CANADIAN HISTORY
This 1870 armed uprising, led by Métis leader Louis Riel, sought to defend Métis rights and land.
What is the Red River Rebellion?
This race, part of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, is held annually in Toronto.
What is the Queen's Plate?
This is Canada’s easternmost point and part of Newfoundland and Labrador.
What is Cape Spear?
This robotic arm, built by Canada, has been used on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
What is the Canadarm?
This actor won an Oscar for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
This actor won an Oscar for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
This Canadian city first served as the capital of the Province of Canada before Ottawa was chosen in 1857.
What is Kingston?
This female tennis player became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2019.
Who is Bianca Andreescu?
This country is home to the northernmost point of mainland Europe.
What is Norway? (Cape Nordkinn)
Beth reads for a quarter of an hour each day. How long does she spend reading each week?
1 hour and 45 minutes (105 mins)
This 1959 historical epic, starring Charlton Heston, is famous for its chariot race scene.
What is Ben-Hur?
This act, passed in 1867, officially established the Dominion of Canada.
What is the British North America Act?
Known as the “Wizard of Westwood,” this college basketball coach led UCLA to 10 NCAA championships in 12 years.
Who is John Wooden?
This Asian country, known for its thousands of islands, is the world's largest archipelago.
What is Indonesia?
This planet has the largest volcano in the solar system.
What is Mars?
Directed by François Truffaut, this 1959 French New Wave film tells the story of a troubled youth named Antoine Doinel.
What is The 400 Blows?
In 1982, this act was passed, giving Canada full control over its constitution without needing British approval.
What is the Constitution Act (or the Canada Act)?
This former Canadian NHL team moved to the U.S. in 1996 and became the Colorado Avalanche.
What is the Quebec Nordiques?
This U.S. state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” and shares a border with Canada.
What is Minnesota?
This smallest unit of an element retains all the chemical properties of that element.
What is an atom?
This 1994 drama, starring Tom Hanks, follows the life of a man with a below-average IQ but incredible achievements.
What is Forrest Gump?
This Canadian Prime Minister was known for his "Just Society" policies and implemented the Official Languages Act in 1969.
Who is Pierre Trudeau?
This Canadian sport involves teams of five players each trying to score by throwing a ball through a hoop.
What is basketball? (Invented by Canadian Dr. James Naismith)
This sea separates Saudi Arabia from Africa.
What is the Red Sea?
This element, with the symbol O, is essential for human respiration.
What is oxygen?
This actor starred as Indiana Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark series.
Who is Harrison Ford?