Statistics for Multiple Choice - Canadian History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Mineral sought after during the 1890s in the Yukon	Gold	85%
Ethnicity which constructed a large part of the Trans Canadian railway in the 19th century	Chinese	80%
First European power to colonise Canada	France	75%
First Prime Minister of Canada	John A. Macdonald	74%
19th century war opposing the United States to Canada (British possession at the time)	War of 1812	71%
The first and only woman to be canadian prime minister	Kim Campbell	65%
City formerly called ''York''	Toronto	63%
Founder of the Quebec Patriot Party	Louis-Joseph Papineau	61%
Act which granted huge plots of land to the Province of Quebec	Quebec Act	53%
Scandal which made the above resign	Pacific scandal	52%
Act which granted Canada full independance	Statute of Westminster	52%
British general who defeated the French in the Seven Years' War	James Wolfe	51%
Years in which Quebec referendums were held	1980 & 1995	41%
Last governor of New France	Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal	36%
Governor who placed the last spike on the Trans Canadian railway	Lord Strathcona	35%