Are You In The Loop With Canadian History?
How well do you know Canada? This quiz has a variety of questions with varying degrees of difficulty. Focus mainly on the last century.
- 1.What is the capital of Canada?
- A.
Toronto
- B.
Nunavut
- C.
Ottawa
- D.
British Columbia
- E.
Quebec City
- 2.What are the two official languages of Canada? (separate by "and" ; use capital letters)
- 3.Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons in 1921?
- 4.What does FLQ stand for?
- A.
Fleur de Lys Quebec
- B.
Front de Liberation du Quebec
- C.
Finance Liberator Queen
- D.
Fun and Liquor Quest
- E.
Front de Liberator du Quebec
- 5.When was Black Tuesday and what did it represent?
- A.
May. 4/1929; when the stock markets crashed
- B.
Oct. 28/1929; when the stocks when stocks went down
- C.
Oct. 29/1929; when Canada opened its immigration doors
- D.
Oct. 29/1929; when the stock markets crashed
- E.
Sept. 1/1929; when the stocks crashed
- 6.What were three (3) major inventions of the 1920s in Canada?
- A.
Automobile, t.v, radio
- B.
Automobile, aviation, radio
- C.
Toilet, aviation, t.v
- D.
Gameboy, t.v, computer
- 7.Who won a nobel peace prize for peacemaking during the Suez Crisis?
- A.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
- B.
Fred Loft
- C.
Lester B. Pearson
- D.
Richard Bennett
- E.
Winston Churchill
- 8.What year did the Halifax explosion occur? (year in numbers only please)
- 9.Easy one to end--> Which is Canada's biggest province?
- A.
Nunavut
- B.
Ontario
- C.
Newfoundland
- D.
British Columbia
- E.
Quebec
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