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What is Ottawa?
The capital city of Canada.
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Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This Hockey player, often referred to as “The Great One”, is the only NHL player to score more than 200 pts in a season.
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Canadian Bacon?
The breakfast meat that is typically served with Eggs Benedict.
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What is the snow blower?
This device is really helpful for quickly clearing snow off your driveway and was invented by Arthur Sicard in 1927.
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What is "O Canada"?
This is the national anthem of Canada that replaced the original "Chant National" Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
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What is Canada?
This country has 9.98 million square kilometers of land area making it the second largest country in the world, after Russia.
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Who is Ryan Reynolds?
This actor plays Deadpool in the movie series of the same name.
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What is Tim Hortons?
This is Canada's version of Dunkin' Donuts.
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What is the walki-talkie?
This hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver has in recent years been replaced by cell phones as the preferred way for friends to communicate. It was invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross for military use in 1942.
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Who is Benedict Arnold?
This famous American traitor from the revolutionary war, known for trying to secretly help the British Army, attempted to invade Canada in 1775.
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What is Russia?
The only country that is larger than Canada.
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Who is Mike Myers?
He is the voice of Shrek and was born in Ontario.
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What is poutine?
This dish is typically served with french fries and gravy.
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What is IMAX?
This is the name for large movie theaters/screens and was invented by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr in 1968.
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What is Montreal?
This is the cit that the NHL started in back in 1917.
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What is Vancouver?
The city that hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010.
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Who is Robin Scherbatsky?
This character reference’s her one hit Canadian Pop song “Let’s Go To the Mall” in the show How I Met Your Mother.
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What are Smarties?
This chocolatey Canadian candy share’s the same name with another sweeter American candy.
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What is the garbage bag?
This critical item in the household for collecting used and dirty things was invented by two Candians in 1950 in WinniPEG!!
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What is France?
An explorer from this European country sailed across the ocean and discovered Canada in the year 1534.
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What is 40%?
This is the percentage of Canada's land mass covered by the Spruce, Canada's most popular tree.
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Who is Neil Young?
He is famous for both his solo work on albums such as Harvest as well as his work in groups such as Buffalo Springfield.
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What are ketchup chips?
This Quintessential Canadanian Snack was introduced in the 70’s and are not widely available in the US. Think potatoes and red.
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What is peanut butter?
This delicious type of butter, often enjoyed right out of the container, was invented in 1884 by a Canadian pharmacist.
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What is New Foundland?
This Canadian province was the first part of Canada to be explored by Europeans. Ironically, it was the last area to become a province, in 1949.
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