Tom's Nook - Thomas Vella-Zarb
How Well Do You Know Canada?
A quick quiz


1.Where is the blueberry capital of Canada?
a) Sudbury. Ont.
b) Oxford. N.S.
c) Mistassini. Que.

2. The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie River. How long is it?
a) 1.236 kilometres
b) 2.547 kilometres
c) 4.241 kilometres
d) 6.234 kilometres

3.Where is the highest point in Ontario located?
a) Sudbury area
b) Thunder Bay area
c) Niagara Falls area

4. Canada has the longest coast-line of any country in the world.
True or False?

5. Canada is home to what proportion of the world's freshwater?
a) one-third
b) one-seventh
c) one-fiftieth

6. What is taller?
a) CN Tower
b) Sudbury's Super Stack
c) Commentator Rex Murphy's Head

7. The world's longest bridge over ice-covered waters joined Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick in 1997. How long is the Confederation Bridge?
a) 3.8 kilometres
b) 12.9 kilometres
c) 22.1 kilometres

8. Which one is the false icon?
a) a 28-foot high. 2-tonne Canada goose
b) an 8-tonne. 7-foot-wide nickel
c) the world's biggest block of cheese weighing 26.900 kilogram
d) a record-breaking poutine. weighing 15,310 kg and made from 306,200 potatoes

9. Which inventor is not a Canadian?
a) Thomas Edison. who invented the electric light bulb.
b) James Hillier, who invented the scanning electron microscope.
c) Gideon Sunback. who invented the zipper.
d) Sir Sanford Fleming. who created standardized time zones.

10. Got change for a million? Canada now has a $l million coin. The world's biggest pure gold coin, at 100 kilograms. was minted and introduced in May, 2007. Guess what is heads and tails on the coin.
a) hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and a hockey stick
b) Queen Elizabeth II and a maple leaf
c) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and a canoe
d) Tommy Douglas. father of Medicare. and a hospital symbol

11. Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, was a member of the Conservative Party and is considered one of Canada's greatest politicians. However, MacDonald was not without his vices. What was he known for?
a) drinking
b) womanizing
c) biting his nails
d) marijuana use

12. How many provinces formed the Dominion, of Canada in 1867?
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five

13. 1903 was an important year for Canada. That year, Canada lost the Alaska boundary dispute when the British representative sided with the United States. However, it was also the year that a prospector in Northern Ontario stumbled across the world's richest:
a) silver vein
b) gold vein
c) copper vein

14. What prompted the Montreal riots of 1955?
a) bagel shortages that left the city hungry after bakers went on strike
b) Quebec banned signs in English
c) the Catholic church ordained its first female priest
d) Montreal Canadiens hockey star Maurice "Rocket" Richard was suspended for fighting

15. Who was Canada's only female prime minister?
a) Rita MacNeil
b) Kim Campbell
c) Roberta Bondar
d) Sheila Copps

16. How many stomachs does a moose have?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four

17. What should you do if you meet a black bear in the woods and it sees you?
a) Run away. as fast as you can
b) Play dead by lying on the ground
c) Wave your arms, speak calmly and back away slowly

18. Beavers hibernate in winter.
True or false

19. Taking salt tablets while engaged in strenuous activity in the wilderness will help avoid which problem?
a) hypothermia
b) counteract the venom from snake bites
c) hyperthermia
d) prevent horsefly bites from swelling

20. Because of its medicinal qualities, Canada Goldenrod received the scientific name "solidago," from the Latin words solidus and ago, meaning "to restore or cure." What ailments is it believed to cure?
a) The root can be applied as a poultice to bums
b) An infusion of the dried powdered herb can be used as an anti-septic
c) A tea made from the flowers can be used in the treatment of diarrhoea body pains, fevers and snakebites
d) All of the above

21. What movie didn't Canadian actor Mike Myers star in?
a) Wayne's World
b) So I Married an Ax Murderer
c) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
d) Shrek

22. What Canadian song became Elvis's personal mantra?
a) Neil Young's Southern Man
b) Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Taking Care of Business
c) Sharon, Lois and Bram's Skinnymarink
d) Paul Anka's My Way

23. Canadians Dan Aykroyd and Pamela Anderson both celebrate their birthdays on Canada Day, July 1.
True or false?

24. Canadians love to play games. We also like to invent them. Which one of these games was not invented by a Canadian?
a) Risk
b) Monopoly
c) 3-D Puzzles
d) Yahtzee

25. A Canadian invented which sport:
a) curling
b) bocce
c) basketball
d) volleyball


When you finish, check your answers