1960s Canada Trivia Quiz

Answer: Montreal

The team from the province of Quebec were the Montreal Expos. They played in MLB until 2004, when the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and were rebranded the Washington Nationals. During their 35 years, the only honour the Expos won was the East Division title in 1981, although they do have eight former players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Answer: Tommy Douglas

Douglas implemented Saskatchewan's medicare program, the first universal health care program in North America. This was an act for which he is always remembered and in 2004, he was voted "The Greatest Canadian" by CBC TV viewers. Actor Keifer Sutherland is Douglas' grandson as Keifer's father Donald was married to Tommy Douglas' daughter Shirley.

Answer: Frontenac

The Frontenac was a Canada only model that was based on a 1960 Ford Falcon. Even though it was the second best selling compact car in Canada in 1960, it was discontinued and replaced with the Ford Comet in 1961. There were a total of 9,500 Frontenacs built in Ontario, retailing at a little over $2,000 each and in 2018 they fetch up to $15,000 in average condition.

Answer: Ottawa

Although the Saskatchewan Roughriders are well known to Canadian Football League (CFL) fans today, it was the Ottawa Rough Riders that were the more successful team of the 60s. The Rough Riders folded in 1996 and several years without a CFL team, the Ottawa Renegades were formed in 2001.

This team was short lived however and ceased operations in 2006. In 2014, the newly formed Ottawa Redblacks joined the CFL. Incidentally, 1951, 1966, 1969 and 1976 all saw Grey Cup finals of Rough Riders v Roughriders, with Ottawa winning three of the four contests.

Answer: 1969

Although Ontario and New Brunswick are home to the majority of French speakers in Canada, there is support for bilingualism throughout the country. In 2016, 88% of Canadians surveyed in a poll said they support the aim of bilingualism, with Alberta at 90% in favour being one of the most supportive provinces.

Answer: Farley Mowat

Ontario native Mowat captured my imagination as a kid with his descriptive prose. His wonderful "Never Cry Wolf" about his observations of the species while working for the Dominion Wildlife Service is credited with changing our perception of the wolf from the blood thirsty killer it had been presumed to be.

Answer: Alouette 1

Not only was Alouette 1 Canada's first satellite, it was the first ever satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, as the British Ariel 1, which beat Alouette 1 by five months had been constructed in the United States by NASA. Alouette is French for "skylark". It is also the name of a famous French folk-song.

Answer: 1967

Expo 67 was held between April and October 1967, which was also Canada's centennial year. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, setting the record on for the record for most visitors to a world's fair in a single day with 569,500 visitors on the third day of the exhibition.

Answer: Gerda Munsinger

Munsinger was acting as a spy for the Soviet regime while working at the Chez Paree nightclub in Montreal. While there she became friendly with a number of Diefenbaker's cabinet, including Pierre Sevigny and George Hees who sponsored her bid for Canadian citizenship. Following her deportation, she lived in relative obscurity in East Germany and died in 1998.

Answer: Bill Barilko

I have just discovered that when an event such as this has been made as famous as the Tragically Hip made it, it is very difficult to write a question without just writing the lyrics. As this is interesting info though and not the question, I can do that here; "Bill Barilko disappeared that summer,
He was on a fishing trip, The last goal he ever scored, Won the Leafs the cup,
They didn't win another till nineteen sixty two, The year he was discovered".
"50 Mission Cap" is a great song by a great band in my opinion and Barilko won the Stanley Cup with the Maple Leafs in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1951.