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Random Trivia
100

What was the name of the first ever satellite launched into space?

Sputnik

100

What did Canada’s victory over the USSR in the 1972 Summit Series symbolize from an ideological standpoint?

A global win for the West against Soviet power/Ideology

OR

The construction of Canadian identity built around hockey

100

Which Canadian Prime Minister served in between Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s two separate terms?

Joe Clark

100

Who was the Canadian Prime Minister from 2006-2015?

Stephen Harper

100

Who's on first?

Who

200

What international crisis did Lester B. Pearson help to resolve?

Suez Crisis

200

What major Canadian-American trade deal was signed in 1965?

Auto Pact

200

What war was Canada involved in in 1990/1991?

The Gulf War

200

What was the name of the town in Newfoundland that harboured nearly 7000 Americans during 9/11?

Gander

200

Not counting re-releases or live albums, what is the title of Taylor Swift's seventh studio album?

Lover

300

Canada lost over 130 troops in this war that began in 1950

Korean War

300

What was the name of the famous document left behind at a Cuban Missile Crisis briefing that confirmed the US was seeking to push Canada towards accomplishing American goals?

Rostow Memo

300

What is the name of the convention where PM Brian Mulroney proposed amendments to the Constitution in 1987?

Meech Lake Accords

300

How is 9/11 publicly memorialized on that day each year in New York?

Tribute in Light/Two Beams

300

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

African or European?

400

What was the name of the Soviet Spy who defected to the Canadian Government in 1946?

Igor Gouzenko

400

Which Canadian Prime Minister introduced the Bill of Rights?

John Diefenbaker

400

In which European region did Canada contribute a significant number of troops in the mid 1990’s?

The Balkans

400

This Prime Minister received a vote of non-confidence and was voted out of office in 2006

Paul Martin

400

What is the most populated city in North America?

Mexico City

500

What is the name of the foreign policy doctrine that Canada adopted after the Second World War?

Liberal Internationalism

500

What is the name of the Soviet man who most famously saved the world from nuclear destruction?

Vasili Arkhipov

500

In which African country was Canada’s peacekeeping reputation tarnished in 1993?

Somalia

500

Canada signed on to this international agreement on November 4th, 2016

Paris Climate Accords

500

What are the first names of the original 4 Ghostbusters?

Peter, Ray, Egon, Winston