Today is Canada Day, the day that Canadians celebrate. Yay!
Officially, this day marks the enactment of the British North America Act (now called the Constitution Act) that created Canada. Until 1982, Canada Day was referred to as Dominion Day. But when Canada received the ability to make its own laws without reference to the ruler of the United Kingdom (the official head of state is still the sovereign of the United Kingdom -- right now Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada), the name changed to Canada Day.
Yesterday, we offered a Canada trivia quiz. Here are the answers:
1. What would the Bare Naked Ladies eat more of if they had a million dollars?
Answer: Kraft Dinner. Here are their complete gourmet wishes:
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm
2. What place does Canada's banking system have on the "Soundness of banks" indicator in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report?
Answer: First (Yay Canada!)
3. What was the first local bank -- not an overseas colonial banking operation -- in Canada?
Answer: Bank of Montreal
4. How much nickel is in a Canadian nickel? What was the predominant metal in a nickel when it was first minted?
Answer: Just 2% nickel. Originally, though, the nickel was predominantly made from silver.
5. What is a Diefendollar?
Answer: Bills designed to underscore the lost value of the Canadian dollar with relation to the U.S. dollar. They were used as campaign props against the Diefenbacker government in the 1962 election .
6. In the books about Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables and subsequent novels) by L.M. Montgomery, what was the value of Anne's scholarship to Redmond College?
Answer: $250 per year.
7. What is the two-dollar coin called?
Answer: Toonie -- a combination of "two" and "loonie" . Loonie is the name for the Canadian one-dollar coin - not because Canadians are crazy, as as much as because the coin features a loon.
8. When was the one-dollar paper note withdrawn from circulation?
Answer: June 30, 1989, replaced by the Loonie coin.
9. When was "Canadian Tire Money" introduced?
Answer: In 1958, the first Canadian Tire service station was built beside the flagship store at the intersection of Yonge and Davenport streets in Toronto, and Canadian Tire Money was created to boost traffic through the service station.
10. What Province had a gold rush?
Answer: Trick question; no province had a gold rush. The gold rush took place in Yukon, which is a territory and not a province.
11. Between 1983 and 1991, what material was used to print Canadian bills?
Answer: 100% cotton
12. How many heads can be seen on Canada's five-dollar bill?
Answer: Nine
13. Who is Roberta Lynn Bondar?
Answer: The first female Canadian astronaut.
14. Which half of Cheech and Chong is Canadian?
Answer: Thomas Chong
15. What is the name for British Columbia's famously illegal cash crop?
Answer: BC Bud, an overall term encompassing several varieties of potent cannabis.
If you got all of these answers correct, you might have a problem. You just might be too Canadian. Eh?
