1 Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906) was a leader of what First Nations group in Western Canada?
2 Which famous Canadian rap artist named his first mixtape Room for Improvement?
3 The first mosque in Canada was built in which province?
4 What was the 10th province to join the Canadian confederation in 1949?
5 Which famous general was killed in the Battle of Queenston Heights on Oct. 13, 1812, during the War of 1812?
6 Who was the first hockey goalie to wear a protective mask regularly on the ice?
7 The 7,821-kilometre Trans-Canada Highway was officially opened at Rogers Pass in what year?
8 What pivotal charter was passed in 1982 leading to important changes concerning linguistic, democratic and equal rights?
9 Which French-Canadian prime minister famously proclaimed: “The 20th century will belong to Canada”?
10 Though she never lived at 24 Sussex Drive, who made Canadian history on June 25, 1993, when she became Canada’s first female prime minister?
11 The face of which past Canadian prime minister adorns the $100 bill?
12 Canada has two national sports. What are they?
13When did O Canada officially become the national anthem?
14 Canada, a name derived from the Huron-Iroquoian “Kanata,” meaning village, was adopted by which French explorer?
15 Which famous DC Comics superhero comic book was co-created by Canadian Joe Shuster?
16 Who was the first female to practise medicine in Canada?
17 Which Canadian boxer won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics?
18 On May 5, 1945, Canadian soldiers liberated which European country?
19 Who was prime minister of Canada during the Second World War?
20 The comic book world’s most famous hero, Superman, created by Toronto-born cartoonist Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel, originally worked at the Daily Star, which was patterned after which Canadian newspaper?
21 Canada is comprised of how many time zones?
22 Which Canadian town has the longest freshwater beach in the world?
23 Which Canadian province has the longest tunnel on the continent?
24 In what year did all Canadian women aged 21 and over became eligible to vote in federal elections?
25 Who was the former slave who petitioned for the creation of an all-Black unit during the War of 1812?
26 Which French president fuelled separatist tensions in 1967 when he proclaimed during a speech in Montreal: “Vive le Québec libre!”?
27 Which future prime minister participated in the attack on the rebels at Montgomery’s Tavern in Toronto on Dec. 7, 1837?
28 In what year will Canada celebrate its sesquicentennial birthday?
29 The first long-distance call in Canada was placed from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal to the Globe Theatre in Vancouver via the work of which Canadian inventor?
30 Which Canadian province did Louis Riel found?
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Answers:
1. The Métis
2. Drake
3. Alberta
4. Newfoundland
5. Isaac Brock
6. Jacques Plante
7. 1962
8. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
9. Wilfrid Laurier
10. Kim Campbell
11. Robert Borden
12. Hockey and lacrosse
13. 1980
14. Jacques Cartier
15. Superman
16. Emily Howard Stowe
17. Lennox Lewis
18. The Netherlands
19. William Lyon Mackenzie King
20. Toronto Star
21. Six
22. Wasaga Beach, Ont.
23. British Columbia (Mt. Macdonald Tunnel)
24. 1918
25. Richard Pierpoint
26. Charles de Gaulle
27. Sir John A. Macdonald
28. 2017
29. Alexander Graham Bell
30. Manitoba