1. What is the name of the Canadian who created worldwide system of standard time zones?
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Sir Sandford Fleming
Reginald Fessenden
Matthew Evans
Henry Woodward
2. What is a minority government?
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The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the Senate.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate.
3. What is a Cabinet Minister?
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MP selected by the Queen to make laws.
MP appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
MP picked by the Premier of each province.
Persons appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
4. What are the regions of Canada?
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West Coast, Central, East, Canadian Shield and South
Atlantic, North, Central, Prairies and West Coast
West, North, South, East, Central
Rockies, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies
5. Nova Scotian and Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey is a descendant of a group of escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin. What is the name of this group who fled to Canada from America in the 1780s?
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Underground Railroad Conductors
Black Loyalists
Young Canadians for Freedom
None of the above
6. What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?
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To remember our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
To celebrate Confederation.
To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.
To honour prime ministers who have died.
7. Who is considered the Father of Manitoba ?
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Louis Riel
Gabriel Dumont
John A. Macdonald
William McDougall
8. What are three key facts about Canada's system of government?
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A kingdom, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
A federal nation, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A socialist country, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
9. Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?
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The eagle
The lion
The tiger
The beaver
10. Which party becomes the Official Opposition?
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The opposition party with the most MPs.
The party picked by the Queen.
The opposition party with the least votes.
The opposition party with the most votes.
11. Which Province of Canada was once known as "breadbasket of the world"?
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British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
12. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election?
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The best speaker running the election campaign.
Someone to become the Premier of the province.
A candidate whom they want to represent them in Parliament
All candidates in their electoral district.
13. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Québec, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Halifax, Nova Scotia
14. Which biennial sports event that began in 1970 features such sports as snowshoeing and dog sledding, as well as athletes from northern communities like the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland and several northern Russian provinces?
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Arctic Cup
Northern Winter Olympics
Arctic Winter Games
Northern Games
15. Which province is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world?
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Alberta
16. What is the capital city of Nunavut?
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Cambridge Bay
Arviat
Iqaluit
Arctic Bay
17. What are the two official languages of Canada?
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English and French
English and Chinese
Inuit and French
Canadian English and British English
18. Canada's economy of the 17th and 18th century depended mainly on:
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Invensions
Tourism
Fur Trade
All of above
19. Where do the majority of Métis live in Canada?
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Central Canada
Prairie Provinces
West Coast
Northern territories
20. What is the name of the dried meat, made by Plains Indians and M?tis peoples, that became a staple during the fur trade?
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Bison
Jerk Meat
Pemmican
Bannock