Elections
Parties
The Analogy
MORE on Canada's electoral system/political parties
Random Trivia (spicing things up)
100

What is the name of the system Canada uses to elect members of Parliament?

What is first-past-the-post?

100

Which federal party is historically associated with the Canadian conservative movement and the colour blue?


What is the Conservative Party of Canada?


100

Which party won the TMSU election in our analogy?

What is the Falcons?

100

How many ridings does Canada have across the country?

What is 343?

100

Which country has the most natural lakes?

What is Canada?

200

What is the minimum voting age in a Canadian federal election?

What is 18 years old?

200

Which federal political party advocates for Quebec sovereignty?

What is the Bloc Québécois?

200

Which party won the popular vote in our analogy?

What is The New Student Party?

200

What is the term for the group of elected MPs belonging to the same political party?

What is a party caucus?

200

In what year did the Titanic sink?


When was 1912?

300

What is the name of the geographic area represented by an elected MP?

What is a riding? (we will also take electoral district as an answer)

300

What is the term for a party's internal election to select its leader?

What is a leadership election or leadership contest?


300

How many ridings did we have in our analogy?

What is 8?

300

What type of government occurs when no single party holds more than half the seats in the House of Commons?

What is a minority government?
300

How many bones does a typical adult human have?


What is 206?

400

What independent federal agency administers Canadian federal elections?


What is Elections Canada?


400

What is the term for the practice of political parties expecting their MPs to vote in accordance with the party's position, rather than their own individual preferences?

What is party discipline?

400

Which party in our analogy won NO ridings?

What is GreenMU?

400

What is it called when two or more political parties formally cooperate to form a government together?

What is a coalition government?

400

What is the largest species of shark?


What is a whale shark?

500

What constitutional principle requires the government to maintain the confidence of the elected House of Commons to remain in power?


What is responsible government?

500

What is the term for an MP who belongs to a political party but is expelled from its caucus or leaves it, while remaining an elected MP?

What is an independent MP?


500

What real-life example did we relate back to our analogy?

What is the 2015 Canadian election?
500

What is the term for electoral districts where the outcome is highly competitive between candidates or parties, making them key targets for campaign resources?

What are swing ridings?

500

What is the term for a word that reads the same forwards and backwards, such as 'level'?


What is a palindrome?

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