Question 1: In 1692, young Marie Madeleine Jarret de Verchères defended her family's fort
from an enemy attack. How old was she?
    (a) 10
    (b) 14
    (c) 21

Question 2: When Nova Scotia's Abraham Gesner died in 1864, he was praised for giving the
world "a better light." Why?
    (a) He invented kerosene for oil lamps
    (b) He invented the electric light bulb
    (c) He invented the world's first cigarette lighter

Question 3: New Brunswicker Sarah Emma Edmonds put her unique talents to use as a spy in
the American Civil War. What was she?
    (a) She was a master of disguise
    (b) She was an expert sharpshooter
    (c) She was a master codebreaker

Question 4: Newfoundland sealing captain William Jackman is well known in his native
province for one incredible act of bravery. What did he do?
    (a) He saved a shipload of people from drowning
    (b) He defended his ship from pirates
    (c) He led a revolt of fishermen against unfair merchant prices

Question 5: This man is remembered as one of the toughest officers in the Northwest Mounted
Police, the man who once single-handedly stopped a riot of a thousand men. Who was he?
    (a) Louis Riel
    (b) Robert Service
    (c) Samuel Steele

Question 7: Reporter Kathleen Coleman caused a media sensation of her own when the Toronto
Mail and Empire assigned her to cover a war in 1898. Which one was it?
    (a) The South African Boer War
    (b) The Spanish-American War
    (c) The First World War

Question 8: Joshua Slocum became famous in the 1890s for sailing solo around the world in a
wooden sailing ship he built himself. What was the ship's name?
    (a) The Voyager
    (b) The Annabelle
    (c) The Spray

Question 9: Long before Donovan Bailey, Ontario native Thomas Longboat was known as the
"World's Fastest Man." What was his nickname?
    (a) "Wildfire"
    (b) "Flash"
    (c) "Marathon Man"

Question 10: Robert Edwards was an Albertan editor who used his newspaper to fight for soil
conservation, a woman's right to vote, and Senate reform -- as well as to poke fun at the
politicians of the time. What was his paper's name?
    (a) The Alberta Argosy
    (b) The Eye Opener
    (c) The Western Tattler

Question 11: Steve Brodie was one of the thousands of unemployed Canadians during the Great
Depression when he organized a sit-in protest in 1938. In which city did it happen?
    (a) Hamilton
    (b) Saskatoon
    (c) Vancouver

Question 12: Judge John Howard Sissons, the flying judge of the Northwest Territories, was
known as Ekoktoegee by the Inuit. What does that word mean?
    (a) "Wise One"
    (b) "Man in Black"
    (c) "He Who Listens"

     
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