A Canadian Quiz, eh!

Taken from the Owen Sound Sun Times
by Jeff Holubitsky

Some Canadians may argue we have no national identity. That our children have too few heroes north of the 49th parallel. That we're Americans who can't pronounce "route" or "house". That we haven't accomplished much on our own. Don't believe it. As a nation we've been busy. Digging through the history books and stats sheets, it's apparent how many things Canadians have achieved since Confederation. There is a lot of history running through our veins. If you want to discover it, see if you know the answers(don't cheat) in our trivia quiz. Only a true Canadian would.

Geography

Crime

13. How many people have been executed by hanging in Canada?

14. What was the penalty for stealing 25 cents in 1828?

15. Who was the last person publicly hanged?

16. Who was Arthur Ellis?

Business

17. Gassy, Oily and Greasy, who are they?

18. For two years in the 1970's, New Brunswick produced its own line of sports cars. What was the name of the man behind the venture?
a: John DeLorean b: Lee Iacocca c: Malcolm Bricklin d: Sterling Moss

19. Which Canadian department store revolutionized the business by replacing barter with a fixed cash price and catalogue sales?

Politics

20. What Canadian leader said, "If you don't stop that, I'm going to kick you right in the ass."?

21. What Prairie politician was famous for his long battle against capital punishment?

22. One hundred years ago, Canada's first French Canadian prime minister took office. Was he:
a: Louis St. Laurent b: Wilfrid Laurier c: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine d: Maurice Duplessis?

23. Who said, "The grim fact is we prepare for war like precocious giants and for peace like retarded pygmies."?

24. What province first embraced the foundations of medicare?

25. On what date did Canada's last province join Confederation?

26. Viewed as both a martyr and villain, this Canadian proclaimed himself "Prophet of the New World". Who was he?

Accomplishments

27. Name the single-most widely used Canadian invention:
a: the flush toilet b: the constitutional conference c: the shrug d: the zipper

28. What Canadian hospital has its own brand of baby food?

29. What did Caliza Lavallee write?

30. William Stephenson, the famous spy known as the Man Called Intrepid, was also an inventor. What was his technological claim to fame?
a: The exploding briefcase b: a wireless photo transmitter c: the poison umbrella d: the sports car ejection seat.

31. In 1875, Jenny Trout became the first woman licensed to practise her profession in Canada. What was she?

32. A Canadian computer programmer played a part when a computer finally beat an international chess master. Who was he?

33. How far did Terry Fox run before his spreading cancer forced him to give up on his inspirational run across Canada?

Culture

34. Trivial Pursuit isn't the only wildly successful game introduced to the world by Canadians. What's the other?

35. One of Canada's most beloved exports is Anne of Green Gables. How many publishers passed up on Lucy Maud Montgomery's manuscript before it finally saw print?

36. What were the original names of these Canadian rock bands:
Chilliwack, Steppenwolf, Guess Who, The Band?

37. Which Canadian prairie city has more submarines than the Canadian navy?

38. In Nova Scotia a fungy is:
a: a deep water fish b: a house of ill repute c: a bad case of athlete's foot d: a deep dish blueberry pie.

39. Canada's 38 national parks cover more than 200,000 square kilometres. How many visitors do they draw each year?

40. What happened May 28, 1934 in the small Ontario town of Corbeil?

41. What Canadian painter is almost as famous for her eccentric lifestyle as her magnificent art?

42. Name one international star who hails from Cardston and one from Fort MacLeod, Alta.

43. What rocker was the first recording artist to sell more than one million copies of an album at home in Canada?

44. What is the name of the Hugh MacLennan novel set in Halifax at the time of the explosion caused by the collision of the Norwegian supply ship, Imo, and the French munitions ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbour?

45. What is the English name for Gabrielle Roy's superb novel Bonheur d'occaision?

46. What Quebec publisher and writer gave Canada the Plouffe Family?

47. Canadians make a celebration of poouring this cherished liquid over snow. What is it?
a: ginger ale b: beer c: maple syrup d: screech

48. How old is our maple leaf flag?

49. What was thename of Canada's flag before that?

Sports

50. One of the greatest football players in Canadian history was known by the unlikely moniker "old spaghetti legs." Who was he?

51. Who was the second line centre in the Edmonton Oilers' first game in the National Hockey League Oct. 10, 1979?

52. Name the baseball pitcher from Chatham, Ont. who is considered the best Canadian to ever playthe game, striking out 3,192 batters?

53. What hockey player is immortalized in Roch Carrier's children's story The Sweater?

54. Are 30-year old Canadians really as fit as 60-year old Swedes?

55. Name the first black athlete to win football's prestigious Schenley award as the most valuable player.
a: Warren Moon b: Johnny Bright c: Rocket Ismail

56. Name four team sports developed or invented by Canadians.

57. What Canadian figure skater won the World, European and Olympic chapionships in one 30-day period in 1948?

58. Which Canadian was faster on his fee, Ben Johnson or Bobby Hull?

59. What figure skater first performed a quadruple jump in competition?

60. What was Northern Dancer's claim to fame?

Vital Statistics

61. Canadians may be exercising but we're also putting on the pounds. What is the percentage of overweigh adults?

62. Canadian women live longer than men. What percentage of centenarians are women?

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