Random Facts
Name the provincial flower of Nova Scotia
A. Mayflower
B. Tulip
C. Lupins
What is the Mayflower
Name the small fishing village just outside of Halifax which is famous for its lighthouse?
What is Peggy's Cove
A. 1621
B. 1820
C. 1717
What is 1621
What is the most fished sea animal in Nova Scotia
A. Crabs
B. Scallops
C. Lobster
What is Lobster 51,000 tons or 557 million dollars worth
This famous Nova Scotian is a female singer who has won 4 Grammys!
What is Anne Murray
What does Nova Scotia Translate to in English?
What is New Scotland
Name an important fishing port that sits on a rocky hill and is famous for its colorful houses and being the port of the Bluenose?
Lunenburg
What part of Nova Scotia did the Europeans settle first?
A. Halifax
B. Port Royal
C. Sidney
What is Port Royal
What is the Provincial animal of Nova Scotia?
A. The Nova Scotia Blue Lobster
B. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
C. The North Atlantic Segal
What the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
What is Sidney Crosby
What is another name for Nova Scotians?
A. Islanders
B. Bluenosers
C. Sea people
What is bluenosers
The Miner's museum is located in?
What is Glace Bay
What year was Halifax founded
A. 1660
B. 1749
C. 1803
What is 1749
What animal is represented on the Nova Scotia Flag?
A. A Stag
B. A Bear
C. A Unicorn
What is a unicorn
This famous Nova Scotian was known for inventing the Telephone!
What is Alexander Graham Bell
What is known as the most famous sailboat in the world?
what is the Bluenose which was built in Lunenburg and is featured on the Canadian Dime, became one of the most famous racing sailboats in history. After taking home her first Fishermen’s Trophy in October of 1921, the legend began. During the next 17 years, no challenger — American or Canadian — could take the trophy from Bluenose. She earned the title “Queen of the North Atlantic” and was well on her way to becoming a Canadian icon, symbolizing Nova Scotia’s prominence in the fishing and shipbuilding industries and representing Canada around the world. In 1933, Bluenose appeared at the Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago and sailed to England’s Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935. The majestic image of the Bluenose has adorned the Canadian dime since 1937 as well as three postage stamps and the Nova Scotia license plate.
The Tidal Bore can be seen in what city not far from Halifax?
What is Truro
A. Mi'kmaq
B. Iroquois
C. Mohawks
What is Mi'Kmaq
What famous whales can be spotted in the Nova Scotia waters?
A. Humpback
B. Killer whales
C. Beluga Whales
What is Humpback whales
This famous Nova Scotian is one of the best Country musicians to come out of the 50s and 60s?
What is Hank Snow
Where is the most photographed lighthouse in the world located?
What is Peggy's Cove
This place is filled with spectacular and breath taking views, known for great music and is often considered the closest thing to Scotland you can in Nova Scotia?
Also they have a distinct Nova Scotian Accent?
What is Cape Breton
Where did the largest manmade explosive happen before the Atomic Bomb?
What is the Halifax Harbour
List the names of trees found in the Forest of Nova Scotia
What are Oak, Maple, Alder, Tamarack, bog laurel, pine, balsam fir and Red spruce
This famous Nova Scotian was the inventor of a beer with a stag as the logo?
What is Alexander Keith