History/Geography
How many points does a maple leaf have on the Canadian Flag?
11
Founded in Quebec, what is the French name of the private entertainment company which has sold over 100 million tickets for its unique blend of continuous live music and circus-like acrobatics?
Cirque du Soleil
Ontatrio and which other province are the largest wine-producing areas in Canada?
British Columbia
Who was first Indigenous woman ever elected to the House of Commons?
Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew made history in November 1988 when she was elected to represent the Northwest Territories in the Commons. Blondin-Andrew again made history when she joined the federal cabinet, becoming the first Indigenous woman to serve as a cabinet minister. She was secretary of state under prime minister Jean Chrétien and a minister of state under prime minister Paul Martin.
Which is Canada’s oldest civic art gallery?
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is Canada’s older civic gallery. It was founded in 1912.
Which new Canadian territory was created in 1999?
Nunavut
Which Italian-Canadian musician and actor won the 2010 Juno award for Album of the Year and the 2011 Grammy award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the same album "Crazy Love"?
Michael Buble
The Tim Horton coffee shop chain was founded in which decade?
1960s
Canada's "Big Five" banks are all based in Toronto. They are Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and what fifth bank?
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
This very popular Ontario artist is known internationally for his depictions of beautifully detailed wildlife, including birds, and large and small mammals.
Robert Bateman
Robert Bateman is well known both for his paintings of Canadian wildlife and African wildlife. He was one of the earliest Canadian artists to offer his works in limited edition prints, which greatly increased his pictures' accessibility for his many devotees.
Edward Cornwallis founded which settlement in 1749?
Halifax
Who was the first Canadian female solo artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts?
Anne Murray, with “Snowbird.”
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again." The famous Humpty Dumpty character has appeared for centuries (including in works by by Lewis Carroll). What food is Humpty Dumpty commonly portrayed as?
EGG
The Wyandot or Wendat are Iroquoian-speaking peoples of North American who emerged as a tribe around the north shore of Lake Ontario. However, they are often referred to by an alternate name which shares its title with a different Great Lake. What is this alternate name?
Huron
Which Canadian art gallery has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world?
The Winnipeg Art Gallery has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world. The proposed Inuit Art Centre addition is scheduled to be opened in 2020.
Which British king gave the Hudson Bay company exclusive trading rights?
Charlies VII
2. Things heated up a bit for the second week, as five songs were chosen from the 60s.
Complete the lyric for the following song, which ended up as the number one song overall - the most Essential Canadian song.
"Think I'll go out to Alberta,
Weather's good there in the fall.
I got some friends that I can go to working for,
Still I wish you'd ____________"
Change your mind
What distilled alcoholic spirit has an English name derived from a diminutive form of the Slavic word for water? In essence, this means the word can be interpreted as "little water," which makes some sense as the beverage is said to originate from Poland or Russia.
Vodka
At the age of 82, Canadian actor Christopher Plummer was the oldest person to have won an Oscar at the time of his victory in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2012. Plummer had rocketed to fame 47 years earlier for his role as Captain Von Trapp in what musical film?
The Sound of Music
Now we proceed to the West Coast of Canada. There was a woman who lived from 1871 to 1945, who ultimately became very well-known for her paintings of Native Canadian artifacts, particularly totem poles. She went on to a series of Impressionist-like studies of tall trees native to the area around Victoria, BC.
What is this artist's name?
Emily Carr
Emily Carr pursued her art studies in Canada, and also in London and Paris; in Paris she met some of the later Impressionists, which undoubtedly influenced her work. She returned to Canada and lived and worked here for the rest of her life.
Besides subjects such as totem poles and trees, Carr also produced many self-portraits and became famous for her unique studies that emphasized a Japanese influence. Now there is an Emily Carr University of Art and Design (formerly the Emily Carr Institute) in Vancouver. This is a most prestigious place for young artists to study.
Pauline Marois became the first female premier of which province in 2012?
Quebec
This artist was born in Scotland but grew up and started a career in Toronto. The most successful song was probably "The Farmer's Song", but I always had a soft spot for "Honky Red" myself.
Murray McLauchlan
Which crop, often described as forced, is one of the few winter Canadian crops?
Rhubarb
What was the first national park established in Canada? What Year? Hint : The park is located in Alberta.
Banff National Park
The Town of Banff is located inside Banff National Park, Canada's first and the world's third national park, established in 1885. The park itself is 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 square miles); 96 percent of the park is wilderness.
In the early years of the twentieth century, roughly 1920-1933, there existed in Canada a loosely-knit fraternity of artists, among them Lawren Harris and J.E.H. MacDonald. What were these artists collectively known as
The Group of Seven
he Group of Seven worked in the earlier decades of the twentieth century. One very famous Canadian painter, who is often mistakenly counted as one of this group, is Tom Thomson. His iconic 'Jack Pine" is possibly the best-known art work in Canada. Thomson was closely associated with the Group of Seven before they began to use that name; sadly he died in 1917. The British Columbia artist Emily Carr was also closely connected with the group.