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Question	Answer	% Correct
What event did Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010 host?	Winter Olympics	80%
What was the main trading good of the above during the colonial times?	Fur	75%
What was the capital of Canada before Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the permanent capital of the Province of Canada in 1857?	Quebec City	72%
During which war did the American troops invade Lower and Upper provinces of Canada?	War of 1812	72%
In 1949, which British dominion joined Canada?	Newfoundland	67%
What territory became the newest of Canada in 1999?	Nunavut	64%
What is the name of the oldest national park of Canada, established in 1885?	Banff	62%
Who was the first ever European to set foot on Canada?	Leif Erikson	61%
In what city did the 1917 maritime disaster occur - largest man-made explosion at the time?	Halifax	60%
What private company once owned 1/3rd of Canada's land?	Hudson's Bay	55%
After what war did the French cede most of its territories in Canada to the United Kingdom?	Seven Years' War	52%
What was the colony the above established around the year 1000 in Newfoundland?	Vinland	50%
The citizens of which former French colony were relocated to Louisiana in 1750s?	Acadia	48%
Who served as its first prime minister from 1867-1891 with little break in between?	John A. Macdonald	48%
Which Yukon region near the Alaskan border was site of the 1890s gold rush?	Klondike	48%
What Class I railway was incorporated in 1881 - connecting east Canada to west Canada?	Canadian {Pacific} Railway	44%
Which Breton explorer was the first European to travel inland in North America and claimed what is now Canada for France?	Jacques Cartier	40%
What country kicked out the ambassador of Canada after the Canadian government called for the release of two dissidents in 2018?	Saudi Arabia	23%
What was the first incorporated city in Canada?	Saint John	22%
What name is given to the period when Quebec underwent intense socio-political and socio-cultural changes in the 1960s?	{Quiet} Revolution	20%