Canadian Curiosities
$100: Canada's smallest province is…
A) PEI
B) Nova Scotia
C) Manitoba
D) Yukon
A) PEI ✅
$100: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Marie Curie
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Rosa Parks
D) Mother Teresa
A) Marie Curie ✅
$100: Who composed The Four Seasons?
A) Bach
B) Mozart
C) Vivaldi
D) Beethoven
C) Vivaldi ✅
$100: The Korean War armistice was signed in:
A) 1950
B) 1953
C) 1949
D) 1956
B) 1953 ✅
$100: Which animal sleeps standing up?
A) Horses
B) Lions
C) Rabbits
D) Pandas
A) Horses ✅
$200: Canada’s only desert is in…
A) Alberta
B) Nunavut
C) British Columbia
D) Saskatchewan
C) British Columbia ✅ (Osoyoos Desert)
$200: Who led the Underground Railroad to freedom?
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Maya Angelou
C) Shirley Chisholm
D) Sojourner Truth
A) Harriet Tubman ✅
$200: A soprano is the…
A) Lowest female voice
B) Highest female voice
C) Highest male voice
D) Mid-range male voice
B) Highest female voice ✅
$200: Cold War lasted approximately:
A) 1947–1991
B) 1950–1980
C) 1939–1965
D) 1960–2001
A) 1947–1991 ✅
$200: Fastest bird:
A) Golden Eagle
B) Peregrine Falcon
C) Harpy Eagle
D) Hawk
B) Peregrine Falcon ✅
$300: What animal is on the Canadian quarter?
A) Moose
B) Caribou
C) Beaver
D) Goose
B) Caribou ✅
$300: Who was the first woman in space?
A) Sally Ride
B) Valentina Tereshkova
C) Mae Jemison
D) Judith Resnik
B) Valentina Tereshkova ✅
$300: Which composer became known as the “King of Ragtime”?
A) George Gershwin
B) Scott Joplin
C) Duke Ellington
D) Johann Strauss II
B) Scott Joplin ✅
$300: Rwanda genocide year:
A) 1994
B) 1988
C) 2001
D) 1991
A) 1994 ✅
$300: Only animal that can't jump:
A) Elephant
B) Rhino
C) Hippo
D) Giraffe
A) Elephant ✅
$400: Where is the world's longest skating rink?
A) Ottawa
B) Winnipeg
C) Montréal
D) Calgary
A) Ottawa ✅
$400: First woman to serve as Governor General of Canada:
A) Jeanne Sauvé
B) Adrienne Clarkson
C) Kim Campbell
D) Mary Simon
A) Jeanne Sauvé ✅
$400: Which opera features the aria “Nessun Dorma”?
A) Carmen
B) Turandot
C) Madama Butterfly
D) Aida
B) Turandot ✅
$400: First major battle Canada fought in WWI in Belgium:
A) Passchendaele
B) Somme
C) Second Battle of Ypres
D) Vimy Ridge
C) Second Battle of Ypres ✅
$400: Which creature has 3 hearts?
A) Jellyfish
B) Octopus
C) Starfish
D) Crab
B) Octopus ✅
$500: Which Canadian city has the largest underground shopping network?
A) Vancouver
B) Toronto
C) Montréal
D) Edmonton
C) Montréal ✅
$500: First Canadian woman to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada:
A) Beverley McLachlin
B) Bertha Wilson
C) Louise Arbour
D) Rosalie Abella
A) Beverley McLachlin ✅
$500: Mozart's first name?
A) Ludwig
B) Johann
C) Wolfgang Amadeus
D) Franz
C) Wolfgang Amadeus ✅
$500: The peacekeeping mission where Canada played a major role under UN command in the 1990s:
A) Bosnia and Herzegovina
B) Iraq
C) Vietnam
D) Panama
A) Bosnia and Herzegovina ✅
$500: Which animal’s milk is pink?
A) Camel
B) Walrus
C) Dolphin
D) Whale
B) Walrus ✅