Canadian trivia special just for you! (you know who you are!)

[luckytrim]

?? Special just for you! (you know who you are!)


1. What is the origin of the name "Canada"?
2. Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
3. How many oceans touch Canada?
4. How many provinces in Canada?
5. True or False? Canada is the world's second largest country, by land mass?
6. What is the most recent territory in Canada called?
7. Who were the first people to live in Canada?
(a) Europeans, (b) Americans, (c) Aboriginals, or (d) Norsemen
8. What rodent is described by the Canadian Encyclopedia as having "had a greater impact on the
history and exploration of Canada than any other animal or plant species"?
9. How many national languages does Canada have?
10. Who was the only Canadian ever to serve as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
11. How many time zones in Canada?
12.What is the name of the highest mountain in Canada?
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1. Canada is a name derived from the Huron-Iroquois kanata meaning, a village or settlement
2. Sir John A. Macdonald
3. THREE - the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west and the Arctic to the north
4. TEN
5. TRUE
6. Nunavut
7. (c) the aboriginals or first nations peoples were the first inhabitants of Canada
8. the BEAVER
9. TWO
10. Bonar Law
11. SIX


12. Mount Logan -- having said that, on October 4, 2000, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that Mount Logan would be renamed Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau. After a public outcry against the idea, we decided to keep the name Mount Logan. Sir William Edmond Logan was one of Canada's greatest surveyors and scientists. Without getting political here, for many people the issue was not so much whether or not Trudeau deserved it, but more the importance of retaining the history of Canada which is too often forgotten.

 

[urmaniac13]

Aleeeex, Goboooo, where art thou!! Let us see what you can do!!

 

[Alix]

That was too easy! Got 'em all except Bonar Law. Never heard of him. Going to Google that one right now.

 

[Loprraine]

8 out of 10!!! I'm off to check out Bonar Law also.

 

[Alix]

The unknown Prime Minister. Pfft! I think that was a stinker of a question! LOL, good trivia though. Both my kids got them all (except the time zones and Bonar)

 

[luckytrim]

glad y'all had fun with it..............

i got two........................ but i DID love my visit to the (Canadian) Niagra falls two years back. Except for the fact that the warden insisted, after checking in, on dining at the local "OUTBACK", which we could have easilly done by travelling three miles instead of 425 miles!!

 

[Trip]

Okay, from Canada and didn't know most of them...

 

[NZDoug]

9 out of 12 for me, but Im really a CDN/Kiwi bloke.
Isnt Noofy time 1/2 our diff from EST?
I guessed 5.5 time zones......

 

[goboenomo]

Sorry, I was on my classical music forum.


1. Some guy called it kanata, but this other guy wanted something different.
2. John A. Macdonald
3. 3
4. 10, and 3 territories
5. True?
6. Nunavut
7. c
8. beaver
9. 2
10. no clue
11. 6
12. Mount Logan

 

[goboenomo]

Let me try.

1. What is the capital of Canada?
2. What animal is on the Canadian quarter?
3. What is the Canadian $1 coin called?
4. Which was the last province to join Confederation?
5. Who was the first French-Canadian Prime Minister of Canada?
6. Who led the Metis in the rebellions at Red River in 1870 and in the northwest in 1885?

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1. Ottawa
2. Caribou
3. Loonie
4. Newfoundland
5. ir Wilfred Laurier
6. Louis Riel

 

[NZDoug]

Top Ten!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.

2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.

3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.

4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.

5. Weed

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA

1. Big rock between you and B.C.

2. Ottawa who?

3. Tax is 7% instead of approximately 200% as it is for the rest of the country.

4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.

5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.

6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN

1. You never run out of wheat.

2. Your province is really easy to draw.

3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.

4. People will assume you live on a farm.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA

1. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property.

2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.

3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter.

4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood.

5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO

1. You live in the centre of the universe.

2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.

3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.

4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC

1. Racism is socially acceptable

2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.

3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada.

4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo *#!%!"

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK

1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.

2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.

3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick

4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.

5. No matter where you are, there's a Tim Hortons within 10 feet!!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA

1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.

2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.

3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island, you still got the big, new bridge.

2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.

3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.

4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."

5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.

6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND

1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.

2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.

3. The workday is about two hours long.

4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding.