Welcome to Chapter Quiz: Canadian Symbols
Canadian Symbols is the eighth chapter in ‘Discover Canada’. In this quiz, you will be able to self-evaluate your understanding on the following:
- National Identity
- Canada’s Sports
- Canada’s Official Languages
- The Order of Canada and Honours
1. The beaver can be seen on which Canadian coin?
2. In which year, O Canada! Was first sung in Quebec City?
3. When the Centre Block of parliament building was rebuilt?
4. The Royal Anthem of Canada can be played or sung on any occasion to honour the Sovereign.
5. Who can nominate a fellow citizen if they are worthy of recognition?
6. When was the parliament building were completed?
7. Which animal was adopted as a symbol of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
8. In which year, the Centre Block of parliament building was destroyed by an accidental fire?
9. Who was the last Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross?
10. When a new Canadian flag was raised for the first time?
11. Which is the Canada’s most popular spectator sport?
12. Who was the first black man to be awarded the Victoria Cross?
13. When the Royal Military College in Kingston was founded?
14. Parliament passed the Official Language Act in 1969 to promote equality of French and English in Canadian Society.
15. Which is the official summer sport in Canada?
16. For how many years, the Crown has been a symbol of the state in Canada?
17. When Quebec adopted their own flag, based on the Cross and the fleur-de-lys?
18. When Canada started its own honours system with the Order of Canada?
19. One must have adequate knowledge on which languages to become a Canadian citizen?
20. What is the meaning of ‘A mari usque ad mare’?
