Bonus Question: Canadian Alphabet Quiz!

While the doctor and I are off on our world tour of the UK, I thought I'd share a Canadian quiz I wrote for a quiz evening we had with some friends while we've been out here. (Yes, our coolness knows no bounds.) These questions are designed to be 'Canada 101' - I'd expect most Canadians to score close to if not exactly full marks - but still accessible to those not from the true north strong and free. As an extra help this is an Alphabet Quiz: there are 26 questions with each answer beginning with one letter of the alphabet (so one answer starts with A, one answer starts with B, and so on). To clarify some 'ground rules':

1) Ignore all preceding definite and indefinite articles (e.g. if the answer was 'The Answer' that would count as 'A', not as 'T').
2) If the answer is a person's name, then surname suffices (e.g. if the answer was 'John Smith' then you only need to get "Smith", and that answer would count as 'S', not 'J'). Except...
3) ...if the answer is a monarch, then the first name gives you your letter (e.g. if the answer was 'William I', that answer would count as 'W').
4) You may want to grab a pen (or electronic note-taking device) to cross off letters as you go along - the more you can cross off the more help you'll have on the remaining answers!

The questions

Question 1

1) Which Canadian dish of chips, cheese curds and gravy (pictured), is spelled the same as the French spelling of the President of Russia's surname?
2) Most major Canadian airports are identified by three-letter codes all starting with what letter? (While a few other airports around the world also have codes beginning with this letter, the vast majority are located in Canada.)
3) Along with Scottish biochemist John Macleod, Canadian scientist Sir Frederick Banting co-discovered what glucose regulating hormone?
4) Who is the current (as of July 1st, 2015) Prime Minister of Canada?
5) Which Canadian singer, according to one of his most famous song's lyrics, bought his first guitar for 15 cents?
6) What term describes the method used to begin play in ice hockey?
7) Nicknamed “The Great One”, and considered by everyone to be the greatest player ever, who is the correct answer to every British quiz question about ice hockey?
8) Who is currently Canada's head of state?
9) Which Canadian singer's single 'Call Me Maybe' is (currently) the 21st most-watched video on YouTube?
10) What is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the world (after Paris)?
11) Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott invented what world-famous board game, first released in 1982?
12) Which sport was invented by Canadian James Naismith as a way to keep his gym class active on a rainy day?
13) Which character did (Canadian!) William Shatner play on Star Trek?
14) Established by the process of 'Confederation', who was the British monarch when Canada became its own country?
15) Known for his highly energetic, slapstick performances, which Canadian-born actor has starred in two feature film adaptations of Dr. Seuss books?
16) How do Canadians pronounce the 26th letter of the alphabet?
17) The Canadian motto is 'A Mari Usque Ad Mare', meaning 'from ____ to ____' - what single word fills in the blanks?
18) Which two-word province boasts this flag?

Question 18

19) Unsurprisingly, Canada has won the most gold medals in (men's and women's) Olympic ice hockey, with 13. Which country (who have lost to Canada in 9 gold medal games) have the most silver medals, with 11?
20) Home to around one million people, what is the capital city of Canada?
21) Which is the only Canadian province to share its name with a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
22) Following an early career as a teen star in the French-speaking world, which Canadian singer won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland?
23) Stretching from New Mexico in the southwestern United States, to northern British Columbia in western Canada, what is the second-longest mountain range in the world?
24) Canada consists of three 'territories' and how many provinces? Give your answer in roman numerals.
25) Canada has two official national sports. One is (spoilers) ice hockey, which sport with Native American origins is the other?
26) Picture: Real name James “Logan” Howlett, who is being given a lesson in Canadian property values here? (As always, you can click for a bigger version.)

Question 26

 The answers

1) Poutine
2) Y
3) Insulin
4) (Stephen) Harper
5) (Bryan) Adams
6) Face-off
7) (Wayne) Gretzky
8) Elizabeth II
9) (Carly Rae) Jepsen
10) Montreal
11) Trivial Pursuit
12) Basketball
13) (Captain James Tiberius) Kirk
14) Victoria
15) (Jim) Carrey
16) Zed (yes, I was struggling...)
17) Sea
18) Nova Scotia
19) USA
20) Ottawa
21) Quebec
22) (Celine) Dion
23) Rocky Mountains
24) X
25) Lacrosse
26) Wolverine
In alphabetical order: Adams, Basketball, Carrey, Dion, Elizabeth II, Face-off, Gretzky, Harper, Insulin, Jepsen, Kirk, Lacrosse, Montreal, Nova Scotia, Ottawa, Poutine, Quebec, Rocky Mountains, Sea, Trivial Pursuit, USA, Victoria, Wolverine, X, Y, Zed.

How did you do? In a change from tradition you can simply enter your numerical score in the poll below (and click 'Finish Survey'). 1 point per correct answer and no half marks - a perfect score is 26!

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