Diane’s Canada Day Quiz
1) Canadian-born author, L.M. Montgomery,is famous for penning which novel?
2) What symbol is on the Canadian flag?
3) What is the name of the National Hockey League’s championship trophy?
4) Name Canada’s Ten Provinces and three Territories (one point for each correct answer).
5) What airline flies direct from Dublin to Toronto during the summer?
6) Name the Irish-born person who would serve as Ontario’s Lieutent-Governor from 1997 to 2002?
7) A world-renown Canadian entertainer who will be performing in Dublin on July 26th, 2008.Who is it?
Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
9) Name the Canadian city that will host the Winter Olympics in 2010?
10) Which Superhero was the co-creation of an American and a Canadian?
11) How many time zones are in Canada?
12) Which Canadian coin is known as “the Loonie”?
13) Canada’s most famous coffee chain is named after which famous hockey player?
14) What is the name of the Grafton Street business that proudly flies the Canadian flag?
15) The first part of the Famine Memorial in Dublin commemorates the departure of the Irish who were suffering due to the famine. Which Canadian city has the second part of the Famine Memorial which celebrates the arrival of the Irish in search of a better life.
I can do this…
Stephen Harper
1) Anne of Green Gables
2) Maple Leaf
3) The Stanley Cup
4) (from left to right)Provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Territories: Newfoundland Yukon, Northwest Territory, Nunavut.
5) Air Canada
6) -
7) Michael Buble
9) Vancouver
10) Superman
11) 6
12) one dollar coin
13) Tim Horton
14) Brown Thomas
15) Montreal?
very good, Yvonne 13 out of 15…however, you have the home game advantage
hint with number 6…female and she is very wealthy and so is her husband
hint with number 15…it is not in Quebec
I’m embarrassed to say I would only be able to answer #2 without googling - shocking. Hope you had a nice Canada Day (despite the weather). Why is 1st July Canada Day, then?
I totally missed this but had to make a peak when dmaxi told me about it.
No. 6 is Hillary Weston
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No. 15 is Toronto.