Canadian Sports Trivia

1. Where in Canada was Clara Hughes born?

From Quiz Clara Hughes Canadian Cyclist

Answer: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hughes was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 27th, 1972. This amazing and accomplished athlete did not have a particularly athletic start in life. She was interviewed for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and claims that as a teenager she drank, smoked and did drugs and did not see herself as an athlete.

From Quiz Sport in Alberta

Answer: Backstroke

Mark Tewksbury was born in Calgary in 1968. Swimming backstroke, he won his first major medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, triumphing in the 100 m backstroke and 4 x 100 m medley. Four years later in Auckland, he successfully defended both titles. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he won his only Olympic gold in the 100 m backstroke.

From Quiz Maple Sports

Answer: Toronto Huskies

The Basketball Association of America merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to form the National Basketball Association (NBA), but prior to that, Canadian team Toronto Huskies played a single season in the BAA before financial problems caused them to fold. The team recorded a 22-38 record, including that first ever BAA game, which they lost 68-66. Professional top flight basketball returned to the city in 1995, with the formation of the Toronto Raptors, who entered the NBA. Although this time the Toronto team won their opening game, defeating the New Jersey Nets 94-79, they struggled in their first season, going on to post a 21-61 record. Perseverance paid off though as in 2019, the Raptors became the first non American team to win the NBA title when they defeated the two time defending champions, Golden State Warriors 4-2 in the playoff finals.

From Quiz Sport in Quebec

Answer: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is located on an island in the St Lawrence River, east of downtown Montreal. Opened in 1978, it is named after a local Formula 1 driver who was tragically killed during practice for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. The Canadian Grand Prix has been held there every year between 1978 and 2019, with the exception of 1987 and 2009 when the race was not included on the Formula 1 schedule.

From Quiz Team Canada at Sochi 2014

Answer: Women's moguls

Justine, the youngest sister, won gold in women's moguls (a freestyle skiing event) and her sister Chloe won the silver in the same event. A third Dufour-Lapointe sister, Maxime (the eldest), also competed in the same event but did not advance to the final round; she placed 12th overall. Hannah Kearney of the USA won the bronze medal in this event; she was the defending champion, having won the gold at the 2010 Games. At age 19, Justine became the youngest ever gold medallist in freestyle skiing. Canada also got their first bronze medal on day one of the Games. Mark McMorris placed third in men's slopestyle snowboarding.

From Quiz Red, White and Gold

Answer: Moguls

Gold-medal winning Justine Dufour-Lapointe is the youngest of the three sisters, aged 19 at the time of the Games. Her next older sister, Chloé (22), took home the Silver, while their older sibling, Maxime (25), was eliminated after the second (of three) runs. In the first two runs Justine was chasing her sister Chloé in the standings. Of the 20 competitors (12 qualifying) in run number one, Chloé, Justine and Maxime finished 3rd, 4th and 11th respectively. In run number two (six qualifying), Chloé, Justine and Maxime came in 2nd, 3rd, and 12th respectively. The final run saw Justine edge out her sister to take the Gold with the highest-scoring run of the day (74.80%). Kearney Hannah of the U.S.A. took the Bronze.

From Quiz Are You a Toronto Sports Fan?

Answer: Babe Ruth

Ruth pitched a one-hit shutout that day, with the final score 9-0 in favour of the visiting Providence team. The ball, which Ruth hit right out of the now-vanished Maple Leaf Stadium, went into Lake Ontario and was never retrieved. The Babe would go on to hit a career total of 714 HRs, a record that remained unbroken from 1935 until Hank Aaron surpassed it in 1974.

From Quiz With Glowing Hearts: Team Canada

Answer: Alexandre Bilodeau

Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal in the men's moguls event on February 14, becoming the first Canadian gold medallist at a Canadian-hosted Olympics. Jenn Heil, a gold medalist in Torino in 2006, won silver in 2010 in women's moguls. Kristina Groves and Clara Hughes both won bronze medals in women's speed skating, with Groves also winning a silver.

From Quiz Canada at the Olympics!

Answer: 1900 Paris

Canada won one gold and one bronze medal at the Paris Games.

From Quiz Canadian College Nicknames

Answer: Gee Gee's

The Gee Gee's are a member of the Ottawa University Athletics Association.

From Quiz Toronto Sports Teams

Answer: Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are notable for being the oldest team in the Canada or the USA to still retain its original name. They were originally named the Argonauts in 1873.

From Quiz Saskatchewan Sports

Answer: Roughriders

The team joined in 1910 as a rugby club. The name Roughriders was given to the rugby club in 1924. Then they were known as the Regina Roughriders. In 1948, the Roughriders were owned by Saskatchewan.

From Quiz Canadian University Nicknames

Answer: Golden Bears and Pandas

Located in Edmonton, U of A teams excel in basketball and hockey. The 2004 Golden Bears hockey team went undefeated through the entire regular season.

From Quiz For the True Sports Lover

Answer: Montreal

Hockey originated in Montreal, Quebec, one of the original six cities in the NHL. Hockey was invented in the late 19th century.

From Quiz Canadian Sports Fans

Answer: Ethel Catherwood

Ethel is a former gold medalist and was given the nickname for her good looks.

From Quiz Toronto Sports

Answer: 1967

The only team to have a longer wait in the 20th century was the Chicago Blackhawks. The New York Rangers would be in this category, too, but they won the cup in 1994 to end a 54 year drought.

From Quiz Canadian Athletes

Answer: George Knudson & Knudson

George Knudson won 8 tournaments in his career. More then any other Canadian before then. At this Masters he tied with Tom Weiskopf and Billy Casper

From Quiz Canadian Sports!

Answer: 7 & seven

Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Vancouver Canucks. The Winnipeg Jets were revived in 2011 when the Atlanta Thrashers were relocated

From Quiz Winnipeg Sports Teams

Answer: Avco

From Quiz Clara Hughes Canadian Cyclist

Answer: Speed skating

When Hughes watched Canadian Olympic Champion Gaetan Boucher compete at the Winter Olympics in Calgary in 1988, she became inspired. The first sport she took up was speed skating at the age of sixteen. A year later, she took up cycling. For the next several years she focused her training on cycling and won multiple Canadian national championships in that sport.

From Quiz Maple Sports

Answer: Vancouver Grizzlies

Vancouver Grizzlies joined the NBA at the same time as Toronto Raptors, as part of the league's expansion into Canada. Despite some high draft picks and well known players such as Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Greg Anthony and Antonio Daniels, the team never finished a season above sixth in their division, and following the 1998-99 lockout, attendances dropped off. This coupled with a weak Canadian dollar, meant the franchise were losing huge amounts of money and, in 2001, it relocated to Tennessee as the Memphis Grizzlies.

From Quiz Sport in British Columbia

Answer: Minnesota Twins

Justin Morneau was born in New Westminster in 1981 and played both ice hockey and baseball growing up before choosing the latter as a full-time career. The Minnesota Twins selected him in the 1999 MLB draft, making his big league debut in 2003. In 2006, he hit 34 home runs and 130 RBIs on the way to becoming the first Canadian to win the AL MVP award.

From Quiz Sport in Quebec

Answer: Denver

The Nordiques were one of the original WHA franchises who began play in 1972. In 1977, they won the Avco World Trophy with victory over the Winnipeg Jets in the finals. When the WHA folded in 1979, the Nordiques were one of four teams who were absorbed into an enlarged NHL. Their best performances in that league were reaching the conference finals in 1982 and 1985, losing to the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers respectively. Financial problems led to them relocating to Denver in 1995, where they were renamed the Colorado Avalanche.

From Quiz Sport in Ontario

Answer: The Masters

Mike Weir was born in Sarnia in 1970 and turned professional in 1992. He had five PGA tour titles to his credit when he teed off at Augusta in 2003. A final round of 68 saw him tied with Len Mattiace after 72 holes, which meant a sudden death play-off. Weir bogeyed the first play-off hole, but that was enough to secure the green jacket.

From Quiz Red, White and Gold

Answer: Alexandre Bilodeau

It was very nearly a Canadian podium sweep as Bilodeau, Kingsbury and Gagnon finished one, two and four respectively. But for Bilodeau, it was a shaky start. Twenty competitors made the first run, with only 12 able to qualify to the second round. Canadians Marquis, Kingsbury and Gagnon made the second, third and fourth best runs respectively, while Bilodeau was down at number eight. The second run (six qualifying) saw Bilodeau move up the ranks as Kingsbury, Gagnon and Bilodeau made the top three runs, while Marquis found himself eliminated, finishing in 9th place. The final run had Bilodeau blow away the competition with a score of 87.70% (the highest of the day), with Kingsbury scoring 82.36% for the Silver, and Russian Alexandr Smyshlyaev taking the Bronze.

From Quiz Are You a Toronto Sports Fan?

Answer: 1992

Joe Carter became one of Toronto's best loved sports figures after he made the final out at first base in the 11th inning of a Game 6 against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. The victory made the Blue Jays the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.

From Quiz With Glowing Hearts: Team Canada

Answer: Joannie Rochette

Joannie Rochette's mother died early in the morning on Sunday February 21 in a Vancouver hospital. Joannie skated in the women's short program two days later on Tuesday night, and stood in third place going into the free skate event the following Thursday. She stayed in third place and won a bronze medal behind South Korea's Kim Yu-Na and Japan's Mao Asada. Joannie Rochette was selected to carry the Canadian flag at the Games' closing ceremony. Cynthia Phaneuf also skated in women's figure skating for Canada, but placed well out of medal contention. Rachael Flatt was a figure skating competitor for the United States, and Carolina Kostner for Italy.

From Quiz Canada at the Olympics!

Answer: Calgary and Montreal

Montreal hosted the games in 1976, then Calgary in 1988.

From Quiz Mixed Sports in Ottawa!

Answer: The Renegades

The Renegades played for four seasons at Frank Clair Stadium, the former home of the Ottawa Rough Riders. The team was suspended in 2006 due to financial difficulties and lack of interest in the city, and the players were absorbed by the other CFL teams. In 2008, the Renegades franchise was re-awarded to owner Jeff Hunt.

From Quiz Canadian College Nicknames

Answer: St. Francis Xavier

St.FX is home to Canada's 2001 and 2002 Men's basketball National Champions.

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