70 Questions!

[Ted]

1. Name the Canadian Actress who was called America's Sweetheart?

2. Name the American actor who became a symbol of Canada by portraying a mountie.

3. a) When Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario, from what American community did she depart?
b)At what Canadian community did she arrive?

4. Name 3 Canadians who are well-known newscasters on American national television.

5. What Canadian newscaster be came the star of an American television series?

6. Which film producer, born in Canada became head of M.G.M. studios?

7. What Canadian uncle of Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty was a Communist member of the Ontario Legislature?

8. What famous American asnarchist died in Toronto?

9. Can a person, born in Canada, become president of the United States of America?
And can a person born in America become prime minister of Canada?

10. What American president had a summer home in Canada?

11. Who composed "O' Canada" and later supported annexation to the USA?

12. Name two Canadian Rebels who lived for a time in the USA

13. In what year did Canada's defence department formally abandon its plans for invasion of the USA?

14. Which Canadian invented the "American" game of basketball?

15. Which prime minister first proposed free trade with the USA?

16. Name the individual who was the formal representative of Canada and USA during trade negotiations between the two nations in the 1960's?

17. The burning of what Canadian parliment precipitated the burning of the presidential palace during the War of 1812?

18. What event in Canadian-American relations inspired the writing of the US national anthem?

19. What building sits right on the Can-US border?

20. What community is larger in population - Niagra Falls, Ontario, or Niagra Falls, New York?

21. Which American city is reached by driving north across Canada's southern border?

22. Which place in Canada occupies the same latitude as Northern California?

23. The mountain in Canada named after an American president is?

24. How many states touch Canada?

25. What Canadian province has the same name as California city?

26. What two Canadian provinces were established by Loyalist refugees from the USA?

27. Who was the first american president born in the USA?

28. Name the first Canadian prime minister to be born in Canada?

29. In what Canadian city did Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run?

30. Name one of the American cities that was a founding member of the NHL

31. How many countries have teams in the Inter National Baseball league?

32. How many players are permitted on a CFL team?

33. What American novelist was once a reporter for the Toronto Daily Star?

34. What Canadian cartoonist created Superman?

35. Who was the leader of the American orchestra called the Royal Canadians?

36. What Canadian major league pitcher had six consecutive seasons with twenty or more wins?

37. What famous Canadian novelist lives in Cape Cod.

38. What American historian wrote the book The French Canadians?

39. What Canadian producer/director wrote In The Heat of the Night and Moonstruck?

40. Name the Canadian scholar studies the effects ofm AMerican electronic media?

41. Name a National Film Board film that was banned in the USA.

42. What Canadian prime minister was temmporarily denied entry to the USA because he once made a visit to China?

43. What Canadian author was denied entry to the USA in 1985?

44. What famous American singer was denied permission to leave the US to perform in Canada?

45. What American singer/actress was denied permission to perform in Canada?

46. What American boxer fought a heavy weight title fight in Canada because he wasn't allowed to fight in the US?

47. What Canadian wrote the theme song for the To-Night Show?

48. What Canadian city had the worlds first demonstration against anti-semitism in Nazi Germany?
What American city had a similar demonstration the next day?

49. Who declared war on Japan first in 1941, Canada or the USA?

50. Which of the Great Lakes does not border on Canada?

51. Name two rivers that flow through both Canada and the US.

52. Name the state in which the Canadian River flows?

53. What American state has a city with the same name as Canada's capital?

54. What invention by a CXanadaian inventor is claimed by both Canada and the US?

55. What Canadian prime minister worked as a consultant for the Rockefellers?

56. What Canadian prime minister's election was greeted with the comment "He'll do" by the US president?

57. What Canadian prime minister was verbally and physically assaulted by an American president?

58. What American stage and screen personality did Pierre Trudeau date?

59. What American screen personality did Margret Trudeau date?

60. What Canadian became America's most successful evangelist in the 1920's?

61. What Canadian buisness dynasty began by smuggling liquor into the SA during prohibition?

62. What Canadian corporation is the largest private land owner in New York City?

63. What Canadian financier is the largest department store owner in the USA?

64. What Canadian born financier owned franchises in American professional Basketball, Hockey, and football?

65. What groups of North Americans can legally cross the Can-US border without paying customs duties?

66. What ethnic group was interned by both the Canadian and American governments during WWII?

67. In what Ontario town was the terminus of the Underground Railway located?

68. What famous American novel was based on the life of a fugitive slave who settled in Canada?

69. What American state and Canadian province were the first to grant women the right to vote?

70. Name the first two women appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of the United States.

[Mr Bean]

ITS CANADA DAY!

Realy?

I did not know

[Ted]

ITS CANADA DAY!

Realy?

I did not know

Of course you should know.

[The Dude]

Off the top of my head:

4. Peter Jennings, Morley Safer and ...?

9a. No, unless you are Chester Arthur
9b. Yes

13. Can't remember the exact year, but it was after WWI.

14. Naismith

18. The sack of some US town in the War of 1812.

21. Detroit

22. S Ontario

25. Ontario

30. There were no founding American teams (the first was Boston in 1924)

34. Joe Schuster (sp?)

49. Canada

50. Michigan

58. That cow Streisand

61. Seagram's (Bronfmans)

66. Japanese

[Darth Wong]

What the hell kind of uber-trivia geek could possibly answer all those questions?

[Alferd Packer]

If they exist, they're here.

[haas mark]

hee hee

[Ted]

What the hell kind of uber-trivia geek could possibly answer all those questions?

Well, my history teacher, and possibly you.

[Darth Wong]

What the hell kind of uber-trivia geek could possibly answer all those questions?

Well, my history teacher, and possibly you.

I don't know about your history teacher, but I suck at trivia. I tend to only memorize that which I feel I might need someday. For example, I couldn't tell you the name of any of my high school teachers.

[Ted]

What the hell kind of uber-trivia geek could possibly answer all those questions?

Well, my history teacher, and possibly you.

I don't know about your history teacher, but I suck at trivia. I tend to only memorize that which I feel I might need someday. For example, I couldn't tell you the name of any of my high school teachers.

I woulda thought that you would just keep a whole pile of useless crap in your memory.

[XPViking]

Are history teachers by nature trivia geeks?

XPViking

[Master of Ossus]

Are history teachers by nature trivia geeks?

XPViking

Not really. In fact, I don't even think it's the norm. Most of the teachers I had were more into concepts than obscure facts.