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Canadian Thanksgiving 2019

A short trivia round on Canadian Thanksgiving. A few easy and a few hard questions to stump the family with.

1. What year marked the first annual celebration of Thanksgiving?

1879

2. When in October is Thanksgiving celebrated?

Second Monday

3. Which sports league holds games each Thanksgiving?

Canadian Football League

4. Which holidays do the United States observe on the same day as Thanksgiving?

Columbus Day and American Indigenous People’s Day

5. In which provinces is Thanksgiving not an official statutory holiday?

Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

6. Which former Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers hockey player celebrates his birthday on October 14?

Sylvain Lefebvre

7. What is Thanksgiving better known as in Quebec?

Action de grâce

8. What province often serves Jiggs’ Dinner instead of turkey?

Newfoundland

9. In 2000, Thanksgiving coincided with which safety-related week-long event?

Fire Prevention Week

10. On what day in 1957 did Queen Elizabeth II open the 23rd Canadian Parliament, making it the only parliament formally opened by the Queen of Canada?

October 14

Countries starting with a C!

Another geography round. This time it is countries starting with a C…..C for Christmas!

Here we go with another geography trivia round! All on countries starting with the letter C! 

  1. How many territories does Canada have? – 3
  2. What country starting with a “C” borders Chad to the south? – Central African Republic
  3. What two South American countries are known for producing Pisco, a brandy made by distilling fermented grape juice? – Chile and Peru
  4. Dalmatian dogs are named after a historic region part of which modern-day country? – Croatia
  5. The “Trits” ice cream brand originates in which Central American country? – Costa Rica
  6. Columbia takes its name from what explorer? – Christopher Columbus
  7. The island country of Cabo Verde, or Cape Verde, is part of which continent? – Africa
  8. What country’s women’s football team is known as the “Indomitable Lionesses”? – Cameroon’s
  9. Plzen, the birthplace of the pilsner style beer, is located in which European country? – Czech Republic
  10. According to Greek mythology, Cyprus is the birthplace of what goddess and her lover? – Aphrodite and Adonis

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The Weekend Edition – 10 More Totally Random Trivia Questions

Hello and welcome to another Weekend Edition of 10 totally random trivia questions, where no theme exists at all.

Hello and welcome to another Weekend Edition of 10 totally random trivia questions, where no theme exists at all. Just enjoy the randomness that is the Random Trivia Generator.

  1. What is the birth name of actress Paula Prentiss? – Paula Ragusa
  2. From which state does the US band “The Great Divide” originate? – Oklahoma
  3. What is the name of the album for which Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music? – “DAMN.”
  4. In which football league does the team Rigas FS compete in? – Latvian League
  5. Falcon State is located in which South American country? – Venezuela
  6. In architecture, what is a “Purlin”? – A horizontal structural member
  7. The “Chuuk Lagoon”, considered one of the best World War II wreck dive sites, is part of which island nation? – Micronesia
  8. The “Arenga Micrantha” species of flowering plants is more commonly known as what? – The Tibetan sugar palm
  9. Popular in the Balkans, what type of beverage is the “Rakia”? – Fruit brandy
  10. What month is the Calgary Stampede held in? – July

Have a great weekend!

Canada Day 150 Trivia Quiz

If Canada is 5 times older than Drake, then how much older is the Hudson’s Bay Company? And much more to celebrate Canada’s 150 this week!

Canada has been around for 150 years now and I wonder if this site will ever reach that mature old age. But I do know one thing – some of the trivia questions below will definitely stump you. Enjoy our country’s 150th and this trivia quiz!

Round 1 – The Basics

  1. On what day does Canada celebrate its birthday? – July 1
  2. Which Quebec city does Canada’s capital border? – Gatineau
  3. What is the name of the highway that travels through all ten Canadian provinces? – Trans-Canada Highway, or Route Transcanadienne
  4. What river separates the cities of Detroit and Windsor? – The Detroit River
  5. What are Canada’s two official sports? – Ice hockey and lacrosse
  6. Which city is home to the Blue Jays baseball team? – Toronto
  7. What is Canada’s $1 coin commonly referred to as? – Loonie
  8. What is the name of the robotic arm used on some of NASA’s Space Shuttle flights? – Canadarm
  9. Musician Drake first gained popularity appearing on which teen TV show? – Degrassi: The Next Generation
  10. Which Toronto street was once thought to be the world’s longest street? – Yonge Street

Round 2 – Something More Advanced

  1. What is Canada’s motto? – From Sea to Sea
  2. For what period of time is the Governor General of Canada appointed? – Unfixed
  3. What was the last Province or Territory that joined Canada? – Nunavut
  4. What year did the last Province or Territory join Canada? – 1999
  5. What does the Calgary Stampede bills itself as? – The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth
  6. In which Canadian city would you find the largest mall in North America? – Edmonton
  7. Which region of Canada would you find Canada’s Technology Triangle? – Waterloo Region
  8. In what decade did Toronto surpass Montreal as the most populous city in Canada? – 1970s
  9. What are the names of the “Trailer Park Boys”? – Ricky, Julian and Bubbles
  10. What is Toronto’s Pearson International Airport code? – YYZ

Round 3 – The Hard Stuff

  1. What three provinces requested a single Dominion be formed in 1867, thus beginning to shape modern Canada? – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada
  2. What type of interchange, that is widely used in North America and in some parts of Europe, did the Ontario Ministry of Transportation invent? – Partial cloverleaf interchange, or Parclo
  3. Which event was Canada’s anthem, “O Canada”, originally commissioned for? – The 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony
  4. What year were the Juno Awards first awarded? 1970
  5. What distiller and entrepreneur founded the town of Walkerville, which is now a heritage neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario? – Hiram Walker
  6. Which large Canadian city is named after a fruit-bearing shrub native to western Canada, Alaska and northern United States? – Saskatoon
  7. What year was Hudson’s Bay Company founded? – 1670
  8. Which city became the first capital of the Province of Canada in 1841? – Kingston, Ontario
  9. Which popular musician did artist Feist, share a Queen West apartment with in the late 1990s? – Peaches
  10. What island is the most populous in Canada? – Island of Montreal

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