Our Canada Day quiz,
1. In 1867, 150 years ago, the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario united to form the Dominion of Canada. What was the fifth province to join confederation?
a) Prince Edward Island b) Newfoundland c) Manitoba d) British Columbia
2. Who was the prime minister during Canada’s centennial year?
a) Pierre Trudeau b) John Diefenbaker c) Lester Pearson d) Joe Clark
3. A recently completed thoroughfare running along the western edge of Kitchener and Waterloo has been named in his honour, but who was Ira Needles?
a) The 19th-century financier who brokered the purchase of the German Company Tract along the Grand River from the Six Nations confederacy. b) The last warden of the former Waterloo County c) A founder and chancellor of the University of Waterloo d) One of the original settlers in the town of Berlin
4. Born and raised in Kitchener, Mark Scheifele now stars with which NHL team?
a) Winnipeg Jets b) St. Louis Blues c) Buffalo Sabres d) Vancouver Canucks
5. What is the distinction of Woodside National Historic Site on Wellington Street in Kitchener?
a) The woodlot contains species of trees unlike any other in Ontario b) It is the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime minister c) It is the site of a 400-year-old aboriginal encampment d) The house is regarded as a landmark achievement in 19th-century architecture
6. What city straddles the Bow River?
a) Calgary b) Winnipeg c) Saskatoon d) Regina
7. Who is regarded as the founder of Waterloo?
a) Moses Springer b) Abraham Erb c) Ezekiel Martin d) Brenda Halloran
8. In 1920, several of Canada’s foremost landscape artists met to form the Group of Seven. Who was not a member?
a) A.J. Casson b) A.Y. Jackson c) Frank Carmichael d) Tom Thomson
9. Long suffering fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs know that the team last won the Stanley Cup in Canada’s centennial year, 1967. What team did they defeat in the final series?
a) Chicago Blackhawks b) Montreal Canadiens c) Detroit Red Wings d) Philadelphia Flyers
10. Oscar Peterson and Glenn Gould earned world renown because of their mastery of which musical instrument?
a) Guitar b) Trumpet c) Piano d) Violin
11. Which municipality is not a part of Waterloo Region?
a) Woolwich b) Wilmot c) Puslinch d) North Dumfries
12. The expansive area north of Great Slave Lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has become a centre for the mining of:
a) Gold b) Platinum c) Uranium d) Diamonds
13. The Descartes Systems Group in Waterloo is a well-established technology company specializing in:
a) Logistics software b) Aeronautics engineering c) Radar systems d) Chemical analysis
14. What province’s licence plates proudly proclaim Wild Rose Country?
a) Alberta b) Saskatchewan c) British Columbia d) Prince Edward Island
15. What automobile model line currently rolls off the assembly line at one of the two Toyota plants in Cambridge?
a) Lexus b) RAV4 c) Civic d) Sonata
16. Where do the CFL’s Roughriders play their home games?
a) Calgary b) Thunder Bay c) Ottawa d) Regina
17. In which Waterloo Region community would you find Riverside Park, Churchill Park and the Shade’s Mills conservation area?
a) Cambridge b) New Hamburg c) Elmira d) Ayr
18. Much honoured Canadian novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje was born in what Asian nation?
a) Thailand b) Nepal c) Sri Lanka d) Indonesia
19. What prime minister looks out at us from the $100 bill?
a) Lester Pearson b) Louis St. Laurent c) John Diefenbaker d) Robert Borden
20. The Battle of Lundy’s Lane in 1814 was the last attempt by the Americans to conquer Canada. In what settlement was the battle fought?
a) Amherstburg b) St. Catharines c) Niagara Falls d) Fort Erie
21. The Accelerator Centre in Waterloo is:
a) A social service agency assisting disadvantaged youth b) An incubator for startup technology companies c) An automotive industry think-tank d) A rehabilitation service in the healthcare field
22. What American railroad executive did John A. Macdonald lure to push through the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
a) Andrew Carnegie b) Cornelius Vanderbilt c) Cornelius Van Horne d) John Paul Getty
23. The Canadian west coast was the home of which aboriginal nation?
a) Haida b) Ojibwa c) Cree d) Piegan
24. Who was James Wolfe?
a) A father of confederation from Nova Scotia b) The victorious British general at the 1759 Battle of Quebec c) The first Canadian to win a Nobel Prize in medicine d) A trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company responsible for mapping much of the Canadian west
25. What is the Ontario hometown of singer Shania Twain?
a) Nepean b) Brockville c) Timmins d) Napanee
26. What are the team colours of the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks?
a) Black and gold b) Purple and gold c) Blue and gold d) Red and gold
27. Bill Morneau is:
a) A CBC sports commentator b) A film producer c) An Olympic gold medallist d) a Liberal politician
1. c) (Manitoba became a province in 1870, B.C. in 1871, Prince Edward Island in 1873, and Newfoundland in 1949); 2. c);3. c); 4. a); 5. b); 6. a); 7. b); 8. d) (Tom Thomson died three years before the formation of the Group of Seven); 9. b) (The Leafs won the series four games to two); 10. c); 11. c); 12. d) ); 13. a); 14. a); 15. a) (Toyota’s Cambridge plant manufactures the Lexus RX series and the Corolla S series); 16. d) (The Saskatchewan Roughriders play in the provincial capital); 17. a); 18. c); 19. d); 20. c); 21. b); 22. c); 23. a); 24. b); 25. c); 26. b); 27. d) (Bill Morneau is finance minister).