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Canadian Trivia Quiz #1 - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 45 times
39 since last reset
- The average score is 7 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which retail company, founded in 1670, is the oldest corporation in Canada? | Hudson's Bay Company | 76%
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| Commonly seen at the Québec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec), This iconic French Canadian sweet called "Tire sur la Neige" or "Tire d'Érable" is made by pouring what into grooves in the snow? | Maple Syrup | 59%
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| Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada? | John A. Macdonald | 55%
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| Someone who lives in Ontario is an Ontarian, someone who lives in Alberta is an Albertan, but what would someone who lives in Québec be called? | Québécois | 52%
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| Which Canadian Province does not observe Daylight Savings? | Saskatchewan | 52%
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| This Canadian began the "Marathon of Hope" when, after losing his leg to cancer, he decided to run across Canada in a bid to collect a dollar from every Canadian to donate to cancer research. | Terry Fox | 52%
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| What mountain holds the highest peak in Canada? | Mount Logan | 41%
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| The Nordiques were an NHL team based out of which Canadian city until 1995, when they were relocated to Denver? | Québec City | 38%
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| What is the nickname for the rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames? | The Battle of Alberta | 38%
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| In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, received the first wireless transatlantic transmission at Signal Hill, which can be found in which province? | Newfoundland | 34%
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| A popular PSA that first broadcast on Canadian television in 1999 urged viewers to "think about what you're watching on TV, and ask questions" by showing convincingly doctored footage of this (unfortunately) fictional creature that, according to the PSA, can be found "throughout Canada and the eastern United States". | North American House Hippo | 34%
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| During the Second World War, the royal family of this nation lived in exile in Ottawa, including Princess Margriet, who was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. | Netherlands | 31%
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| This is the Canadian term for what in the UK is often referred to as a multistorey car park, and in the USA as a parking garage. | Parkade | 31%
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| Of the five main beachheads captured in Normandy on D-Day, what was the codename for the one assigned to Canadian forces? | Juno | 24%
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| Which (then soon-to-be) Canadian prime minister won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to resolve the Suez Crisis? | Lester B. Pearson | 24%
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| Much as the legendary Loch Ness Monster is said to live in Loch Ness in Scotland, What is the name of the supposed lake monster that dwells in Lake Okanogan in British Columbia? | Ogopogo | 24%
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| This Nova Scotian woman of colour was arrested in 1946 when she sat in a section of a theatre reserved for white people. She appears today on the Canadian $10 bill. | Viola Desmond | 24%
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| Which TV channel, launched in 1984 by CHUM Limited, was seen as Canada's answer to MTV? | MuchMusic | 17%
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| What is the type of stone monument, built by Inuit and other indigenous peoples of Canada's far north, that is featured on the flag of Nunavut? | Inuksuk | 14%
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| In 1983, not long after Canada had switched over to the metric system, an error in conversion caused Air Canada Flight 143 to run out of fuel halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. It made an emergency landing at this small Manitoba municipality, after which this incident gets its nickname. | Gimli (The Gimli Glider) | 3%
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