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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. What 2010 action-comedy film based on a graphic novel series starred Michael Cera and was both set and filmed in Toronto? The film was considered a massive failure at the box office, recouping less than half of the production budget. The film includes a first and last name in its title.

2. In March 2021, what Canadian actor and star of 'Juno' and 'Inception' became the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time magazine?

3. Known as a 'transport' in Canada, an 'articulated lorry' in the UK, and a 'single' in Australia, what number is often included in the name of this vehicle when it is described in the United States?

4. Canada's 'Big Five' banks are all based in Toronto. They are Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and what fifth bank?

5. As of 2018, there are 338 seats in the lower house of Canada's national government which is officially known by what three-word phrase?

6. The Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica operates under what 'Hollywood'-esque name in much of Latin America, including Argentina, Mexico, and Costa Rica?

7. What is the Canadian-influenced name of the infamous and controversial unscripted professional wrestling incident in 1997in which owners and employees manipulated the pre-determined outcome of a match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels?

8. Alaska is typically considered the seventh-largest country subdivision in the world by area. Two of the larger subdivisions are found in Russia and two in Australia. Name either of the other countries with a subdivision larger than Alaska.

9. In 2025, Cadillac Fairview plans to finish construction on a downtown neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, known as ______ Windsor. Fill in the one word blank, a four-letter shorthand for a four-sided figure.

10. Formed in Calgary in 1979, what rock band is responsible for such hit songs as 'Workin' for the Weekend' and 'Turn Me Loose?'

11. 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'?

12. In a specific genus of large cats, one of the four species is the Canadian variety, and the animal's name references a Latin word for light because of the creature's bright, luminescent eyes. What is this wild cat that feeds almost exclusively on snowshoe hares?

13. Established in 1663, and located in the province of Quebec, what is the oldest post-secondary institution (i.e. college) in Canada?

14. What ecoregion of Brazil is considered to be the biologically richest savanna in the world, and has seen a recent agricultural boom resulting in it being responsible for 70 percent of Brazil's beef production and major grain production (especially soybeans)?

15. In 2015, Donald Trump announced a personal boycott of what cookie because its manufacturer was closing its factory in Chicago and moving to Mexico?

16. Gaining a love for music in the Little Burgundy community of Montréal, Oscar Peterson became a jazz legend known primarily for tickling what instrument?

17. Called 'the greatest outdoor show on Earth' by its promoters, what is the name of the huge annual rodeo held for ten days every July in Alberta's most populous city?

18. One of the most commonly-spoken languages in Canada outside of the nation's two mother tongues (English and French), Filipino is the officially standardized form of what 7-letter Austonesian language?

19. Montana shares a northern border with 3 Canadian provinces. Name 2 of the 3.

20. Let's go Wildcats! Along with the Eurasian, Canadian, and Iberian species, bobcats are a part of what genus of felines known for the luminescence of their reflective eyes?

21. 'The Great One' Wayne Gretzky spent most of his NHL career playing for what Canadian-based team for nine years from 1979 to 1988?

22. What biome is also known as the boreal forest or snow forest? The biome is identifiable through its coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. Although sparsely populated compared to other biomes, it is the world's largest apart from the oceans. In North America it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska.

23. Measuring 12 acres in area in front of Toronto City Hall, Canada's largest city square is named for what politician who served as the city's major from 1955 to 1962?

24. Only one part of the former New France remains legally part of France. This small archipelago named Saint Pierre is home to ~6,000 citizens and is located off the coast of what Canadian province?

25. The Nisga'a are a group of Indigenous people of Canada that reside in which of the nation's provinces? Traditionally. the Nisga'a had a cuisine driven by harvesting 'beach food' year round, including razor clams, mussels, oysters, limpets, scallops, abalone, fish, and seaweed.