POLITICS
1. Which province or territory was the first to pass legislation giving women the right to vote?
2. Who is the only former Canadian prime minister to be the subject of a criminal investigation by the RCMP?
3. Who was the second prime minister of Canada?
4. Approximately how many billions of dollars does the federal government distribute annually to the eight provinces that currently qualify for transfer payments?
5. Which prime minister introduced the "temporary" income tax?
6. What was the source of the 1925 staredown between Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and Governor General Lord Byng?
7. Who said: "I think this is such a blatant misuse of public funds that it is shocking. I am actually appalled by what weÕve found." Was it:
a) Alliance leader Stockwell Day regarding Human Resources Minister Jane StewartÕs failure to track employment program grants worth $1 billion.
b) Auditor General Sheila Fraser regarding the federal sponsorship scandal.
c) Donald Smith regarding the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, known as the Pacific Scandal.
8. When do federal Supreme Court judges have to retire?
9. What year did British Columbia join Confederation?
10. Until 1982, when the Constitution Act was created, what act set out the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments?
OLYMPICS
11: Who won the first Olympic Medal for Canada?
12: At which Games did Canada have its best performance?
13: Which Canadian sprinter set an Olympic record in 1996?
14: Who is the first Canadian to win a medal in wrestling?
15: Which Canadian won the only cross-country ski medal awarded to a North American female?
16: How many Games has Canada menÕs hockey team competed at?
17: When did womenÕs hockey first enter the Winter Games?
18: Which Canadian Paralympian broke three world records at the 2004 Athens Summer Games?
19: At which Games did Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt win his gold medal in artistic floor exercises?
20: Who was the first Canadian male to win a diving Olympic medal?
POP CULTURE
21. Which former MuchMusic host was given his own hour-long news show on CBC NewsWorld this past December, described by the network as "an irreverent, 'round-the-world, mile-a-minute look at news and current affairs that's actually fun to watch"?
22. Which popular stage performers and computer shills inspired opening night protests in Toronto for using non-unionized musicians in their shows?
23. Which esteemed Canadian sports journalist, who passed away this past June, authored a memoir of his relationship with his famous rock ÕnÕ roll son called "Neil and Me"?
24. Which Canadian supermodel has a $2,100 alligator ballerina flat by haute couture shoe designer Manolo Blahnik named for her?
25. What short film about the life and times of a world-renowned 1970s National Film Board animator took home an Oscar statuette at the 2005 Academy Awards?
26. Which of the following bands/artists are not in the lineup for the Canadian Live 8 concert this Saturday, July 2 in Barrie, Ontario: Motley Crue, ZZ Top, Gordon Lightfoot, or Deep Purple?
27. Which 23-year-old Toronto woman was recently crowned Miss Universe 2005?
28. Canadian filmmaker Mike Dowse, director of the headbanger mockumentary FUBAR, recently released a Brit-slang-titled film lampooning the Ibiza DJ culture and its fabricated celebrity spinners. What is the film called?
29. Which pop-tart/former Mouseketeer revealed a lack of geographical savvy beyond her home state of Louisiana when she said of touring: "I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
30. Which Vancouver-based activist publication recently launched its own "blackspot" brand of sneaker as an alternative to industry giant Nike?
SPORTS
31. In 2005 VictoriaÕs own Steve Nash stunned the NBA by winning the league MVP title for helping to turn the Phoenix Suns into the best team in basketball during the regular season with 62 wins Ð only the second team in league history to win more than 60 games. Who did Nash beat to win the title?
32. What Vancouver Canucks player raced in the Test of Metal this year, taking a short break from ongoing negotiations with the NHL owners as the president of the NHL PlayerÕs Association?
33. Whistler hosted the FIS Snowboard World Championships in January, and the Canadian riders rose to the occasion by winning five medals. Who won and in what events?
34. With the NHL players locked out this season without a contract, Canadians turned to junior hockey to satisfy their hockey needs with higher turnouts across the country. What team won the 2005 Memorial Cup?
35. With the Olympics on the horizon, the Canadian Olympic Committee has committed to win 35 medals at home in 2010 aided by $110 million in funding for athletes, winter sports and sport sciences. What is the name of the COCÕs program?
36. What Quebec mountain biker handed NorwayÕs Gunn-Rita Dahle her first two losses in the past three years in the last few two weeks?
37. CanadaÕs national sport is lacrosse, not hockey, and has its roots in First Nations culture. Still, Canada has only really embraced the sport recently with a massive expansion of the professional league. What Canadian team has won five of the last six ChampionÕs Cup titles?
38. What team will be formally inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame this November, more than 30 years after they made history?
39. Whistler is hosting the Telus Skins Game next week, July 4-5. Who are the four players taking part, and which one is the Canadian?
40. The Canadian Football League has a lot of differences with the NFL, including a larger field, goal posts on the goaline, one fewer down and one more player on the field. What does it mean when a team scores a ÔrougeÕ?
HISTORY
41. An explorer in the 1500s realized that the Iroquois were using the word "kanata" to describe "town" or a "cluster of dwellings." It is widely believed that this is why "Canada" was chosen as the name for a new country during Confederation in 1867. What was the name of that explorer?
42. Canada turns 138 years old on July 1. How many provinces were part of Confederation and what provinces were they?
43. What was the last province to join Confederation and in what year?
44. The national flag of Canada was inaugurated at an official ceremony on Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965. Who was the Prime Minister who delivered our flag, in part to promote national unity?
45. And we thought the Pique was old celebrating 10 years last year! But in fact the Pique has nothing on CanadaÕs oldest newspaper which began publication in 1752, more than 250 years ago! What is the name of that paper?
46. Charles Tupper holds the dubious distinction as the shortest-serving prime minister. He was in office from May 1 1896 to July 11 1896 serving a grand total of two months and 10 days. He beat out John Turner by a week. But Tupper and Turner served as PM only after their predecessors resigned. Who was the shortest-serving Prime Minister who was actually elected to the post?
47. Canadian medical officer John McCrae served in both the Boer War and World War 1. He is not remembered so much for his feats on the battlefield as for this other major contribution to his country. What did John McCrae do?
48. In 1923 Frederick Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. He was the first Canadian to receive the award. What did he get the award for and who did he share his half of the money with?
49. Thirty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in a gale. All 29 crewmembers on the ship died and at the time it was the worst shipping disaster on the Great Lakes in 11 years. Which Canadian singer/songwriter made the disaster famous in his song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?"
50. Who did Canada vote as the "Greatest Canadian" in the CBCÕs November poll? What did this Canadian do to make him the greatest?
