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A Canada Question Tour

Vive le Canada, eh? Explore the Great White North's geography, history, and culture in this thirty-two question, eight category quiz. Good luck, eh?
I have received a cease and desist on usage of "eh" by the Canadian government.
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Last updated: May 24, 2025
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Cities 1: The only walled city north of Mexico in North America. A Francophone province shares its name.
Quebec City
Cities 2: City known for its "stampede."
Calgary
Cities 3: Capital of British Columbia that shares its name with a British queen, home to the Fairmont Empress Hotel.
Victoria
Cities 4: Largest city in and capital of Newfoundland, easternmost city in North America (excluding Greenland), and one of the oldest cities in North America.
Saint Johns
Artificial Landmarks 1: This landmark of Toronto was once the tallest building in North America.
CN Tower
Artificial Landmarks 2: At this extravagant hotel designed by Bruce Price, Canadian, British, and American leaders held WWII conferences in 1943 and 1944.
Chateau Frontenac
Artificial Landmarks 3: Canal that travels from Ottawa to Kingston
Rideau Canal
Artificial Landmarks 4: Bridge that travels through the temperate rainforests near Vancouver.
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Natural Landmarks 1: Oldest national park in Canada, home to the famous Moraine Lake.
Banff National Park
Natural Landmarks 2: Due to its unique shape, this bay has the highest tidal range of anywhere in the world.
Bay of Fundy
Natural Landmarks 3: National park known for its fjords and exposed mantle rock from continental drift.
Gros Morne National Park
Natural Landmarks 4: Highest peak in the Canadian Rockies.
Mount Robson
People 1: French explorer who landed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1534
Jacques Cartier
People 2: Chief of the Shawnee and ally of Canada and Britain during the War of 1812.
Tecumseh
People 3: Tycoon responsible for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
William Cornelius Van Horne
People 4: Cree chief and a leader of the Northwest Rebellion who was posthumously exonerated of treason charges in 2019.
Poundmaker
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History 1: Conflict between the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) and the Algonquian and Wyandot peoples over control of trade with France.
Beaver Wars
History 2: Document written by John Lambton in response to the Rebellions of 1837-1838 that recommended the establishment of responsible government and the assimilation of the Quebecois.
Durham Report
History 3: Mass migration to western Canada to find shiny metals that led to the creation of the Yukon Territory.
Klondike Gold Rush
History 4: Series of bombings and other terroristic attacks by the Front de Liberation du Quebec
October Crisis
Culture 1: This sport, the oldest organized sport in North America, developed among Indigenous peoples such as the Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk), involves using a stick to carry a ball and shoot it into a goal.
Lacrosse
Culture 2: Canada's national winter sport. Its Hall of Fame can be found in Toronto.
Ice Hockey
Culture 3: Classic children's novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery set on Prince Edward Island where an orphan girl is sent to live with the Cuthbert siblings.
Anne of Green Gables
Culture 4: A complete loser of a man and his girlfriend deal with their relationship trauma through video game references in this comic series by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Vs the World
Musicians 1: "My Heart Will Go On," "That's The Way It Is."
Celine Dion
Musicians 2: "2112," "Roll by Bones"
Rush
Musicians 3: "Straight from the Heart," "Summer of '69."
Bryan Adams
Musicians 4: "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere," "After the Gold Rush."
Neil Young
Wildlife 1: Largest extant cervid sometimes referred to as an elk; oh, and just to clear this up, its plural form is the same as the singular.
Moose
Wildlife 2: Large rodents whose dams create habitats for freshwater animals.
Beaver
Wildlife 3: The largest terrestrial carnivore on earth, these can be readily seen in the town of Churchill, Manitoba
Polar Bear
Wildlife 4: This endangered bird's only breeding ground is found in Wood Buffalo National Park
Whooping Crane
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