Canadiana
What year did ‘O Canada’ become this country’s official national anthem?
A) 1880
B) 1939
C) 1980
D) 1964
Although “O Canada” has served as the de facto national anthem since 1939, the song was officially proclaimed as the country’s national anthem in 1980.
Which of these Cadbury candy bars originated in Canada?
A) Dairy Milk B) Mr. Big C) Crispy Crunch D) Caramilk Bar
D. While there are similar bars sold under different names in other countries, Caramilk bars are only produced at Toronto’s Gladstone Chocolate Factory.
Who served as the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A. Macdonald
Which Canadian city is the birthplace of ice hockey?
Montreal
What life-saving method for treatment of diabetes was invented in 1922?
Insulin process. A team of scientists including Canadians Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Charles Best and James Collip. Banting found that insulin extracted from pigs and cows was usable for people
Which of the following popular games was invented in Canada?
A) Scrabble
B) Trivial Pursuit
C) Monopoly
D) Yahtzee
B. The game was created in December 1979 in Montreal by Canadian Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal’s The Gazette, and Scott Abbott, a sports editor for The Canadian Press. After the pair found pieces of their Scrabble game missing, they decided to create their own.
Where is peameal bacon said to have originated?
A) Toronto
B) Montreal
C) Halifax
D) Hamilton
A. Toronto’s William Davies Company, one of Canada’s earliest and largest meat packers, is usually credited with creating this blue-collar breakfast dish, which originally involved rolling wet cured pork loin in crushed yellow peas. These days, cornmeal is typically used in its place.
At the beginning of the '60s, what was the name of the political movement that swept all through Quebec City?
The Quiet Revolution
What popular sport was invented in the United States but by a Canadian American gym teacher?
Basketball. Invented in 1891 by Canada-born James Naismith, the sport began in Springfield, Massachusetts
In 1950 electrical engineer John Hopps build on past research, observations and experimentations a medical radical innovation
The first external cardiac pacemaker
Who is Laura Secord?
A) An Oscar-winning actress
B) A famous chocolatier
C) The first female Governor General
D) A war heroine
D. Laura Secord is heralded as a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812, after she walked approximately 32 kilometres out of American-occupied territory to warn British soldiers of an impending American attack.
What are some traditional Canadian foods?
Poutine, Peameal Bacon, bannock, butter tarts, Montreal bagels and smocked meat, maple syrup and Nova Scotia lobster rolls
Which Canadian received the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1957?
Lester B. Pearson
What Canadian sport uses a ball small enough to fit in a hand ( and therefore requires no finger holes) and was devised as a less strenuous alternative to an already popular sport?
Five -pin bowling. The sport was invented by T. E. Ryan of Toronto in 1909
What 1971 invention changed the life of amputees?
Electronic and mechanical prosthetic hand. Medical Scientist Helmut Lucas made a hand able to perform actions such as opening a door and picking up a glass
What was Canada’s first newspaper?
A) Montreal Gazette
B) Gazette officielle du Quebec
C) Ottawa Citizen
D) Halifax Gazette
D) Halifax Gazette
What 1911 innovation protected the eggs?
Joseph Coyle of British Columbia invented the egg carton. Previously, eggs were transported using baskets.
In which year did Canadian women win the right to vote in elections?
1921
What device that helped save the faces of many brave goalkeepers was invented in 1960?
Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante designed the fibreglass goalie mask after getting hit in the face by pucks. He initially wore it in a game in 1959, after being hit in the face by a puck during a Canadiens-New York Rangers game. After receiving stitches, he told his coach, Toe Blake, that he would not play without his mask.
In the 1930 three doctors Brown, Tisdall and Drake created this to address malnutrition in children during the Great Depression
The world's first ready to use vitamin and mineral-enriched baby cereal- Pablum
The Canada/U.S. border runs right through the middle of this small town—more specifically, right through the middle of its library, designated by a strip of black tape. Which two towns does this library straddle?
A) Derby Line, Vt./Stanstead, Que.
B) Campobello Island, N.B./Lubec, Maine
C) Stewart, B.C./Hyder, Alaska
D) Detroit, Mich./Windsor, Ont.
A) Derby Line, Vt./Stanstead, Que.
The fiddlehead fern is the one of the only native Canadian plants that has achieved commercial success as a vegetable. What time of year are fiddleheads best picked?
A) Early March to early April
B) Late April to early June
C) Late October to late November
D) Late August to early October
B) Late April to early June
Which economic issue dominated the Canadian Federal elections in the years 1891, 1911, and 1988?
Free trade
What is the official national summer sport of Canada?
Lacrosse. This truly Canadian sport originated within Indigenous communities as spiritual practice. The game was adapted by William George Beers who created the National Lacrosse Association in 1867.
What did Canadian organic chemist Dr. Raymond Lemieux and fellow researcher George Huber help invented in 1953 that changed diabetes treatment?
Synthetic sucrose. Dr. Raymond Lemieux and George Huber were the first scientists to successfully synthesize sucrose