Finish The Saying
Canadian Prime Ministers
Famous Canadian Fathers
TV Fathers
Name That Tune
100

Out of the frying pan and into the...

Out of the frying pan and into the...fire



From a bad situation to one that is worse.

100

The son of former Canadian Prime Minister, he now holds the same office.

Justin Trudeau

100

This Famous father literally improved the lives of millions. Fascinated by the metabolic disorder known as diabetes, his medical research in the 1920s led to the invention of synthetic insulin, a drug which helps sufferers of the disease lead longer, happier lives.

Frederick Banting, Canadian scientist!

In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, becoming the first Canadian to win one in any field.

100

This TV dad had 6 children after he married a mother with 3 daughters. Who is he?

Mike Brady or Robert Reed. The Brady Bunch.

100

You're the spirit of Christmas, my star on the tree,
You're the Easter bunny to mommy and me.
You're sugar you're spice, you're everything nice,

Al Martino - Daddy's Little Girl 

200

Red sky at night, shepherds delight. Red sky in the morning...

Red sky at night, shepherds delight. Red sky in the morning... shepherds warning



It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing skyand originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather.

200

Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?

John A. Macdonald

200

This Canadian-born actor starred in the Back to the Future films and the sitcom Spin City. He has had recurring guest appearances in Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Good Wife, but his most memorable role was Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties.

Who is Michael J. Fox

200

This Cuban American played a bandleader who co-starred on a popular 1950's show with his red-headed wife. 

The episode of the birth of their TV son, Little Ricky, was watched by more people than any other television show up to that time.

Ricky Ricardo  OR Desi Arnaz from 1950s American television show I Love Lucy!

200

Today I stumbled from my bed
With thunder crashing in my head
My pillow still wet
From last night's tears
And as I think of giving up
A voice inside my coffee cup
Kept crying out
Ringing in my ears

Daddy Please Don't Cry-Elvis Presley

300

You can't make a silk purse out of a...

You can't make a silk purse out of a... cows ear

300

This father of two was the 14th prime minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 to 1968. The capital punishment in Canada was abolished after the Government of Pearson passed the Bill C-168 in 1967.

Lester B Pearson

300

This famous Dad, is from Brantford, Ontaio! Nicknamed "The Great One." 



Hint 99

Wayne Gretzky

300

  This famous TV dad was married to a women named June, suburban parents of the babyboomer 1950s. He had earlier played the role of the private detective Michael Shayne in a series of films in the 1940s. 

Ward Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver

300

With your cute little ways
I am yours
For the rest of my days
And this great big world
Will be divine

Little Girl - Nat King Cole

400

The wheel that squeaks the loudest...

The wheel that squeaks the loudest ... gets the oil.


The idea that the most noticeable (or loudest) problems are the ones most likely to get attention

400

Canada’s first Liberal leader. The first and only PM to refuse a knighthood from a British monarch…and he did it three times.

Alexander Mackenzie: Nov. 7, 1873 to Oct. 8, 1878

400

This famous Dad is a Canadian environmental activist, an intellectual, a former professor and a science broadcaster. Oh, and he is a father of five!


Hint: The Nature of Things (the longest running documentary series on CBC-TV )

David Suzuki

400

Carroll O'Connor played this fictional New York father, who was a World War II veteran, conservative blue-collar worker and family man. He often referred to his liberal son-in-law as a "meathead".

"Archie" Bunker  from the 1970s American television sitcom "All in the Family" and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place, played by Carroll O'Connor.

400

Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
That her daddy had to run to catch a train
She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good
I turned around and there she was again
As she said to me

1972-Wayne Newton - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast

500

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they...

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they... fall in love.

500

This Prime Minster held a 69-day term that was the shortest in Canadian history – but he did have the longest marriage of any prime minister: 66 years.

Charles Tupper: May 1, 1896 to July 8, 1896

He had already been married to Frances Morse for 50 years when he became the head of government, and the couple remained together until Frances’s death in 1912.

500

Who doesn’t have a crush on this guy from London, Ontario? At the age of 12 this famous dad was a “child star” on the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club.  

RYAN GOSLING

500

This famous TV dad claim to fame was the hit show Happy Days!

Tom Bosley who played Mr Cunningham in hit TV sitcom Happy Days  

500

Gone are the days when he could take me on his knee
And with a smile he'd change my tears to laughter

Eddie Fisher - Oh! My PaPa 1954