Canadian History for Kids Trivia Quiz

Answer: beaver

The under fur or wool (duvet) from Canadian beavers, consisted of barbed hairs that formed a durable, luxurious felt, and was of prime importance to the European hat industry until the 1830s, when silk hats became more fashionable. The beaver wool could easily be removed from the skins, which yielded a useful leather.

Answer: Canada's Governor General

In 1984, Jeanne Sauve became the first female Governor General, as appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the recommendation of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. She was the 23rd governor general since Canadian Confederation. One of the governor general's most important responsibilities is to ensure that Canada always has a prime minister and a government in place that has the confidence of Parliament.

In addition, the governor general holds certain reserve powers, which are exercised at his or her own discretion.

Answer: William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King, was born Dec 17,1874, and passed away on July 22, 1950, served as Canada's Prime Minister for twenty-two years in total. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948. Gordon M. Lightfoot is a famous Canadian musician, Terrance (Terry) Fox was a one-legged athlete who was famous for his "Marathon of Hope" to raise money for cancer research.

He died before he was able to complete his run across Canada, and Darryl Sittler is a retired hockey player who owns the record for most points in one game with ten, six goals and four assists.

Answer: Bison

Although all of the animals named are on the Canadian endangered species list, it is the North American bison, or buffalo, that was the main food staple for Canada's Blackfoot Indians up to the 1900s. At that time, the government made it illegal to hunt bison in all but a few areas of Canada. Now that the population is rebuilding, bison once again is becoming a red meat food source for all people who enjoy its delicious and healthy meat.

Answer: Winnipeg Victorias & Montreal Hockey Club

I don't think I fooled any hockey fans with those answers. Of course it's the Winnipeg Victorias (1896) and the Montreal Hockey Club (1893). The Argonauts & Alouettes play football in the Canadian Football League, the Blue Jays & Expos are/were Major League baseball teams, while the Raptors & Grizzlies are/were National Basketball Association Teams.

Answer: snowshoes

The hint to this question is 'footwear'. Snowshoes represent the only choice that can be considered 'footwear'. Traditional webbed snowshoes, as we know them today, have a direct connection to Canada's indigenous people, e.g., the Huron, Cree, and so forth.

The famous explorer, Samuel de Champlain, wrote the following referencing the Huron and Algonquin First Nations, in his travel memoirs. "Winter, when there is much snow, they (the Indians) make a kind of snowshoe that are two to three times larger than those in France, that they tie to their feet, and thus go on the snow, without sinking into it, otherwise they would not be able to hunt or go from one location to the other".

Answer: He completed the trip in a wheelchair

Rick performed the entire trip in a wheelchair. Richard M. Hansen,(b. Aug.26, 1957) is a Canadian Paralympian athlete and an activist/spokesperson for people with spinal cord injuries. Following a car crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the waist down.

The tour around the world was called "Man In Motion World Tour". It began in Vancouver, Canada in March 1985, was completed in twenty six months, covered 40,000 kilometres in thirty-four countries, and raised over twenty-six million dollars. ($26,000,000)

Answer: They were a group of talented landscape painters

The "Group of Seven" were seven very talented Canadian men who painted beautiful pictures of Canadian landscapes. There never was a female hockey team who ever won the Stanley Cup, or a group of seven men known to be friends of Hitler, and the CN Tower and the Skydome (Rogers Centre) were built in the seventies and the eighties.

The Group of Seven, also known as the "Algonquin School", consisted of the seven artists Franklin Carmichael, A.Y. Jackon, Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, Franz Johnston, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley.

The Group of Seven is best known for paintings inspired by the Canadian landscape, and they are credited with founding the first major Canadian national art movement.

Answer: village

Until about 1950, the Mohawk word "kanata" was thought to be the origin of Canada's name. But the journal of Jacques Cartier about his voyage to present-day Quebec, Canada, in the 16th century, it shows Canada's name stems from the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word "canada", which holds the meaning, "village". This Iroquoian language was spoken by the inhabitants of Stadacona and the neighbouring region near present-day Quebec City in the 16th century, with words having similarities to those in related Iroquoian languages, most notably in Mohawk and Oneida.

Kanata, Ontario is the name of a former city, now part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and is home to the NHL's Ottawa Senators playing in Scotiabank Place.

Answer: Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Halifax explosion occurred Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian ship, the SS Imo in "The Narrows" section of the Halifax Harbour. Nearly 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, or collapsed buildings and it is estimated that over 9,000 people were injured.

The Halifax explosion remains the world's largest man-made accidental explosion nearly one hundred years later.