was first commercially made by the Mi'Kmaq carvers in Nova Scotia.
Hockey Stick
In what year did Canada officially become a country?
1867
Quebec is the world’s top producer of this condiment.
Maple Syrup
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
True or False. Apologies are considered evidence in Canadian Courts.
False
Apologies aren't admissible in court as they are given so often.
True or False. Hudson's Bay has less Gravity than the rest of the World.
True.
It’s due to a combination of the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet and convection in the Earth’s mantle.
This national sport originated with the Ojibwa First Nations, who often used it to train warriors.
Lacrosse
Its Algonquin name is baggataway.
What animal is the official emblem of Canada?
Beaver
The beaver became an official emblem of Canada in 1975
What famous pizza, featuring pineapple, was invented by Sam Panapoulos in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962?
Hawaiian Pizza
How many time zones does Canada have?
Six
Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland
In 1967, the Expo 67 World Fair was held in which city?
Montreal
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
Sir John A. Macdonald
How many Canadian teams are in the NHL?
A) 5 B) 7 C) 10
Seven
The Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks
What are the official languages of Canada?
English and French
The first Tim Horton’s opened in what city?
A) London B) Hamilton C) Barrie
Hamilton
Which Canadian province has the highest population?
Ontario
True or False. Reindeers cause more than 200 car accidents in Canada each year.
True
There are no roads leading to this territory.
Nunavut.
No roads connect its communities. People get around via air and boat travel.
Which ball sport was invented by a Canadian in 1891?
Basketball
How many points does the maple leaf have on the official Canadian flag?
11 points
Originally from Quebec, what meal comes from the local French slang word for a 'mess'?
Poutine
True or False. There is a desert in the Yukon.
True
It is the worlds smallest desert called the 'Carcross Desert', which measures only 2.6 kilometres.
Disney animator Charles Thorsen apparently based this fairest of them all princess character on a waitress he met in Winnipeg.
Snow White
The server in question worked at a diner called the Weevil Café.
When did Indigenous people in Canada get the unconditional right to vote?
A) 1940 B) 1960 C) 1980
1960
In 1951 Queen Elizabeth II attended one of these in Canada; she attended her second one, also in Canada, in 2002. What is it?
A Hockey Game
When did Canada officially adopt its flag?
A) 1921 B) 1957 C) 1965
1965
It was officially adopted on February 15, 1965
What province was the cocktail drink the “Caesar” invented in?
A) Alberta B) British Columbia C) Manitoba
Alberta
This Canadian city was named after a berry.
Saskatoon
It comes from the Cree word “mis-sask-quah-too-mina.”
In 1991, Scotty, the world's largest and heaviest T-Rex was unearthed in what province?
Saskatchewan, Canada
66 Million-Years-Old
The Reference Library in Toronto has one of the world’s finest memorabilia collections devoted to Arthur Conan Doyle and his series called?
Sherlock Holmes
How many Canadian cities have hosted the Olympics?
Three
Canada has hosted the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976); and the Winter Olympics in Calgary (1988) and in Vancouver (2010).
When did “O Canada” become the official national anthem?
A) 1880 B) 1967 C) 1980
1980
Written and composed in Quebec in 1880, but it was not approved until 1980.
In 1884, Marcellus Gilmore Edson patented a method to turn roasted peanuts into what?
Peanut Butter
What is the most visited tourist attraction in Canada?
Niagara Falls
In 1955, Quaker Oats gave this territories land away in its cereal boxes.
Real estate in the Yukon
True or False. The Kermode Bear is an animal that is only found in Three different Countries in the world.
False.
They are only located in British Columbia. Kermode (the Spirit or Ghost Bear)
The oldest surviving basketball court in the world resides in this New province.
New Brunswick
What’s Canada’s only official bilingual province?
A) New Brunswick B) Prince Edward Island C) Ontario
New Brunswick
Two Montreal journalists got together to play a game of Scrabble on Dec. 15, 1979. That evening, they invented a fun questions game, what was it?
Trivial Pursuit
Which Canadian City Is Considered 'Hollywood North'?
Vancouver
In 1967, the town of St. Pauls, Alberta, created the world’s first landing pad for these unidentified flying machines.
UFO's
Which Indigenous language is most widely spoken in Canada?
Cree
What was Canada’s first national sport?
A) Lacrosse B) Rugby C) Cricket
Cricket
What was the original name of Canada Day before it was officially changed in 1982?
Dominion Day