Happy Canada Day!!!

Score well and you might just deserve the title "Right Honourable." :

1. Canadian-born Andrew Bonar Law was once Prime Minister of which country?

a) Great Britain b) Australia c) Canada d) South Africa

2. When Canada was formed in 1867, what was the maximum yearly salary a Member of Parliament could earn?

a) $300 b) $600 c) $1,200 d) $3,000.

3. What was Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's middle name?

a) Herbert b) Albert c) Michael d) George e) Arthur

4. What is the name of the statue on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg?

5. True or false? Wilfrid Laurier was the first Prime Minister born in what is now Quebec.

6. In which year was "O Canada" officially proclaimed as Canada's national anthem?

a) 1939 b) 1967 c) 1977 d) 1980 e) never

7. Red and white are the colours of Canada's national flag. Who designated them as Canada's official colours?

a) King George V b) Prime Minister Lester Pearson c) Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent d) Queen Elizabeth II

8. In addition to being Prime Ministers of Canada, what do Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir John Sparrow David Thompson have in common?

a) both were born in Kingston b) both died while in office c) they were elected to the House of Commons on the same day d) neither ever married.

9. E.B. Eddy was the founder of a successful lumber, paper and match business in Hull and in the late 1800s, served as the community's mayor. While mayor, which of the following can he take credit for?

a) introduction of a bill to create the city of Hull b) a 50-per-cent reduction in property taxes for Hull businesses c) opening the first tavern in Hull.

10. Where in Canada did women first have the legal right to vote?

a) Quebec b) Ontario c) Nova Scotia d) Manitoba

11. Who held the office of Prime Minister for the shortest period of time?

a) Alexander Mackenzie b) Sir Charles Tupper c) Joe Clark d) John Turner

12. What final alteration was made in 1965 before the red and white Maple Leaf flag was adopted?

a) the maple leaf was enlarged by one inch b) a deeper shade of red was used c) two points were removed from the base of the maple leaf d) the stem of the maple leaf was shortened.

13. What was flying atop the Peace Tower on Feb. 15, 1965 before the first official raising of Canada's Maple Leaf flag took place?

a) the Union Jack b) nothing c) Red Ensign d) the Governor General's standard

14. Who was the first Senator to serve as Canada's Prime Minister?

15. In what year did the Conservative Party and the Progressive Party merge to become the Progressive Conservative Party?

a) 1939 b) 1952 c) 1941 d) 1954

16. What did the federal government outlaw in September 1972 for safety reasons?

a) firecrackers b) open-wheeled go-carts c) smoking in airplanes d) expense accounts for politicians.

17. I was a champion of justice issues including women's rights when I was elected to the House of Commons in 1921. Who am I?

18. Three of the four original provinces that made up Canada on July 1, 1867 were Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. Name the fourth.

19. Where did MPs meet after fire gutted the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in 1916?

a) The East Block b) Ottawa City Hall c) the Museum of Nature d) Lansdowne Park

20. Unscramble the following letters to form the name of one of Canada's Prime Ministers: tarruh gmeenhi.

1. a) Great Britain, in 1922
2. b) $600
3. d) George
4. The Golden Boy
5. False. Sir John Abbott, Canada's third prime minister, was born in Lower Canada (now Quebec)
6. d) 1980
7. a) King George
8. b) both died while in office, Macdonald, on June 6, 1891 and Thompson, on Dec. 12, 1894.
9. a) a bill to create the city of Hull
10. d) Manitoba, where females won the right to vote in January 1916.
11. b) Sir Charles Tupper, who led the country for 69 days in 1896. John Turner came second, being PM for 80 days in 1984.
12. c) two points were removed from the base of the maple leaf reducing the number of points to 11 from 13.
13. d) the Governor General's standard.
14. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, who served as Canada's second Prime Minister from June 16, 1891 until Nov. 24, 1892.
15. c) 1941 under leader John Bracken of Manitoba
16. a) firecrackers
17. Agnes Macphail
18. New Brunswick
19. c) in the auditorium at the Museum of Nature, then known as the Victoria Museum
20. Arthur Meighen, Canada's ninth PM

No fair giving the answers!

(But I didn't know a single one anyway...)

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History:

Canada Day marks the unification of four British colonies on July 1, 1867. A single piece of legislation, known as the British North America (BNA) Act, joined the present-day provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia together as one nation.

The BNA Act proclaimed "one Dominion under the name of Canada," which is why the original name of our national holiday was called "Dominion Day."

Since confederation, six more provinces and three territories were joined under the Act. In 1982, the Act was amended to include the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and to augment Canada's status from a simple 'dominion' of the British realm to that of a fully autonomous nation within its own right.

The Act was then renamed the Constitution Act, and Dominion Day was renamed Canada Day.

The first Dominion/Canada Day was celebrated publicly at Queen's Park in Toronto on July 1, 1875. Canada Day is always observed on July 1, unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed the following day.

Happy Canukie Day!!!

http://www.canada.com/national/features/canadaday2003/quiz.html

Steven P.,
Where are you located? My father was from eastern Canada, New Brunswick, Doaktown/Boiestown area on the Mirimichi River.

John

N'Awlns, by way of Webster Texas..

As a trivia buff, history major, and friend of a few Canadians, I have to jump into this thread and say that I answered #16 correct. I doubt if a Canadian history major could have gotten most of those toughies. Maybe I'm wrong, but that looks like some obscure Canadian trivia.

Sam,
Din'cha know ~ most Canadian trivia is obscure.
But its Canadian.