Journal trivia columnist Tom St. Amand has prepared a special Canuck-centric edition just for Canada Day. Enjoy.
- Besides Ontario and Quebec, what was one of the other two provinces to join Confederation on July 1, 1867?
- Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented what mode of transportation?
- What blonde bombshell, star of “Baywatch” and the movies “Barb Wire” and “Naked Souls” was born in B.C. on July 1, 1967?
- How many time zones does Canada have?
a) five b) six c) seven d) eight
- In terms of land size, what is Canada’s largest province?
- Which Canadian artist has sold the greatest number of physical and digital records?
a) Celine Dion b) Avril Lavigne c) Shania Twain
- One of Canada’s most infamous families lived near Lucan, Ontario and died there in the 1880s. Who?
- What was Terry Fox’s run across Canada in 1980 better known as?
- Statistics show more Canadians like to drink a) coffee or b) tea?
- Sarnia’s Alexander Mackenzie, Canada’s second prime minister, in keeping with his working class origins, refused what three times?
– Tom St. Amand (column #248)
ANSWERS: 1 – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; 2 – Snowmobile/Ski-Doo; 3 –Pamela Anderson; 4 – six; 5 – Quebec; 6 – Celine Dion; 7 – Donnellys (Black Donnellys); 8 – Marathon of Hope; 9 – Coffee; 10 – Knighthood.
