luckytrim
Chef Extraordinaire
Sunday Special - "Oh, Canada !"
For LPB, and others, who suffer through Yankee-related (mostly) trivia q’s daily............
1. Canada is a bilingual country, but what is the only officially bilingual province?
2. How many oceans border Canada?
3. What is the oldest walled city that still exists north of Mexico?
a) Montreal
b) Halifax
c) Quebec City
d) Vancouver
4. Where does the word Canada come from?
a) Jacques Cartier
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) Jean Nicollet
5. Whose face is on the Canadian hundred-dollar bill?
a) Wilfred Laurier
b) John A. MacDonald
c) William Lyon Mackenzie King
d) Robert Borden
6. What is the population of Canada?
a) 27 million
b) 34 million
c) 37 million
d) 44 million
7. What are the two most multicultural cities in Canada?
a) Toronto and Montreal
b) Victoria and Toronto
c) Vancouver and Toronto
d) Vancouver and Montreal
8. What is Canada’s national sport?
a) Hockey
b) Lacrosse
c) Curling
d) Both a and c
e) Both a and b
9. When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?
a) 1880
b) 1920
c) 1950
d) 1980
10. How many points did Wayne Gretzky score in his career?
a) 1,876
b) 2,295
c) 2,857
d) 3,204
11. What is the world's tallest free-standing structure?
a) CN Tower
b) Burj Dubai
c) Empire State Building
d) Ostankino Tower
12. What major sporting event was held in Canada in 2010?
a) Summer Olympics
b) Winter Olympics
c) World Cup
d) Commonwealth Games
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Answers:
1. New Brunswick
2. three
3. - C
4. – A
5. – D
6. – B
7. - C
8. - E
9. - D
10. - C
11. - B
12. – B
Special Special !! for GWTW Junkies only !
Scarlett-o-philes rejoice !
A minutiae collection just for you...........................
1. How many brothers did Scarlett O'Hara have?
(Bonus name him / them...)
2. How many universities were the Tarleton brothers expelled from?
3. What was Belle Watling's profession?
4. How many of the Tarleton brothers died at Gettysburg?
5. Who was "Big Sam"?
6. Who killed the Yankee deserter, and with what ?
7. What physical disability did Archie and Will Benteen have in common?
8. How did Will Benteen arrive at Tara?
9. Which family did old Betsy work for as a cook?
10. Who was George Wilkes?
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1. three (All three were named Gerald O’Hara, Jr., and all of them died in infancy)
2. – 4 - The University of Virginia, The University of Alabama, The University of South Carolina and The University of Georgia.
3. Belle was Atlanta's most notorious prostitute.
4. – 3 - Brent, Stuart and Thomas all perished in the battle
5. "Big Sam" was the foreman of Tara
6. Scarlett killed him with Charles' pistol
7. They both had a wooden peg.
8. He was dumped there when he was ill.
9. The Meades
10. Ashley's full name is "George Ashley Wilkes."
BTW -Scarlett used her middle name as well--her full name was "Katie Scarlett O'Hara." (Katie Scarlett was her grandmother, and we meet her in "Scarlett" as well.)
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For LPB, and others, who suffer through Yankee-related (mostly) trivia q’s daily............
1. Canada is a bilingual country, but what is the only officially bilingual province?
2. How many oceans border Canada?
3. What is the oldest walled city that still exists north of Mexico?
a) Montreal
b) Halifax
c) Quebec City
d) Vancouver
4. Where does the word Canada come from?
a) Jacques Cartier
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) Jean Nicollet
5. Whose face is on the Canadian hundred-dollar bill?
a) Wilfred Laurier
b) John A. MacDonald
c) William Lyon Mackenzie King
d) Robert Borden
6. What is the population of Canada?
a) 27 million
b) 34 million
c) 37 million
d) 44 million
7. What are the two most multicultural cities in Canada?
a) Toronto and Montreal
b) Victoria and Toronto
c) Vancouver and Toronto
d) Vancouver and Montreal
8. What is Canada’s national sport?
a) Hockey
b) Lacrosse
c) Curling
d) Both a and c
e) Both a and b
9. When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?
a) 1880
b) 1920
c) 1950
d) 1980
10. How many points did Wayne Gretzky score in his career?
a) 1,876
b) 2,295
c) 2,857
d) 3,204
11. What is the world's tallest free-standing structure?
a) CN Tower
b) Burj Dubai
c) Empire State Building
d) Ostankino Tower
12. What major sporting event was held in Canada in 2010?
a) Summer Olympics
b) Winter Olympics
c) World Cup
d) Commonwealth Games
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Answers:
1. New Brunswick
2. three
3. - C
4. – A
5. – D
6. – B
7. - C
8. - E
9. - D
10. - C
11. - B
12. – B
Special Special !! for GWTW Junkies only !
Scarlett-o-philes rejoice !
A minutiae collection just for you...........................
1. How many brothers did Scarlett O'Hara have?
(Bonus name him / them...)
2. How many universities were the Tarleton brothers expelled from?
3. What was Belle Watling's profession?
4. How many of the Tarleton brothers died at Gettysburg?
5. Who was "Big Sam"?
6. Who killed the Yankee deserter, and with what ?
7. What physical disability did Archie and Will Benteen have in common?
8. How did Will Benteen arrive at Tara?
9. Which family did old Betsy work for as a cook?
10. Who was George Wilkes?
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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1. three (All three were named Gerald O’Hara, Jr., and all of them died in infancy)
2. – 4 - The University of Virginia, The University of Alabama, The University of South Carolina and The University of Georgia.
3. Belle was Atlanta's most notorious prostitute.
4. – 3 - Brent, Stuart and Thomas all perished in the battle
5. "Big Sam" was the foreman of Tara
6. Scarlett killed him with Charles' pistol
7. They both had a wooden peg.
8. He was dumped there when he was ill.
9. The Meades
10. Ashley's full name is "George Ashley Wilkes."
BTW -Scarlett used her middle name as well--her full name was "Katie Scarlett O'Hara." (Katie Scarlett was her grandmother, and we meet her in "Scarlett" as well.)
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