A Canadian Quiz

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A Canadian Quiz
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• What province or territory has one of the worlds
  great stores of dinosaur bones?

Over 30 major museums around the world display
fossils collected at Dinosaur Provincial Park in
Alberta.
http//www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/fea
tured/dinosaur/albertamap.asp
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageTriceratops_1.j
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• In 2004, the CBC ran a series of television
  programs that asked Canadians to choose the
  Greatest Canadian of all time. Who was chosen for
  this honour?

As leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative
Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1942 and the
seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to
1961, he led the first socialist government in
North America and introduced universal public
medicare to Canada. When the CCF united with the
Canadian Labour Congress to form the New
Democratic Party, he was elected as its first
federal leader and served in that post from 1961
to 1971.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas
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• Canada is the second-largest country in the
  world. What country is larger in area than Canada?

Russia 17 705 000 km2
Canada area 9 992 000 km2
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• Which hockey team has won the Stanley Cup most
  often?

Le club de hockey Canadien
Montreal has won the cup 24 times.
Toronto has won the cup 11 times.
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• 5. In 2004, Canadas foreign trade was closest
  to
• 90 million per hour
• 90 million per day
• 90 million per week
• 90 million per month
• 90 million per year

Thats approximately 788 859 000 000 per year,
or in simple language, about 8 trillion per year.
First off, what is foreign trade? The exchange
of goods and services across international
borders
http//www.mycomputerguys.ca/custom20graphics/mon
ey.jpg
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6. Which prime minister was in power for the
longest period of time?
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister
three separate times for a total of about 12
years.
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• 7. Which of these materials is not mined in
  Canada?
• gold
• copper
• diamonds
• tin
• coal

Tin is used as an alloy with other metals to
improve their characteristics, especially steel.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageTinOreUSGOV.jpg
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8. What is the name of Canadas newest territory?
Nunavut April 1, 1999
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The blue and gold of the shield symbolizes the
riches of the land. Below are a qulliq, a stone
lamp representing the warmth of home and
community, and an inukshuk, a stone monument
serving as a guidepost and a symbol of the
territory. The crest, an igloo, represents
traditional life, survival, and the Nunavut
government assembled in the legislature. It is
topped with a crown representing royal
sovereignty. The supporters, a caribou and
narwhal, represent sustenance and natural
resources of the land and sea. They stand on a
compartment with Arctic poppies, dwarf fireweed,
and Arctic heather, alongside an iceberg at sea.
The motto, written in Inuktitut, means Our land,
our strength. From http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Coat_of_arms_of_Nunavut
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Nunav
ut
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• 9. Which of these people is not a Canadian?
• actor Kiefer Sutherland
• singer Shania Twain
• actor Angelina Jolie
• golfer Mike Weir
• singer Avril Lavigne

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10. Which province joined Canada in 1949?
Newfoundland officially changed its name to
Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001.
Premier Joey Smallwood signing the document that
officially brought Newfoundland into Canada,
1949. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Small
wood
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11. What is the name of the highest award that
Canada gives for outstanding achievement and
service to the country or to the world?
The Order of Canada
Created in 1967 by PM Lester Pearson to honour
and recognize lifetime of outstanding
achievement, dedication to the community and
service to the nation or the world. Has three
levels Companion (only 165 at any one time,
with the exception of honourary
members) Officer Member
http//www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?P
gNmTCEParamsU1ARTU0002657
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12. What is the name of the longest river in
Canada?
4 200 km only Missouri-Mississippi is longer in
North America the Mackenzie and its tributaries
drain 1 805 200 square kilometers average
discharge is 9 700 cubic metres per second the
Mackenzie (previously Disappointment River) was
named after Alexander Mackenzie who travelled the
river while trying to reach the Pacific Ocean in
1789
http//www.wrigleyhotel.com/wrigley-images/mackenz
ie-river-map242.jpg
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMackenzie_River
_drainage_basin.PNG
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageAlexander_MacKe
nzie_by_Thomas_Lawrence_28c.180029.jpg
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The Mackenzie River delta http//disc.gsfc.nasa.
gov/geomorphology/GEO_5/geo_images_D-10/PlateD-10.
gif
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13. Other than Great Britain (including Ireland)
and France, what country is the origin of the
greatest number of Canadians?
Canadian (39.42) English (20.17) French
(15.75) Scottish (14.03) Irish (12.90)
German (9.25) Italian (4.29) Chinese (3.69)
Ukrainian (3.61) First Nations (3.38) Dutch
(3.12) Polish (2.76) East Indian (2.41)
Black African (2.23) Norwegian (1.23)
Portuguese (1.21) Welsh (1.18) Jewish
(1.18) Russian (1.14) Filipino (1.11) Métis
(1.04) Swedish (0.95) Hungarian (0.90
In the 2001 census, this is how Canadians
identified their ethnic origins.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canad
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14. In terms of value, what is Canada's most
important export commodity?
First off, what is a commodity? - a product that
is bought and sold
Cars, trucks and vehicle parts are our most
important export, with some 90 billion sold in
2004, primarily to the United States.
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15. In what province or territory is Canadas
highest mountain?
Canadas highest peak at 5 959 metres, and the
second highest in North America (after Denali or
Mt McKinley), Logan is still growing because of
plate tectonics. First climbed in June, 1925, it
is a very challenging mountain to climb.