Canadian History
The Hudson’s Bay Company is established, forming a monopoly and increasing the volume of goods in the __ trade
Fur trade
The world's longest street
Younge Street
Trebek was born in the Ontario town of
Sudbury
While Canada is a bilingual country, the only official bilingual province is
New Brunswick
The Iroquois word in which Canada is derived from
Kanata
Number of time zones in Canada
Six
Before Tribek, the longest running Jeopardy host was
Bob Barker
The number of oceans that Canada borders
Three
Canada Day celebrates the signing of The Constitution Act of 1867, which united
The three separate colonies of Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada
The geographical center of North America
Regina
Number of years that Alex Trebek has been the host of Jeopardy
36
The face of the Canadian $100 bill
Robert Borden, Canada's 8th Prime Minister
The first province to abolish slavery
Upper Canada (now known as Ontario)
The Vikings from Iceland who colonized Greenland 1,000 years ago also reached this part of Canada first. The remains of their settlement, l’Anse aux Meadows, are a World Heritage site.
Labrador and the island of Newfoundland
Who is the Jeopardy all-time winner?
Alex Jennings
Number of points on the leaf in the Canadian Flag
11
The Canadian constitution recognizes these three groups as distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs
First Nations, Metis, Inuit
Encompassing the lands of the Inuit, this territory was named in 1999, making is Canada’s youngest territory.
Nunavut
Despite being diagnosed with a late stage cancer, Trebek plans to continue to host Jeopardy for as long as possible, or until his contract ends in..
Canada's National Sport
Lacrosse and Hockey