3.27 Remembrance Day – 🍁The Canadian Experience

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#1. What do Canadians wear on Remembrance day?

Purple caps

White rose

Red poppy

Red rose

#2. Why do Canadians observe a moment of silence at 11am on Nov 11 every year?

To observe Independence Day

To observe Red poppy Day

To observe Remembrance Day

To observe Canada Day

#3. What is the colour of the Remembrance Day poppy?

Violet

Red

White

Pink

#4. How many Canadians have lost their lives in all the wars in which Canadians have taken part?

79,000

1,000,000

150,000

110,000

#5. When is Remembrance Day observed in Canada?

Nov 10

Nov 9

Nov 11

Nov 12

#6. What is the significance of Remembrance Day?

Canadians remember the sacrifices of Canadian veterans and brave soldiers who died in all wars up to the present day in which Canadians have taken part

Canadians remember the day Canada was created as a country

Canadians remember the Canadian Aboriginal peoples who were displaced as a result of European colonization

Canadians remember the day the first pioneering Europeans landed in Canada

#7. What is the opening line of the famous war memorial poem, “In Flanders Field”?

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

#8. Which poem is often recited on Remembrance Day?

God save the Queen

God save the King

Love is enough

In Flanders Fields

#9. How do Canadians observe Remembrance day every year?

Select all that apply:

They party

They wear the red poppy

They watch hockey

They observe a moment of silence at 11 am on Nov 11

#10. When did Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae compose the famous war memorial poem, “In Flanders Fields”?

1915

1919

1912

1921

#11. Who was John McCrae?

Select all that apply:

A medical doctor

Lieutenant-Colonel in Canadian forces during World War II

A tennis player

A Canadian poet

#12. Who wrote the famous war memorial poem, “In Flanders Fields”, which is recited on Remembrance Day?

Sir Robert Borden

Dr. Emily Stowe

Thérèse Casgrain

John McCrae

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