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Question 1

1) What for 25th December is celebrated?

Answer 1

Christmas

Question 2

2) What did Queen Elizabeth celebrate in the year 2012?

Answer 2

Diamond Jubilee

Question 3

3) When was the official �Coat of arms� and �National motto� adapted by the Canada

Answer 3

after the First World War

Question 4

4) What is name given to that Friday that falls before Easter Sunday?

Answer 4

Good Friday

Question 5

5) What is the name of the first person awarded the Victoria Cross even though he is born outside British Empire?

Answer 5

Corporal Filip Konowal

Question 6

6) Which game of Canada has maximum number of registered players in Canada?

Answer 6

Soccer

Question 7

7) Before May 25, Monday is celebrated as the

Answer 7

Victoria Day

Question 8

8) It is over 100 years that �O Canada� was proclaimed and sang as the National Anthem of Canada.(T/F)

Answer 8

True

Question 9

9) What for is June 24 remembered other than Fete Nationale (Quebec)

Answer 9

Feast of St. John the Baptist

Question 10

10) What for is 15th February celebrated?

Answer 10

National Flag of Canada Day

Question 11

11) Lacrosse is the first sport played by the Aboriginals. (T/F)

Answer 11

True

Question 12

12) A Mari Usque Ad Mare is the national motto in Canada.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

13) Which is the most commonly known and respected symbol of Canada?

Answer 13

Maple leaf

Question 14

14) Who adapted Maple leaves first as a symbol

Answer 14

French Canadians in the 1700s

Question 15

15) Which is the highest honour in Canada?

Answer 15

The Victoria Cross

Question 16

16) Who was Lord Stanley, who had donated Stanley Cup?

Answer 16

Governor-General

Question 17

17) Who was the Monarch ruling Canada when formation of Confederation took place?

Answer 17

Queen Victoria

Question 18

18) Figure of which of the following animals is seen in the five-cent coin?

Answer 18

Beaver

Question 19

19) Honours system is adopted in Canada since 1967 which is also called as ________ .

Answer 19

Order of Canada

Question 20

20) What is the name of the last Canadian having received the Victoria Cross?

Answer 20

Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray