Canada Day Best Quiz - 2008

Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad. ~ Arnold Edinborough

Canadians don't have a very big political lever; we're nice guys. ~ Paul Henderson

There is a mean Canada Day quiz and a friendly one. The mean one has 100 questions with many obscure questions like, "Who wrote the words to O Canada?" ~ Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier (anybody get that one?!!)

The friendly quiz has 20 questions which are interesting and approachable. Good luck. You can do this! Refrain from looking below for the answers.

1) In 1535, which famous European explorer charted the St. Lawrence River, with assistance from native peoples, and claimed the region for France?
2) Where does Canada rank in the world in terms of land mass?
3) True or False: Canada has the longest coastline in the world.
4) True or False: Mount Mackenzie is the highest mountain in Canada.
5) What Yukon river was the focal point of the late 19th century gold rush?
6)What Canadian city is known as the "Paris of the Prairies?"
7) What Canadian won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to peacefully resolve the Suez Crisis and then went on to become prime minister?
8) Who is Canada's second largest trading partner?
9) What is the Queen's representative in each province called?
10) What medical breakthrough led to a 1923 Nobel Prize for Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod?
11) Who coined the phrase "the global village" and "the medium is the message?"
12) What poet was dubbed the "Bard of the Yukon?"
13) What is the name of the fictional Acadian heroine immortalized in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
14) On what famous battlefield did General Wolfe and the British army defeat the French army for control of Quebec in 1759?
15) What NHL team has won more Stanley Cups than any other?
16) The championship trophy for the Canadian university football league is named after a famous war hero, diplomat and governor general. What is his name?
17)What is the name of the sailing vessel featured on the Canadian dime?
18) Which Canadian city hosted the world during the summer Olympics in 1976?
19) What was the name of the route used by slaves fleeing the United States to get to Canada?
20) Name the controversial political figure who is credited with the creation of the province of Manitoba?
21) Bonus: Name Canada's worst epidemic, spread by troops returning from service overseas during the First World War, which killed 50,000 Canadians.

Answers: 1) Jacques Cartier 2) second, behind Russia 3) True 4) False, Mt. Logan 5) Klondike 6) Saskatoon 7)Lester B. Pearson 8) China 9) Lieutenant Governor 10) discovery of insulin 11) Marshall McLuhan 12) Robert Service 13) Evangeline 14) Plains of Abraham 15) Montreal Canadiens 16) Georges Vanier 17) Bluenose 18) Montreal 19) Underground Railroad 20) Louis Riel 21) influenza

Happy Canada Day!