Do Canadians believe me I'm very knowledgeable about all things Canada?

by **breasal** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:05 am

I want to check with you guys to confirm I'm very Canada smart. On my iphone there is an app sponsored by Immigration Canada and it is called How Canadian are you? It's 20 questions.

I will show you I know all the answers

1) Which structure, made by the Inuit, was traditionally used to indicate directions for travellers, warn of danger, mark a place of respect, or act as a helper in hunting caribou?
* I know the answer is Inukshuk

2) Jacques Cartier was the first European to explore what great Canadian River?
* I know the answer is St. Lawrence River

3) There are seven steps in how a bill becomes law. In the House of Commons, what occurs during the third reading of the bill?
* I know the answer is members debate and vote on the bill.

4) How many provinces in Canada?
I know the answer is 10

5) Where are the highest tides in the world?
I KNOW they are in the Northeast and hence it's the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick!

6) Which Metis leader, who was the founder of the province of Manitoba, is celebrated on the third Monday of February in Manitoba?
I know the answer is DUH ..... LOUIS RIEL!!!!

7) In Canada, which temperature scale is used to measure temperature?
* I know the answer is Celsius!!!!

8) What is the highest court in Canada?
I know it's the Supreme Court, same as U.S.

9) The Canadian Constitution officially recognizes the three main categories of Aboriginal peoples as:
I KNOW Inuit, Indian, Metis (that's just how it was written).

10) Who wrote the novel Anne of Green Gables in 1908?
I KNOW it is Lucy Maud Montgomery, I read it in school!

11) Maple leaves were used to decorate streets and platforms when the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, visited Canada in :
1860, 1850, 1840, or 1910?
It has to be 1910 because Canada was not a country until 1867.

12) What is the largest city in Canada?
I know, Toronto!

13) Newfoundland was the last province to join Confederation in 1949. What year did the province's name officially change to include Labrador?
*I know, 2001.

14) Dr. Emily Stowe was the first Canadian woman to practise medicine in Canada. Thanks to her efforts, women received the right to vote in 1916 in which province?
I KNOW IT WAS MANITOBA!!!!

15) How many territories does Canada have in total?
* I know it is 3!!!

16) Which national project to connect Canadians across the country began in 1871 and was completed six years ahead of schedule in 1885?
* I know it is the Canadian Pacific Railway!!! The same one that goes from Banff to Vancouver and the tourists LOVE the scenery as you go over the Divide and then go into Kamloops and it is lovely.

17) Canada has two official languages, English and
I KNOW FRENCH, duh

18) How many oceans does Canada border?
I know 3: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic (though most of the part that does border the arctic is along the beautfort Sea.... still that's technically arctic....

19) On July 5, 1916, the assembly of the No. 2 Construction Battalion was approved. Why was this battalion different from the rest of the military's battalions?
This surprises many Americans but I know it was Canada's first, and only, all-black battalion.

20) On April 1, 1999, what became Canada's newest territory?
* I know, obviously Nunavut!

Darn I only got 1 WRONG
11) Maple leaves were used to decorate streets and platforms when the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, visited Canada in :
1860, 1850, 1840, or 1910?
It has to be 1910 because Canada was not a country until 1867.
For some reason it is 1860..... the question confused me because I though Canada was not Canada until 1867.....
Did Canadians know this happened in 1860?

Other than that, I would have gotten a perfect....showing I'm VERY Canadian!!!

by **rheged** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:09 am

Your so incredibly annoying, it's unbelievable.

by **fitche** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:16 am

5 is arguable.

The Bay of Fundy has long claimed the highest tides, but it turns out there is a place in Nunavut that has an equal, if not better claim. Can't remember the name of the spot though!

by **byron92** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:19 am

No it just shows you are good atlooking things up on the internet.

by **felabeorbt** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:37 am

I think most Canadians, if asked, would just think you are nuts.

by **fionnbharr** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:46 am

Since King Edward died in 1910, you can pretty well rule that year out. Canada was still known as Canada before Confederation, it just ceased to (well, sort of) be a colony of Great Britain in 1867.

by **marlan43** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:55 am

I'm quite baffled at the fact that you find these questions pretty simple. Yet, you have asked other MUCH EASIER questions about Canada regarding whether or not our health-care covers auto accident injuries and if we are helping in the tsunami with Japan.......However, you find these history questions "pretty simple."

I think you obviously looked them up. Being "very Canadian" from answering trivia on your iPhone doesn't make you more Canadian than standing in a garage makes you a car...
You're American. Face it.

by **emmanuil54** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:07 am

The maple leaf became the symbol of Canada - but that didn't happen for a long time after the future King Edward Vll arrived. When HRH arrived in Canada, the maple leaves had turned red - they were brilliant, they were beautiful - and they were free. So they were used to decorate the platform. (Canadians have long been noted for being frugal.....)
Good for you for knowing the rest of the answer!

by **vemados** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:13 am

The maple leaf became the symbol of Canada - but that didn't happen for a long time after the future King Edward Vll arrived. When HRH arrived in Canada, the maple leaves had turned red - they were brilliant, they were beautiful - and they were free. So they were used to decorate the platform. (Canadians have long been noted for being frugal.....)
Good for you for knowing the rest of the answer!

Eric, I believe that you have a wild imagination and a enormous capacity for patiently researching statistics and detailed information on any subject.
And to answer your question, for an American, yes, you are very 'Canada smart'.

by **nicolas** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:18 am

be wary of apps that have info on countries. i once had an app that said it is illegal in canada to climb a tree, and that when a prisoner is released he is required to be given a horse and a gun. there were many more that i cannot remember what they said but they were all not true. all the ones about canada were made up except for one.

but the thing is, opinion on what good knowledge of canada varies. some may say it is history and facts like you have answered. but in my opinion and many others: good knowledge of canada is knowing about the culture and lifestyle and the people and how they live, etc. a lot of canadians carry this opinion because we get asked those kind of questions thousands or maybe millions of times by americans that have no clue that our country is barely different from theirs in those terms. many american's act like canadians are a foreign and mysterious culture and there are many stigmas. so many canadians would not consider those things you listed good knowledge of canada because there is so much focus from americans on social stigmas that most canadians are fed up with (dont get me wrong. i am not generalizing that all americans are like that. just a lot)

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