Do
You Speak Canadian (Eh) ?
(A
Quiz from Haslett, Kay and Samuels, Barbara A. Understanding Culture.
Scarborough,
Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc.)
(Answers
at the bottom of this page)
1.
Muskeg is:
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A)
a name for a moose
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B)
a type of gun
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C)
a frozen bog
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D)
a type of tobacco
2.
Screech is:
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A)
what prime ministers do when things don't go their way
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B)
a Canadian rum made in Newfoundland
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C)
the founder of Queen's University
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D)
a type of bird
3.
A herring choker is:
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A)
a necklace worn on special occasions
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B)
a technique used by wrestlers
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C)
a person coming from New Brunswick
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D)
a fish hook
4.
A tickle is:
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A)
a narrow passage of water between land masses in Labrador
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B)
a hat worn by people in the northern parts of Canada
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C)
a warm blanket
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D)
a musical instrument
5.
A four pointer is:
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A)
a type of dive
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B)
a good hockey player
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C)
a winner in an election
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D)
a heavy blanket
6.
Dobbies are:
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A)
a nickname for a Canadian breed of Doberman dogs
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B)
a rock group from Yellowknife
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C)
clay hills found in Cypress Hills
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D)
stone cairns found along the coast of British-Columbia
7.
Grits are:
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A)
a type of moccasin
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B)
French-Canadian canoes
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C)
a special type of food
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D)
members of the Liberal party
8.
A chinook is:
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A)
a warm wind
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B)
a silly person
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C)
a Canadian Politician
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D)
a snowmobile
9.
A McIntosh is:
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A)
the hat worn by Mounties
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B)
a kilt
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C)
an apple
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D)
a curling contest
10.
A shivaree is:
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A)
the name of a town in Nova Scotia
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B)
a prarie dog
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C)
an 18th century of Canadian architecture
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D)
a custom conducted when people get married
11.
Censitaires were:
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A)
farmers of New France who rented land from a seigneur
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B)
the first census takers
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C)
a type of chesterfield
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D)
military officers
12.
Larrigans are:
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A)
a type of sleigh
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B)
moccasins that go up to the knee
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C)
Scottish settlers
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D)
a Canadian jay bird
13.
"Pile of Bones" was the first name of the city:
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A)
Lethbridge
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B)
Winnipeg
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C)
Regina
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D)
Halifax
14.
Expo 67 was:
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A)
a famous player on the Montreal baseball team
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B)
a new type of beer
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C)
a world's fair
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D)
a radio station in Manitoba
15.
The Midnight Sun is:
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A)
the name of a new television space adventure
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B)
a singing group
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C)
a North West Territories newspaper
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D)
the position of the sun in the sky summer at midnight in the Yukon
Answers:
1-C
2-B 3-C 4-A 5-D
6-C 7-D 8-A 9-C
10-D 11-A 12-B 13-C
14-C 15-D