New Brunswick
True or False
NB is home to the warmest saltwater beaches north of Virginia.
True
What Nova Scotia university has the most students?
a) Saint Mary's University
b) Dalhousie University
c) Cape Breton University
d) Acadia University
b) Dalhousie University
Charlottetown is considered to be the Birthplace of ____________.
Confederation.
This year, the city is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference – an event that paved the way to Confederation and the founding of Canada in 1867.
Canine inspiration – Yes it’s true, two of the world’s most lovable dog breeds are named after both landmasses of the province: the enormous, bearlike Newfoundland or Newfie and the most popular dog breed in the world, the ___________.
Labrador
Nova Scotia translates to what in Latin?
a) New Scotstown
b) New Scottish
c) New Scotland
d) New Scotsburn
c) New Scotland
True or False
1/4 of the world's French Fries come from New Brunswick.
False.
1/3 do.
The McCain brothers’ first French fry plant was created in 1957 in their hometown of Florenceville.
Which of the following towns has the largest population?
a) Windsor
b) New Glasgow
c) Bridgewater
d ) Kentville
b) New Glasgow
True or False
The Mi’kmaqs were the first people to live on Prince Edward Island. They called the island Epekwik – meaning resting on the waves.
True
Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless message where on December 12, 1901?
Signal Hill
Newfoundland is the Easternmost point of North America and because of that has played an important role in any number of industries from aviation to transatlantic communications. It’s thanks to this geographical quirk that Marconi chose the high peak in St. John’s as the location for the first wireless message sent across the ocean.
The HST rate in PEI is:
a) 11%
b) 13%
c) 14%
d) 15%
c) 14%
NB has the world's largest lobster! It is 35 feet long, 16 feet high and weighs:
a) 87,418 pounds
b) 132,787 pounds
c) 198,416 pounds
Shediac - "The Lobster Capital of the World"
Nova Scotia's Heritage Day is in what month?
February
Prince Edward Island is 220 kilometres long by six to sixty-four kilometres wide. There is no place on the island that is more than _____ kilometres from the sea.
a) 16 km b) 4km c) 10km d) 23 km
a) 16km
Independent country – Newfoundland was a longtime holdout to joining the Canadian Confederation; it wasn’t until _____ when it finally joined the rest of the country.
a) 1949 b) 1953 c) 1959 d) 1962
a) 1949
Until then it was an independent nation and even today the flags and colors of the country/province can be seen flying proudly almost anywhere you go.
The longest covered bridge in the world can be found in Hartland, NB. it is:
a) 913 feet long
b) 1,282 feet long
c) 1,477 feet long
b) 1,282 feet long
True or False
The Reversing Falls in Saint John is the largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world.
False.
The largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world (the Maelstrom Whirlpool of Norway holds the title of the world’s largest whirlpool) can be found between Deer Island and Indian Island and can be viewed from Eastport, Maine. The whirlpool is called “Old Sow” because of the sounds it produces.
What is Nova Scotia’s largest freshwater lake?
a) Folly Lake
b) Porters Lake
c) Grand Lake
d) Dollar Lake
c) Grand Lake
Prince Edward Island is famous for its beaches. It has over _____ kilometres of beaches.
a) 560 km
b) 690 km
c) 800 km
d) 1,000 km
c) 800 km
It’s hard to pick just one but vacay.ca has made the call. It names Singing Sands Beach in Basin Head Provincial Park the number one beach in Canada – high praise indeed.
While the province encompasses both Newfoundland AND Labrador, a shocking ______ of the population lives on Newfoundland.
a) 75% b) 63% c) 94% d) 86%
c) 94%
Of those folks, another whopping 40% live in St. John’s, the capital city.
What waterway separates Mainland Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island?
a) Northumberland Strait
b) Sable Strait
c) Strait of Canso
d) Cabot Strait
c) Strait of Canso
The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. They rise at a rate of:
a) 2.2 feet per hour
b) 3.3 feet per hour
c) 3.9 feet per hour
b) 3.3 feet per hour (1 meter/hour)
The tides yield many edible treasures, among them mineral-rich sea salt and “dulse” – dried seaweed, which can be eaten as a snack or used to flavor soups and stews.”
What is Nova Scotia's official flower?
a) Lupine
b) Mayflower
c) Purple Lilac
d) Coltsfoot
b) Mayflower
Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908, was written by which PEI native?
Lucy Maud Montgomery
True or False
Long before Columbus “discovered” the New World, Vikings had already settled Newfoundland around the year 1,000.
True
Today the site is immortalized in L’Anse aux Meadows, a Viking colony discovered in the 1960s.
Argentia, Newfoundland averages _____ days of fog per year.
a) 132 days
b) 153 days
c) 182 days
d) 206 days
d) 206 days
Because of its precarious position along the North Atlantic, Newfoundland experiences some extreme and chilly weather, including a lot of fog throughout the province.