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HISTORY #2
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WHICH WAS THE LAST PROVINCE TO JOIN THE CONFEDERATION:  ALBERTA, BC OR NEWFOUNDLAND?

NEWFOUNDLAND (THEY JOINED IN 1949)

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WHAT DID THE INITIALS CPR STAND FOR (THINK OF TRAINS!)?

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

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WHAT ANIMAL WAS PICTURED ON CANADA'S FIRST STAMP?

BEAVER

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WHO WERE THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO LAND ON THE SHORES OF CANADA?  BRITISH, FRENCH OR VIKINGS?

VIKINGS

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WHAT FAMOUS RODEO WAS FIRST HELD IN CALGARY IN 1912?

CALGARY STAMPEDE (ANYONE EVER BEEN TO THE STAMPEDE?)

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THE "HAIDA" LIVED ON WHICH COAST?

EAST OR WEST COAST OF CANADA

WEST

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WHAT CANADIAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATES CONFEDERATION?

CANADA DAY (JULY 1ST)

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WHAT ANIMAL, HUNTED ALMOST TO EXTINCTION, WAS ONCE THE MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD FOR THE BLACKFOOT?

BISON OR BUFFALO

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WHAT SANK THE TITANIC NEAR THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND?

AN ICEBERG

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FINISH THE LINE OF THE POEM "IN FLANDERS FIELD THE POPPIES BLOW. BETWEEN THE CROSSES _____________."

ROW ON ROW

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THE CARIBOO GOLD RUSH BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTORS TO WHICH PROVINCE'S BARKERVILLE?

BRITISH COLUMBIA (DURING THE 1860'S)

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WAYNE GRETZKY BEGAN HIS NHL CAREER WITH WHICH HOCKEY TEAM?

EDMONTON OILERS

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IN THE 1500'S, FUR HATS BECAME VERY FASHIONABLE IN EUROPE.  THIS CREATED A HUGE DEMAND FOR THE PELTS OF WHAT ANIMAL?

BEAVER

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WHICH OCCURED FIRT: WORLD WAR ONE OR THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

WORLD WAR ONE

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THE BATTLE OF VINY RIDGE, ONE OF CANADA'S GREATEST MILITARY VICTORIES, HAPPENED IN ITALY? TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE, IT OCCURED IN FRANCE

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IN WHICH PRAIRIE PROVINCE DID THE RED RIVER REBELLION OCCUR?

MANITOBA

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WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE?

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

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WHAT DID TERRY FOX DO TO RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH?

HE RAN ACROSS CANADA BUT SADLY DIED BEFORE FINISHING THE WHOLE TRIP
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FORMER PRIME MINISTER PIERRE TRUDEAU (AND NOW CURRENT PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU) ARE LEADERS OF WHAT POLITICAL PARTY?

LIBERAL PARTY

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TRUE OR FALSE: SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD HAD A REPUTATION FOR DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL

TRUE