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Canada Eh? Part 2 Trivia Quiz

This is my second quiz on Canada. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by red_Foxxie. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
red_Foxxie

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
332,098

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
590

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where was Barbara Ann Scott born? Hint

Kingston, Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

North Bay, Ontario

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did the first Dairy Queen open in Canada? Hint

Regina, Saskatchewan

Estevan, Saskatchewan

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a bugger in a bag? Hint

Baked beans

Beef stew

Potato dumpling

Onion skins

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who created the "Three Penny Beaver" postage stamp? Hint

Sanford Fleming

William Van Horne

MacKenzie King

Francis Rattenbury

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these Canadians created a cruise ship line? Hint

William Davidson

John Ostell

Samuel Cunard

Aitken Max

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Canadian prime minister regularly consulted with the spirit world? Hint

William Lyon MacKenzie King

Charles Tupper

John A McDonald

Wilfrid Laurier

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Question 7 of 10

7. The last spike driven to mark the symbolic completion of Canadian Pacific Railway was in Craigellachie, British Columbia. Who drove in the last spike?
Hint

Donald Alexander Smith

George Stephen

William Cornelius Van Horne

Thomas George Shaughnessy

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Question 8 of 10

8. The vehicular tunnel connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan opened in what year? Hint

1930

1928

1932

1917

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Question 9 of 10

9. Emily Howard Stowe was the first Canadian woman to do what? Hint

Practice medicine

Serve in the military

Fly solo

President of a company

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who invented basketball? Hint

James Naismith

Thomas Ryan

Sam Jacks

J G A Creighton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Barbara Ann Scott born?

Answer: Ottawa, Ontario

Barbara Ann Scott in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland won the first gold medal in skating for Canada.

2. Where did the first Dairy Queen open in Canada?

Answer: Estevan, Saskatchewan

The first Dairy Queen opened in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1953.

3. What is a bugger in a bag?

Answer: Potato dumpling

Bugger in a bag is an Acadian potato dumpling known also as poutines rapees.

4. Who created the "Three Penny Beaver" postage stamp?

Answer: Sanford Fleming

Sanford Fleming born in Scotland emigrated in 1839 to Canada at 17. He was an engineer and inventor. He also created standard time (world time zones).

5. Which of these Canadians created a cruise ship line?

Answer: Samuel Cunard

Sam Cunard born in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1787, His parents were loyalists who fled to Canada in 1783 to escape the American revolution. Cunard was an astute business man and owned several companies including coal, logging and his steamship company.

6. Which Canadian prime minister regularly consulted with the spirit world?

Answer: William Lyon MacKenzie King

MacKensie King attended meetings of spiritualists to contact his mother. He never married and was prime minister of Canada 1921-26, 1926-30 and 1935-48.

7. The last spike driven to mark the symbolic completion of Canadian Pacific Railway was in Craigellachie, British Columbia. Who drove in the last spike?

Answer: Donald Alexander Smith

In November 1885, Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona hammered the final spike to create Canada's first transcontinental railway, from ocean to ocean, Canadian Pacific Railway.

8. The vehicular tunnel connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan opened in what year?

Answer: 1930

The tunnel is partially submerged, and is almost a mile long (almost 1,600 metres).

9. Emily Howard Stowe was the first Canadian woman to do what?

Answer: Practice medicine

Emily Howard Stowe (n�e Jennings). Not able to study in Canada she went to United States. In 1868 she became the first Canadian woman to practice medicine in Canada.

10. Who invented basketball?

Answer: James Naismith

James Naismith was a Canadian sports coach and in 1891 invented the game of basketball.

Source: Author red_Foxxie

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