Canadian Trivia
$100: Canada is the second-largest country in the world by land area. Which country is the largest?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) Brazil
Answer: c) Russia
$100: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Michelangelo
c) Raphael
d) Donatello
Answer: b) Michelangelo
$100: Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Guglielmo Marconi
Answer: b) Alexander Graham Bell
$100: Diwali, the festival of lights, is primarily celebrated in which country?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) Japan
d) Nepal
Answer: a) India
$100: In Greek mythology, who is the king of the gods?
a) Hades
b) Zeus
c) Poseidon
d) Apollo
Answer: b) Zeus
$200: The Cabot Trail, a famous scenic highway, is located on which island in Nova Scotia?
a) Cape Breton Island
b) Sable Island
c) McNab’s Island
d) Brier Island
Answer: a) Cape Breton Island
$200: Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Nikola Tesla
c) Albert Einstein
d) Galileo Galilei
Answer: c) Albert Einstein
$200: The first practical light bulb was developed by:
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Thomas Edison
c) Michael Faraday
d) Alessandro Volta
Answer: b) Thomas Edison
$200: Which country is famous for its La Tomatina festival, where participants throw tomatoes?
a) Mexico
b) Spain
c) Italy
d) Portugal
Answer: b) Spain
$200: Thor, the god of thunder, belongs to which mythology?
a) Greek
b) Roman
c) Norse
d) Celtic
Answer: c) Norse
$300: Which Canadian won the Nobel Prize for discovering insulin?
a) Frederick Banting
b) David Suzuki
c) John Macleod
d) Charles Best
Answer: a) Frederick Banting
$300: Who was the first female Prime Minister in the world?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
d) Golda Meir
Answer: c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
$300: Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
a) Bill Gates
b) Tim Berners-Lee
c) Steve Jobs
d) Vint Cerf
Answer: b) Tim Berners-Lee
$300: The Rio Carnival, one of the largest in the world, is held in which city?
a) São Paulo
b) Rio de Janeiro
c) Salvador
d) Brasília
Answer: b) Rio de Janeiro
$300: In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the afterlife?
a) Ra
b) Osiris
c) Anubis
d) Horus
Answer: b) Osiris
$400: The slogan “Peace, Order, and Good Government” is associated with:
a) Canadian Constitution
b) Confederation Act
c) Charter of Rights
d) National Anthem
Answer: a) Canadian Constitution
$400: Which English author wrote Paradise Lost?
a) John Milton
b) William Blake
c) Geoffrey Chaucer
d) Edmund Spenser
Answer: a) John Milton
$400: The first successful powered flight was achieved by:
a) Wright brothers
b) Amelia Earhart
c) Charles Lindbergh
d) Otto Lilienthal
Answer: a) Wright brothers
$400: Hanami is the Japanese tradition of celebrating:
a) Cherry blossoms
b) Autumn leaves
c) Lanterns
d) Moon viewing
Answer: a) Cherry blossoms
$400: The Minotaur, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull, lived in a labyrinth built by whom?
a) Daedalus
b) Theseus
c) Hercules
d) Perseus
Answer: a) Daedalus
$500: Which city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics?
a) Vancouver
b) Montreal
c) Toronto
d) Calgary
Answer: b) Montreal
$500: Who was the first female Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Agnes Macphail
b) Kim Campbell
c) Jeanne Sauvé
d) Flora MacDonald
Answer: b) Kim Campbell
$500: Who is known as the “Father of Modern Chemistry”?
a) Antoine Lavoisier
b) Dmitri Mendeleev
c) Robert Boyle
d) John Dalton
Answer: a) Antoine Lavoisier
$500: Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, originated in which country?
a) Austria
b) Germany
c) Belgium
d) Switzerland
Answer: b) Germany
$500: In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare?
a) Venus
b) Minerva
c) Diana
d) Juno
Answer: b) Minerva