Modern Canada

Question 1

What was Alexander Graham Bell famous for?

Answer 1

Alexander Graham Bell hit on the idea of the telephone at his summer house in Canada.

Question 2

What is Joseph-Armand Bombardier famous for?

Answer 2

Joseph-Armand Bombardier is famous for inventing the snowmobile, a light-weight winter vehicle designed for traversing snow.

Question 3

What is Sir Sandford Fleming famous for?

Answer 3

Sir Sandford Fleming invented the worldwide system of Standard Time zones

Question 4

What are Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward famous for?

Answer 4

Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward invented the first electric lightbulb

Question 5

What is Reginald Fessenden famous for?

Answer 5

Reginald Fessenden contributed to the invention of radio, and also sent the first wireless voice message in the world.

Question 6

What is Dr. Wilder Penfield famous for?

Answer 6

Dr. Wilder Penfield was a pioneering brain surgeon at McGill university in Montreal, Quebec.

Question 7

What is Dr. John A. Hopps famous for?

Answer 7

Dr, John A. Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker, which is still used to this day in patients with heart disorders.

Question 8

what is the SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council famous for?

Answer 8

The SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council invented Canadarm, a robotic arm used in outer space.

Question 9

What is Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie famous for?

Answer 9

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie created a company called “Research In Motion” - a wireless telecommunications company best known for its most famous invention: the BlackBerry cellphone.

Question 10

What is James Naismith famous for?

Answer 10

James Naismith invented Basketball

Question 11

Who was Terry Fox

Answer 11

Terry Fox was a British Columbian, who lost his right leg to cancer at the age of 18. He ran in the Marathon Of Hope

Question 12

What did British Columbian Rick Hansen achieve?

Answer 12

Rick Hansen circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research.

Question 13

What happened after Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward Invented the first electric lightbulb?

Answer 13

They sold the patent for their lightbulb to Thomas Edison, who more famously commercialized the light bulb.

Question 14

What title was Dr Wilder Penfield known for?

Answer 14

Dr. Wilder Penfield was known as “the greatest living Canadian”

Question 15

What year did James Naismith invent Basketball?

Answer 15

In 1891

Question 16

What was “The marathon of hope”?

Answer 16

The marathon of hope was a cross-country run to help raise money for cancer research.

Question 17

In what year did Terry Fox run the Marathon Of Hope?

Answer 17

In 1980.

Question 18

What happened to Terry Fox during, and after the Marathon Of Hope?

Answer 18

Terry did not finish the Marathon of Hope, and eventually lost his battle with Cancer. His legacy still continues through yearly fundraising events in his name.

Question 19

In what year did British Columbian Rick Hansen circle the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?

Answer 19

in 1985