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