Canadian Cities/Provinces
This city is the Capital city of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This woman was the first Female Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Kim Campbell?
Initially from Vancouver, this actor came from an RCMP family, and met his wife on the set of "The Green Lantern."
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
This Canadian term is used to describe retirees who go south, usually to Florida, to escape the winter.
What are snowbirds?
Quesnel is home of the longest wooden what?
Walking bridge.
These provinces make up the Maritimes, but not Atlantic Canada.
What is Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and P.E.I.?
Why was the city of Quesnel built?
Quesnel was a summer fishing camp of the CARRIER people. Non-native settlement began in 1860 when the area became the best access into the Cariboo goldfields and BARKERVILLE to the east.
The Canadian host of Jeopardy for 37 seasons.
Who is Alex Trebek?
This Canadian term refers to cigarettes.
What is "a dart"?
In 1928, this wooden structure opened up to allow people to access what we call West Quesnel today.
This city holds the Guinness World Record for the most photographed hotel in the world!
What is Quebec City? (Chateau Frontenac)
Who was the city of Quesnel named after?
The clerk of Simon Fraser, Jules Maurice Quesnel.
This Canadian artist sang soundtracks for both Disney's 2017 Beauty and the Beast and 1997's Titanic
Who is Celine Dion?
What does the word "Eh" mean?
To confirm that someone has heard and understood what you have said. It is like saying, "right?"
What year did Barkerville hit its biggest strike of gold yet?
1862
This Canadian City is the inspiration behind one of Disney’s beloved characters! (A bear that lives in Hundred Acre Woods.)
What is Winnipeg?
Why was quesnel such an important city during WW1? (What were they manufacturing, and for what purpose?)
With an already flurishing forest industry, Quesenel was charged with manufacturing birch plywood to help create the famous Mosquito Bomber in WW1.
Who is on the canadian 5 dollar bill? Who is the person on the 5 dollar bill?
Sir Wilfred Laurier is on the 5 dollar bill. Laurier was the 7th Canadian prime minister.
This Canadian term describes an outfit made from denim, and made its way into pop culture thanks to Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in 2001.
What is a Canadian Tuxedo?
What year did Simon Fraser send his clerk down the river to find the Columbia River, instead Mourice Quesnel found the confluence of the Quesnel and Fraser Rivers and established the name of the city "Quesnel".
1808
This Canadian City, established in 1497, is the oldest in the country, and ranked the 9th oldest in North America.
What is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador?
The Founder of Manitoba, and the leader of the red river rebellion.
Who is Louis Riel?
Who is found on the 50 dollar bill, and who was this person?
William Lyon McKenzie King. He was the 10th prime minister of Canada.
What is a "hoser"?
Eastern slang for an unsophisticated person.
In 1912 this doctor arrived in Quesnel and opened a hospital.
G.R. Baker (Dr. Gerald Rumsey Baker)