The Great Canadians Quiz

Answers are provided at the end of the Quiz for self evaluation.

1. Who was the 1st woman elected to the federal government?           
   • A) Harriet Dick
   • B) Agnes Macphail
   • C) Rose Mary Henderson
2. Who was the 1st Canadian to command the International Space Station?      
   • A) Marc Garneau
   • B) Dave Williams
   • C) Chris Hadfield
3. Who invented the Cardiac Pacemaker?         
   • A) John Hopps
   • B) Wilfred Bigelow
   • C) John Callaghan.
4. Who was the 1st woman to serve as Chief of a First Nation?      
   • A) Angela Sidney
   • B) Jean Cuthand Goodwill
   • C) Elsie Knott
5. Who is Canada’s 1st female astronaut?         
   • A) Dr. Roberta Bondar
   • B) Julie Payette
   • C) Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons
6. Who is the 1st Black person appointed to the Senate of Canada?
   • A) Anne Cools
   • B) Marie-Françoise Mégie
   • C) Wanda Thomas Bernard
7. Who invited basketball? 
   • A) Bob Galley
   • B) James Naismith
   • C) Mel Rideout
8. Who are the inventors of Insulin?        
   • A) Frederick Banting
   • B) Charles Best
   • C) James Rickard
   • D) All of the above
9. Who invented the telephone?  
   • A) Thomas A. Watson
   • B) Gilbert Grosvenor
   • C) Alexander Graham Bell
10. Who is the 1st Asian appointed Governor General?           
    • A) Adrienne Clarkson
    • B) Vivienne Poy
    • C) David Lam

Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. A