Two blog posts in one day?! Well, it’s a special day.
Just in case you thought I had forgotten about (aboot?) Canada Day… here’s a little something for my fellow Canucks.
The following quiz was written by Jack Knox (who is known for his terrific sense of humour) of the Victoria Times Colonist. It’s possibly the easiest and funniest quiz I have ever taken. Images added by yours truly.
• The name Canada Day was adopted in 1982. Prior to that the July 1 holiday was celebrated as:
A) Dominion Day
B) St. Jean Baptiste Day
C) McHappy Day
D) Christmas in July for the Bellingham outlet stores
• B.C. joined Confederation in:
A) 1867
B) 1871
C) 1492 (1671 after HST)
D) a fit of madness
• Which is highest?
A) Mount Robson
B) Mount Logan
C) The CN Tower
D) Rob Ford
• A Montreal-area mayor pictured with his hand on a Bible is:
A) taking the oath of office
B) taking the Bible
C) risking eternal damnation
D) pleading not guilty
• Canada’s best-known scientist was:
A) Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone
B) Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin
C) William Osler, the father of modern medicine
D) burned at the stake as a witch by Stephen Harper
• Match the quote with the prime minister: Jean Chrétien, Pierre Trudeau, Lester Pearson, William Lyon Mackenzie King
A) “We hate the GST and we will kill it.”
B) “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.”
C) “The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.”
D) “Hakuna matata.” Oops, my mistake. That’s William Mackenzie Lion King.
• B.C. was discovered by:
A) Capt. James Cook aboard the Endeavour
B) Capt. James Kirk aboard the Enterprise
C) Wanda Fuca, the first woman to command a Spanish galleon
D) The people who met the Europeans when they got here
• Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton are:
A) CFL teams
B) warships based at CFB Esquimalt
C) cities in Eastern Canada (everything beyond Saltspring is Eastern Canada)
D) jealous of Victoria
• Canada’s motto “A Mari usque ad Mare” means:
A) From sea to sea
B) A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse
C) Roll up the rim to win
D) GST not included
• Canada’s most valuable export is:
A) Alberta bitumen
B) B.C. Bud
C) Céline Dion
D) Justin Bieber
• We wish to apologize for:
A) Alberta bitumen
B) B.C. Bud
C) Céline Dion
D) Justin Bieber
• Explorer Alexander Mackenzie famously completed his transcontinental journey to the West Coast by what message on a rock at Bella Coola:
A) “Alexander Mackenzie/ from Canada/ by land/ 22d July 1793”
B) “Must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.”
C) “What do you mean there’s a two-sailing wait?”
D) “We’ll put the pipeline right here.”
• Here’s what others say about us. Discuss.
A) Jane Fonda: “When I’m in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like.”
B) Explorer Jacques Cartier: “I am rather inclined to believe this is the land God gave to Cain.”
C) Russian gangster recorded while phoning home from prison: “You must come to Canada. This is a wonderful place. I’m in jail and eat meat three times a day.”
D) TV’s Jon Stewart: “I’ve been to Canada, and I’ve always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.”
• Here’s what we say about ourselves:
A) Comedian John Wing: “A Canadian is merely an unarmed American with health care.”
B) Author Douglas Coupland: “There are few, if any, Canadian men who have never spelled their name in a snow bank.”
C) Former Victoria Times publisher Stuart Keate: “In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations; it’s cold, half-French and difficult to stir.”
D) Retiring astronaut Chris Hadfield, on Twitter last week: “After 26 years serving in other places around the world, tonight I am back on Canadian soil, to stay. It feels so very good to be home.”
