General Knowledge
Politics
Provincial flags
Nicknames of Countries
Canada
100
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Milky Way
100
What wall came down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall
100
Can you identify which Canadian province this flag belongs to?
Alberta
The Alberta flag symbolizes the province's British heritage, its natural landscape, and its agricultural prosperity. The red St. George's Cross on a white background represents the historical ties to Great Britain.
The blue field evokes the province's vast skies and numerous lakes.
The Coat of Arms, featuring the cross, snow-capped mountains, green hills, and a wheat sheaf, further emphasizes the province's geography and agricultural foundation.
100
Which country is known as "The Great White North ' ?
Canada
100
What province is known as the “Land of 100,000 Lakes”?
Manitoba
200
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
200
What country was known as the U.S.S.R.?
Soviet Union
or
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
200
Can you identify which Canadian province this flag belongs to?
Manitoba
The green shield bears a bison, a beast that provided food and clothing to indigenous groups and early settlers and gave the latter a strong export product.
The chief (upper part) of the shield was the red Cross of St. George on a white background, the traditional flag of England.
200
What country is known as the "Land Down Under"?
Australia
200
What is the name of the national public broadcaster in Canada?
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
300
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Liver
300
Which French military leader became emperor after the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
300
Can you identify which Canadian province this flag belongs to?
Saskatchewan.
The flag is divided horizontally into two equal parts – one green, one gold. The green represents the northern forests of the province and the gold symbolizes the southern grain fields.
The Saskatchewan shield of arms is in the upper left quarter of the flag near the staff. The provincial floral emblem, the western red lily, is positioned on the fly half of the flag.
300
Which country is commonly referred to as the "Pearl of Africa"?
Uganda
300
Who is Canada’s head of state?
King Charles III
400
What is the term for an animal that can live both in water and on land?
Amphibian
400
Q: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A: Margaret Thatcher
400
Can you identify which Canadian province this flag belongs to?
New Brunswick.
The gold lion in the flag reflects New Brunswick's relationship both to the Duchy of Brunswick and England. The galley is the conventional heraldic representation of a ship and reflects the two principal economic activities, shipping and shipbuilding, carried on in New Brunswick when the coat of arms was assigned.
400
The "Land of the White Elephant" refers to which country?
Thailand
400
What major Canadian city is located on the St. Lawrence River?
Montreal
500
Who was the first woman in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
500
Which 5 first nations signed the Treaty 7 in 1877?
Treaty 7 is the last of the Numbered Treaties made between the Government of Canada and the Plains First Nations .
It was signed on 22 September 1877 by five First Nations: the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai (Blood), Piikani (Peigan), Stoney-Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina (Sarcee).
500
Can you identify which Canadian province this flag belongs to?
Northwest Territories.
Two blue panels represent the Northwest Territories' many rivers and lakes. The white section, representing ice and snow, is equal in area to the 2 blue panels combined.
The territorial Shield is centred in the white section. The white section of the Shield, with a wavy blue line dividing it, represents the Arctic Ocean and the Northwest Passage.
A diagonal line, representing the tree line, divides the lower portion into a green and red section with green symbolizing the trees and red symbolizing the tundra.
The gold bars in the green section and the white fox in the red section represent the abundant minerals and furs upon which the history and prosperity of the Northwest Territories has been based.
500
Which country is nicknamed the "Land of the Incas"?
Peru
500
What is the largest island in Canada?
Baffin Island