1. Of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 20 novels, 19 are set in P.E.I. What is the one novel that was set in Ontario?
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Jane of Lantern Hill
Pat of Silver Bush
The Blue Castle
The Story Girl
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2. Ontario born cartoonist Joe Shuster helped to create what comic book character?
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Superman
Spiderman
Aquaman
Batman
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3. Which of the following statements about the Northwest Territories is false?
All the communities in the Northwest Territories have Internet access
Besides Yellowknife, there are only four towns in the Northwest Territories
51 per cent of the people in the Northwest Territories are Indigenous
The territory has three official languages
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A crater on the planet Mars was named after what Canadian town?
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Flin Flon, Man.
Strathroy, Ont.
Gander, N.L.
Alameda, Sask.
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5. What percentage of the land in the Yukon is unorganized (it has no official municipal or local government, also known as Crown land)?
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68 per cent
12 per cent
35 per cent
98 per cent
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6. Which of the following NHL hockey players was not born in Saskatchewan?
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Scott Niedermayer
Gordie Howe
Bryan Trottier
Wendel Clark
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7. Campobello Island, the location of the former summer home of President Franklin Roosevelt, belongs to what province?
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Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
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8. What province or territory has the longest coastline in Canada?
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Quebec
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Newfoundland and Labrador
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9. Which statement about athlete Clara Hughes is true?
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She has competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games
As a youth, she smoked cigarettes, drank a lot at a young age and did a lot of drugs
Hughes donated $10,000 of her own money to the charity Right to Play
All the above
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10. There's an area in the Hudson Bay region that has:
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Birds that are not located anywhere else in Canada
Less gravity than the rest of the planet
Some of the coldest waters in Canada
The worst cell phone reception in Canada
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11. What is the oldest brewery in Canada?
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Alexander Keith’s (Halifax)
Carling brewery (London, Ont.)
Molson Brewery (Montreal)
Labatt Brewing Company (London, Ont.)
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12. Which of the following authors was not born in Newfoundland and Labrador?
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Linden MacIntyre
Megan Gail Coles
Wayne Johnston
Michael Crummey
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13. Which of these statements about the Stanley Cup is true?
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It is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America
Only one Canadian woman, Sonia Scurfield, has her name on the cup
Two babies have been baptized in the Cup
All the above
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14. Who was Canada's first elected woman premier?
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Alexa Ann McDonough
Catherine Callbeck
Audrey McLaughlin
Flora MacDonald
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15. Which one of these facts about Canadian artist Emily Carr is false?
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She studied art at the California School of Design in San Francisco
She wrote a book titled Klee Wyck
She grew up in Vancouver, B.C.
She had a pet monkey named Woo
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16. Canada has the largest freshwater island in the world. Which is it?
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Baffin Island
Vancouver Island
Manitoulin Island
Fogo Island
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17. Yellowknife is known for:
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It is the closest Canadian city of any size to the North Pole
Has 95 per cent of the population of the entire Northwest Territories.
Is called the Diamond Capital of North America
All the above
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18. Who was the youngest person named a Companion of the Order of Canada?
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Jason Priestly
Terry Fox
Michael J. Fox
Gord Downie
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19. What is the oldest church in Canada?
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Basilica of St. John the Baptist (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec (Quebec)
Petite Chapelle de Tadoussac (Quebec)
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (Quebec)
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20. What famous Canadian author wrote her first novel at the age of 12, called Pillars of the Nation, for a contest sponsored by the Manitoba Free Press?
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Alice Munro
Mary Lawson
Margaret Laurence
Nellie McClung
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21. The now abandoned Faro Mine in the Yukon was once the world’s largest open:
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Gold mine
Cooper and asbestos mine
Silver mine
Zinc and lead mine
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22. What is the Indigenous name for P.E.I.?
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Wejuowitk
Epekwitk
Eptek
Mewisitek
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23. What Canadian singer co-starred alongside Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd in the 1999 movie Eye of the Beholder?
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K.D. Lang
Jann Arden
Shania Twain
Amy Jo Johnson
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24. What Canadian former professional ice hockey centre born in Manitoba played his entire 15-year National Hockey League career with the Philadelphia Flyers?
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Reggie Leach
Bobby Clarke
Chuck Lefley
Jon Montgomery
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25. What is unique about Saskatchewan’s Little Manitou Lake?
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It is Saskatchewan’s only man-made lake
Bags of unopened Canada Post mail were discovered there
It is known as the Dead Sea of Canada
It is world-famous for its northern pike fishing
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26. Which of the following is not true about Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis?
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Her house is on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Academy Award® nominees stared in a movie about her life
She studied at the Ontario College of Art
Two of her paintings were ordered by the White House when Richard Nixon was President
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27. France is an hour boat ride away from what Canadian province?
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
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28. Chief Dan George:
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Was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
His name at birth was Geswanouth Slahoot
Was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor
All the above
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29. Which territory has no territorial political parties?
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Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
All the above
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30. What is Canada’s oldest National Park?
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Banff National Park
Glacier National Park
Yoho National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
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31. What Canadian university boasts the highest number of Rhodes scholars (51 so far) per capita of any university in the Commonwealth?
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Dalhousie University
The University of Toronto
Mount Allison University
The University of British Columbia
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32. What is the world’s most photographed hotel?
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Château Frontenac Hotel
Fairmont Banff Springs
Fairmont Royal York
The Algonquin Resort St. Andrews by-the-Sea
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33. Which statement about Jack London’s book White Fang is not true?
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The story was adapted into a film for the first time in 1925
The book is set in the Yukon and Northwest Territories during the Klondike Gold Rush
White Fang's mother’s name was Kiche
Upon its release, White Fang was not an immediate success
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34. The New York Times called what Nova Scotia author’s stories “a guilty pleasure”?
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Edith Jessie Archibald (1854-1936)
Anna Leonowens (1831-1915)
Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861-1947)
Rita Joe (1932-2007)
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35. The University of Georgia is tied with which Canadian University as being the oldest university in North America?
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Mount Allison University
Acadia University
Dalhousie University
University of New Brunswick
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36. In 800 AD, Mount Churchill in Alaska erupted and had which of the following effects on the Yukon?
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Covered most of Yukon in ash
Ash from the eruption can still be seen on the Dempster Highway
The event likely forced some of Yukon’s Indigenous population to travel south to the southwestern U.S.
All the above
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37. What is the oldest European city in Canada?
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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Quebec City, Quebec
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
Montreal, Quebec
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38. What is the name of the French trading company chartered in 1627 to capitalize on the North American fur trade?
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Compagnie des Marchands
Company of One Hundred Associates
Compagnie de Montmorency
Company of Richelieu
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39. What province in Canada has been rat-free for circa 70 years?
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Alberta
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40. Which of the following Arctic Islands belong to Nunavut?
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Victoria Island
Baffin Island
Banks Island
Prince Patrick Island
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41. What Saskatchewan born author struggled with addiction and homelessness, but wrote a book about his life and became an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities at York University?
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W.O. Mitchell
Robert Currie
Jessie Thistle
Tommy Douglas
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42. Which of the following statements about The Tragically Hip band is true?
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The band Nirvana once opened for The Hip
The Hip are mentioned in a 2005 book called Principles of Microeconomics
The Hip composed original music for figure skater Kurt Browning
All the above
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43. What Canadian author created a series of four individual sculptures that together replicate the familiar running gait set by Terry Fox?
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Douglas Coupland
Wayson Choy
Charles Montgomery
Howard White
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44. Who won Canada’s first-ever women’s Olympic gold medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics?
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Catriona Le May Doan
Canadian women’s hockey team
Nancy Greene
Sandra Schmirler curling team
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45. What is the biggest province or territory in Canada?
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Quebec
Nunavat
Northwest Territories
Ontario
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46. In the 1700s, the Fortress of Louisburg in Cape Breton was known for:
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Having the finest hospital in North America at that time
Being North America’s third busiest port
It’s nickname — Gibraltar of the North
All the above
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47. Which of the following statements about Margaret Atwood is false?
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She made a craft beer in honour of her book MaddAddam
She has a special hat made of newspaper, cardboard and plastic bags.
She is a Harvard graduate
She wrote a rock song called Frankenstein Monster Song
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48. Which of the following statements about Sidney Crosby is false?
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He is the youngest captain in NHL history
During the 2014-15 season, he took an online Second World War history course
He played high school hockey in Minnesota
He struggled academically
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49. Which of the following statements about Ontario-born artist Tom Thomson is false?
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There has been much speculation about the circumstances of Thomson's death
He was profoundly influenced by the Canadian landscape
He was a member of the Group of Seven
He played both the violin and the mandolin
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50. Which of the following is not the name of a city in Canada?
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Nameless Cove
Stoner
Forget
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