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Canada QUIZ

Test your general knowledge. The answers are below.

1 What is the longest river in Canada? 2 What does A mari usque ad mare mean? 3 Canada is not a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) - true or false? 4 Which Canadian won a Golden Globe award for best film actor in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events? 5 Who was the first woman member of the Canadian cabinet? 6 Which Canadian banknote features a portrait of the first prime minister of Canada? 7 How many provinces and territories are there in Canada? 8 Which Canadian basketball player is now the point guard of the Phoenix Suns in the NBA? 9 Which city of Canada did Winnie the Pooh get its name from? 10 What animal was on Canada's first pictorial postage stamp?

ANSWERS

1 The Mackenzie, which flows 4,241km through the Northwest Territories 2 It is Canada's motto, meaning 'from sea to sea' 3 True 4 Jim Carrey 5 Ellen Louks Fairclough 6 The C$10 note, which features Sir John Maxwell Alexander Macdonald 7 Ten provinces and three territories 8 Steve Nash 9 Winnipeg 10 A Beaver

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