Canada Trivia Quiz
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Canada is the second largest country in the world (Russia being the largest) but only 0.5% of the world's population live there.

Canada Trivia Quiz
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1. Known for polar bears that live there in the fall, what town on Hudson Bay in Manitoba is named after one of the UK's most famous Prime Ministers?

2. Microbiologists were hired by Warner Bros. Pictures Canada to create a billboard made of growing bacteria in Petri dishes, which spelled the name of what 2011 pandemic-themed movie directed by Steven Soderbergh?

3. What species of goose, which looks like a petite version of the infamous Canada Goose, gets its name from its high-pitched, laugh-like call?

4. Of Canada's 10 provinces, which has the lowest population as of 2017?

5. What Canadian island accounts for ~19% of Nova Scotia's total area, is home to ~130,000 Canadians, and is home to one of the world's larger salt lakes, Bras d'Or, in the center of the island?

6. What is the name of the gift-giving feast practiced by indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States? A similar practice is celebrated by Interior and Subarctic peoples though with less elaborate rituals.

7. In the Squamish history of the Great Flood, Chiyakmesh is given food and guided to a wife by what legendary creature that shares a name with a Ford convertible?

8. The first Indigenous athletes to rep Canada at the Olympics, Sharon and Shirley Firth competed in what attention span-defying, quad-busting ski event?

9. The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is Canada's national women's championship in what sport?

10. Which Canadian territory has a name meaning 'our land' in the language that is spoken by the mother tongue of more than 60% of its residents?

11. Founded in Quebec, what is the French name of the private entertainment company which has sold over 100 million tickets for its unique blend of continuous live music and circus-like acrobatics?

12. Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery has many brands of popular beer, but only one had a series of commercials that lasted more than a decade and starred Jonathan Goldsmith. Goldsmith's name-less character became iconic enough to be included in many internet memes in the 2000s. Name the beer brand OR the character.

13. What singer earned third place in the fifth season of Canadian Idol? Her first performance on the show was an original song named 'Sweet Talker' and she rocketed to international fame with a song regarding a possible phone transmission four years later.

14. If you sum the total box offices sales of all of the movies made by each Canadian film director in history, which Canadian director has the highest total?

15. A Cadillac Fairview mall off of the Trans-Canada Highway in Quebec is CF Fairview Pointe ______. Fill in the one word blank, which also finishes the name of the French-British women's magazine Marie ______.

16. As of the early 2000s, what Canadian province has easily the highest number of syrup farms with over 7,000 of these sweet agricultural sites?

17. What large body of water on the southern end of Canada's Hudson Bay shares its name with a musician best-known for his 2014 hit single, 'Hold Back the River'?

18. The French word for 'mixed blood', what 'm' word was the term for Native Canadians who are a mix of Aboriginal and European (largely French) ancestry?

19. Métis leader Louis Riel is often cited as a founder of what province that almost got the name 'Assiniboia'?

20. The Cadillac Fairview Corporation is owned by the pension plan in Ontario, Canada of what profession?

21. In 2021, Justin Trudeau announced that what Inuit leader would succeed Julie Payette as governor general of Canada?

22. Given to the city in 1981 as part of its 'Salute to Switzerland,' a 1,000-pound piece of what European mountain sits at the base of the CN Tower?

23. How many members are on the Supreme Court of Canada?

24. Lake Hillier in Australia and Dusty Rose Lake in Canada are notable examples of lakes that have what color water?

25. The 'Three Sisters' have been three of the main staple crops of many North American native tribes for thousands of years. They are planted together and believed to provide a balanced diet. One of these is corn. With one guess, name either of the other two.