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Canada Trivia History and Geography

Canada (Nerdy Round)

One

Canada didn’t get its own flag until what year?
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1965
(98 years after the founding of the nation).

Two

On September 11, 2001, 33,000 passengers made what small Canadian town their home for a few days?
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Gander. The town had less than 10,000 residents at the time and played host to over three times as many people when US airspace was shut down.

Three

Canadian motto, “A Mari Usque ad Mare” means what, in English?
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From sea to sea

Four

Canada first hosted the Olympics in what year?
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1976.
Montreal hosted the Winter Games after Denver passed on them.

Five

In 1642, a group of religious mystics followed a vision to form what would later become what city?
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Montreal

Six

Which territory’s name translates into “Our Land?”
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Nunavut. It’s the newest and largest Canadian territory in Canada, created in 1999.

Seven

Commissioned by Henry VII, what Italian explorer would sail to the New World and “discover” Canada in 1497?
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John Cabot or Giovanni Caboto

Eight

Bernic Lake, Manitoba is home to the largest deposit of what rare element?
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Cesium

Nine

Founded in 1605, what city is the only walled city in Canada?
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Quebec City

Ten

The opening of what was delayed by a year due to a sonic boom?
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The Ottawa International Airport

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