True or False
’ Oh Canada’ is the Canadian national anthem.
True or False
(True)
What TV show had Paul Gross and Carrie-Anne Moss in it?
A. Get Smart
B. Quantum Leap
C. Due South
C. * Due South
Who sang the song Four Strong Winds?
A. Anne Murray
B. Jimmy Rankin
C. Ian & Sylvia
C. Ian & Sylvia
What year was Confederation when a few provinces form the new Canada?
A. 1776
B. 1812
C. 1867
C. 1867
Who was the Group of Seven?
A. popular Canadian philosophers
B. the country founders
C. Canadian landscape painters
C. Canadian landscape painters
Calgary hosted the Winter Olympics at one time.
True or False
(True)
You are watching the character Dominic Da Vinci who once was an undercover RCMP but now is a coroner. He lives in Vancouver. What TV show is this character from?
A. Da Vinci Code
B. Da Vinci Bridge
C. Da Vinci’s Inquest
C. Da Vinci’s Inquest
Robert Munsch is an author of a certain kind of books. Some of them are Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess and Mmm Cookies. Who was he writing these books for in general?
A. children
B. young adults
C. adults
A. children
Canada has 2 national symbols. What are they?
A. the moose & the salmon
B. the beaver & the maple leaf
C. the grizzly bear & the robin
B. the beaver & the maple leaf
What is the provincial bird of Ontario?
A. the robin
B. the common loon
C. the barn sparrow
B. the common loon
. Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan are known as the Maritime Provinces.
True or False
(False – they are the Prairie Provinces.)
This Canadian show ran from 2007 to 2012. It was about a small town of Mercy, Saskatchewan. A small group of Muslims settled there and was lead by Yasir Hamoudi a local contractor. It is the comedy of the cultures how they get along and clash at times.
What is this show?
A. Little House on the Prairie
B. Little Mosque on the Prairie
C. The Wild, Wild West
B. Little Mosque on the Prairie
This actress was born Gladys Louise Smith in 1892 in the city of Toronto. She was married to Douglas Fairbanks at one time. She was known as ‘America’s Sweetheart’ and the Girl with Curls. Who is she better known as?
A. Sarah McLachlan
B. Pamela Anderson
C. Mary Pickford
C. Mary Pickford
In what war did the British operate out of Canada and they sent a group to burn down the White house in the USA?
A. WW I
B. WW II
C. the War of 1812
C. the War of 1812
What is the nickname given to the industrial area from Oshawa to Niagara?
A. the Ontario Strip
B. the Golden Horseshoe
C. The Toronto Oxbow
B. the Golden Horseshoe
Since the 1800's, the majority of Canadians were born in Canada.
True or False
(True)
Saturday Night Live was a TV show created by Canadian Lorne Michaels. Which of these Canadian were on the show at one time?
A. Dan Aykroyd
B. Martin Short
C. Phil Hartman
D. all of them
D. all of them
Mordecai Richler wrote a children’s book about the character Jacob Two Two. Jacob is the youngest in the family and seems to be never listened to when he speaks. Why does he have the nickname two two?
A. He is actually 22 years old
B. He was born on the 22nd of December.
C. He needs to say things twice since he is never heard the 1st time.
C. He needs to say things twice since he is never heard the 1st time.
Which Canadian city is known as the polar bear capital of the world?
A. Churchill
B. Timmons
C. Moose Factory
A. Churchill
Maud Lewis is a Canadian that had a film come out about her life. What is she famous for? Being a ….
A. teacher
B. lawyer
C. painter
C. painter
The term Aboriginal Peoples refers these three distinct groups: First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
True or False
(True)
It is one of the longest-running dramatic series ever made for Canadian English-language television. What Canadian comedy drama television series ran on CBC Television from October 1, 1972, to December 12, 1990?
A. The Beachcombers
B. Chilly Beach
C. Good Dog
A. The Beachcombers
This actress was born in Toronto. She started off on TV in ‘Coming up Rosie’ with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd and then moved over to Second City TV. She was in films like ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Home Alone’. Who is this actress?
A. Ellen Page
B. Cobie Smulders
C. Catherine O’Hara
C. Catherine O’Hara
What province was last to join Confederation?
A. Newfoundland
B. Ontario
C. Saskatchewan
A. Newfoundland
What is the name of the vehicle used in the 1880’s on the prairie lands?
A. a train
B. a red river cart
C. a hover craft
B. a red river cart