0% 0 votes, 0 avg AN-Personnalites Canadienne 1 / 78 1 points 1. Who was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry? A) A French-Canadian officer in the War of 1812 B) A Governor General C) A radio inventor D) A western explorer Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 2 / 78 1 points 2. Who was Sir Isaac Brock? A) A British commander in the War of 1812 B) A Father of Confederation C) A Prime Minister D) A Canadian inventor Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 3 / 78 1 points 3. Who was Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)? A) A loyalist Mohawk leader B) A Prime Minister C) A French explorer D) A Canadian film director Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 4 / 78 1 points 4. Who was Robert Baldwin? A) A reformer linked to responsible government B) A military leader C) A radio inventor D) A Canadian painter Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 5 / 78 1 points 5. Who was Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)? A) A Mohawk poet and performer B) A Quebec suffragist C) A Governor General D) A scientist Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 6 / 78 1 points 6. Who was Viola Desmond? A) A civil rights figure in Nova Scotia B) A Canadian astronaut C) A Prime Minister D) A Canadian inventor Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 7 / 78 1 points 7. Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary? A) An abolitionist activist and publisher B) A West Coast painter C) A Governor General D) A writer from P.E.I. Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 8 / 78 1 points 8. Who was the Marquis de Montcalm? A) A French commander at the Plains of Abraham B) A Governor General C) A radio inventor D) A northern explorer Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 9 / 78 1 points 9. Who was General James Wolfe? A) A British commander at the Plains of Abraham B) A Métis leader C) A French explorer D) A Prime Minister Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 10 / 78 1 points 10. Who was Tecumseh? A) An Indigenous leader allied with the British in the War of 1812 B) A Canadian Prime Minister C) A Governor General D) A Canadian inventor Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 11 / 78 1 points 11. Who was Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville? A) An officer and explorer in New France B) A Prime Minister of Canada C) A Canadian film director D) A Group of Seven painter Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 12 / 78 1 points 12. Who was Jean Talon? A) A Governor General B) An Intendant of New France C) An Arctic explorer D) A Prime Minister Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 13 / 78 1 points 13. Who was Samuel de Champlain? A) A Father of Confederation B) An explorer and founder of Quebec City C) A Prime Minister of Canada D) The inventor of time zones Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 14 / 78 1 points 14. Who was Emily Carr? A) A writer from P.E.I. B) A Canadian artist known for West Coast paintings C) A Quebec suffragist D) A Governor General Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 15 / 78 1 points 15. Who was Nellie McClung? A) A campaigner for women’s rights and social reform B) A Nobel-winning scientist C) A Canadian film director D) A military leader Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 16 / 78 1 points 16. Who was Agnes Macphail? A) A Governor General B) The first woman elected to Canada’s House of Commons C) A Canadian inventor D) An Olympic athlete Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 17 / 78 1 points 17. Who was Dr. Charles Best? A) A French explorer B) A co-discoverer of insulin C) A Prime Minister of Canada D) A Canadian painter Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 18 / 78 1 points 18. Who was Dr. Frederick Banting? A) The inventor of the BlackBerry B) A scientist linked to the discovery of insulin C) A Canadian film director D) A Governor General Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 19 / 78 1 points 19. What was Terry Fox’s main goal? A) To raise money for cancer research B) To host the Olympic Games in Canada C) To found a new political party D) To find a sea route to Asia Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 20 / 78 1 points 20. Who was Lester B. Pearson? A) A Group of Seven painter B) A Prime Minister and diplomat linked to peacekeeping C) A radio inventor D) A Métis leader Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 21 / 78 1 points 21. Who was Sir Wilfrid Laurier? A) A First World War general B) An Arctic explorer C) A Prime Minister of Canada D) A Supreme Court judge Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 22 / 78 1 points 22. Who brought Quebec into Confederation and helped negotiate the entry of other territories? A) Gabriel Dumont B) François Cartier C) Jacques Cartier D) Sir George-Étienne Cartier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 23 / 78 1 points 23. On which banknote does Sir Wilfrid Laurier appear? A) $20 bill B) $5 bill C) $10 bill D) $50 bill Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 24 / 78 1 points 24. Who invented the world time zone system? A) Sir Sandford Fleming B) Reginald Fessenden C) Alexander Graham Bell D) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 25 / 78 1 points 25. Insulin was discovered by A) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best B) John Cabot and John Hopps C) Charles Best and Reginald Fessenden D) Emily Carr and Mathew Evans Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 26 / 78 1 points 26. Major-General Sam Steele was A) A Prime Minister B) A railway lawyer C) The inventor of the BlackBerry D) A member of the Mounted Police Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 27 / 78 1 points 27. Whose portrait is on the $5 bill? A) Terry Fox B) Sir Wilfrid Laurier C) Sir John A. Macdonald D) Sir George-Étienne Cartier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 28 / 78 1 points 28. Which Canadian won a Nobel Prize and was a refugee from Nazi Germany? A) Rick Hansen B) Gerhard Herzberg C) Bertram Brockhouse D) Sidney Altman Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 29 / 78 1 points 29. Which Prime Minister was born in Glasgow (1815) and immigrated to Upper Canada in 1820? A) Alexander Mackenzie B) Sir John A. Macdonald C) Sir Charles Tupper D) Sir Wilfrid Laurier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 30 / 78 1 points 30. Who first mapped Canada’s Atlantic coast? A) John Cabot B) The Vikings C) King Francis I D) Jacques Cartier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 31 / 78 1 points 31. Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine? A) A defender of Indigenous rights B) Canada’s first head of state C) The first francophone Prime Minister D) A defender of democracy and the French language, and the first leader of responsible government for the two Canadas Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 32 / 78 1 points 32. Who played an important role in building the CPR? A) Chinese railway workers B) African-American slaves C) American railway engineers D) Acadian railway workers Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 33 / 78 1 points 33. Wayne Gretzky A) Wrote 'In Flanders Fields' B) Led the Fort Garry seizure in 1869 C) Is a hockey player D) Became Canada’s greatest soldier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 34 / 78 1 points 34. Who is John Buchan? A) An Acadian settler B) A fur trader C) Governor General of Canada (1935–1940) D) The current Governor General Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 35 / 78 1 points 35. Who led thousands of loyalist Mohawks to Canada? A) Samuel de Champlain B) Sieur d’Iberville C) Sir Guy Carleton D) Joseph Brant Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 36 / 78 1 points 36. Who was the first leader of responsible government in Canada in 1849? A) Louis Riel B) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine C) Sir John A. Macdonald D) Robert Baldwin Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 37 / 78 1 points 37. Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey? A) An Olympian descended from Black Loyalists B) A leader in the anti-slavery network C) A pioneer settler D) A leader in the suffrage movement Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 38 / 78 1 points 38. The men who formed Canada are known as A) The Fathers of Canada B) The Grandfathers of Canada C) The Canadian Fathers D) The Fathers of Confederation Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 39 / 78 1 points 39. Who gave their name to Lake Louise and the province of Alberta? A) Queen Victoria’s second daughter B) Elizabeth I’s fourth daughter C) Queen Victoria’s third daughter D) Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 40 / 78 1 points 40. Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690? A) Bishop Laval B) Pierre de Monts C) Jacques Cartier D) Count Frontenac Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 41 / 78 1 points 41. Who was Terry Fox? A) A hero who launched a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research B) A wheelchair runner who travelled around the world C) A 1996 Olympic gold medallist D) A Paralympic basketball athlete Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 42 / 78 1 points 42. Name the reformer who later became a 'Father of Confederation'. A) James Naismith B) Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché C) Terry Fox D) Joseph Brant Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 43 / 78 1 points 43. Who was the first Governor General of Asian origin? A) Michaëlle Jean B) Lord Stanley C) Adrienne Clarkson D) Lord Grey Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 44 / 78 1 points 44. Who helped develop radio and sent the first wireless voice message? A) Mathew Evans B) Reginald Fessenden C) Mike Lazaridis D) Alexander Graham Bell Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 45 / 78 1 points 45. Who suggested the name 'Dominion of Canada' in 1864? A) Sir John A. Macdonald B) Sir Leonard Tilley C) Lord Elgin D) Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 46 / 78 1 points 46. What is the name of the Governor General? A) Elizabeth May B) Dalton McGuinty C) David Johnston D) Mary Simon Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 47 / 78 1 points 47. Who wrote 'Anne of Green Gables' (P.E.I.)? A) Emily Stowe B) Mary Ann Shadd Cary C) Lucy Maud Montgomery D) Emily Carr Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 48 / 78 1 points 48. Marshall McLuhan and Harold Innis A) Discovered insulin B) Invented the light bulb C) Were pioneering thinkers D) Invented the BlackBerry Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 49 / 78 1 points 49. Who is Filip Konowal? A) A recipient of the Order of Canada B) A hockey player C) A Victoria Cross recipient D) A lacrosse player Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 50 / 78 1 points 50. Phil Edwards was A) An Edmonton Oilers player (1979–1988) B) An athlete who lost his leg to cancer at 18 C) An Olympic swimming record holder D) A Canadian track and field champion Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 51 / 78 1 points 51. Who invented basketball? A) Canadians B) Americans C) French D) Germans Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 52 / 78 1 points 52. Who led an armed uprising and seized Fort Garry? A) Louis Riel B) Sir George-Étienne Cartier C) John A. Macdonald D) Sam Steele Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 53 / 78 1 points 53. Who was John Graves Simcoe? A) Founder of Kingston B) Founder of Calgary C) Founder of the Town of York (now Toronto) D) Founder of Victoria Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 54 / 78 1 points 54. Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona) A) Was an important director linked to the CPR B) Was the first French-Canadian Prime Minister C) Became Canada’s greatest soldier D) Led the Fort Garry seizure in 1869 Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 55 / 78 1 points 55. Who went around the world in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research? A) Reginald Fessenden B) Terry Fox C) Gerhard Herzberg D) Rick Hansen Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 56 / 78 1 points 56. Who invented the snowmobile? A) Alexander Graham Bell B) Louis Riel C) Emily Carr D) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 57 / 78 1 points 57. Thérèse Casgrain A) Was Canada’s first editor B) Became a Paralympic wheelchair racing champion C) Founded the Automatiste art group D) Was a Quebec suffragist Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 58 / 78 1 points 58. Denys Arcand, Norman Jewison, and Atom Egoyan are A) Astronauts B) Film directors C) Inventors D) Painters Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 59 / 78 1 points 59. Who first mapped Canada’s East Coast? A) Jean Talon B) Jacques Cartier C) John Cabot D) Count Frontenac Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 60 / 78 1 points 60. Who proclaimed the 1982 constitutional change? A) Sir Arthur Currie B) Queen Elizabeth II C) Queen Elizabeth I D) Sir Robert Borden Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 61 / 78 1 points 61. Who recommended merging Upper and Lower Canada and establishing responsible government? A) Sir Leonard Tilley B) Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine C) Sir George-Étienne Cartier D) Lord Durham Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 62 / 78 1 points 62. Who was the first Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross? A) Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn B) Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray C) Corporal Filip Konowal D) Able Seaman William Hall Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 63 / 78 1 points 63. Who is considered the Father of Manitoba? A) Louis Riel B) John A. Macdonald C) Sam Steele D) Alfred Boyd Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 64 / 78 1 points 64. Who was the first Black person to receive the Victoria Cross? A) Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray B) Corporal Filip Konowal C) Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn D) Able Seaman William Hall Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 65 / 78 1 points 65. Who invented the first electric light bulb and later sold the patent to Thomas Edison? A) Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward B) Sir Sandford Fleming C) Reginald Fessenden D) Alexander Graham Bell Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 66 / 78 1 points 66. Whose portrait is on the $10 bill? A) Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn B) Sir John A. Macdonald C) Sir Frederick Banting D) John Cabot Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 67 / 78 1 points 67. Who was General Sir Arthur Currie? A) Canada’s greatest soldier of the First World War B) A 19th-century Métis military leader C) A colonization hero D) An explorer of Western Canada Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 68 / 78 1 points 68. Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier? A) The first leader of responsible government B) Canada’s first Prime Minister C) A Montreal lawyer and railway promoter D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 69 / 78 1 points 69. Who was Sir Sam Steele? A) The founder of Manitoba B) A colonization hero, mounted police officer, and soldier of the Queen C) A 19th-century Métis military leader D) Canada’s first Prime Minister Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 70 / 78 1 points 70. Who created the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP)? A) Robert Baldwin B) Sir John A. Macdonald C) Joseph Howe D) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 71 / 78 1 points 71. New Brunswick was founded by A) The Métis B) First Nations C) The Fathers of Confederation D) United Empire Loyalists Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 72 / 78 1 points 72. The pacemaker was invented by A) Mike Lazaridis B) Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward C) Dr John A. Hopps D) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 73 / 78 1 points 73. Mount Logan was named in honour of A) A northern Indigenous leader B) An Olympic athlete C) A Father of Confederation D) A renowned geologist and scientist Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 74 / 78 1 points 74. Who was Laura Secord? A) A leader in the suffrage movement B) A spy for the United States in 1812 C) A leader in the anti-slavery movement D) A heroine of the War of 1812 Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 75 / 78 1 points 75. Jean-Paul Riopelle was A) A language-rights champion B) A CPR railway executive C) A Group of Seven painter D) An Automatiste artist Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 76 / 78 1 points 76. What is the name of Canada’s Prime Minister and his party? A) Christie Clark (Liberal Party) B) Thomas Mulcair (New Democratic Party) C) Stephen Harper (Conservative Party) D) Mark Carney (Liberal Party) Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 77 / 78 1 points 77. James Naismith invented A) The snowmobile B) The electric light bulb C) Basketball D) The world time zone system Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 78 / 78 1 points 78. Who oversaw the Loyalists’ migration to Nova Scotia and Quebec in 1782–1783? A) Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville B) James Wolfe C) Count Frontenac D) Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester) Oops! That’s not the correct answer. Well done! Correct answer. 0% Restart Quiz