4.5 Arts and Culture in Canada
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#1. What cause did Terry Fox pursue when he ran the famous āMarathon of Hopeā?
#2. Which part of Canada was Terry Fox from?
#3. Canada has a long history in performing arts as well as a network of regional theatres and world-renowned performing arts companies.
#4. Which Canadian circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?
#5. What is the common factor between Stephen Leacock, Louis HĆ©mon, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, Pauline Johnson, Ćmile Nelligan, Robertson Davies, Margaret Laurence, and Mordecai Richler?
#6. Who was Jean-Paul Riopelle?
#7. Which team did Wayne Gretzky play for?
#8. Which iconic painting did Tom Thomson of the Group of Seven paint?
#9. Who was Terry Fox?
#10. Who painted The Jack Pine?
#11. What does āThe Group of Sevenā stand for?
#12. Canadian artists reflect and define our diverse culture and forms of creative expression.
#13. Which sport has been dominated by Canadian teams on the world stage?
#14. Who was Healey Willan?
#15. Identify the world-renowned Canadian performing arts company?
#16. What is the Group of Seven famous for?
#17. What is the professional football league in Canada called?
#18. Canadian Football is the same as American Football.
#19. Who was Louis-Philippe HĆ©bert?
#20. Identify the award winning Canadian filmmaker whose films have been popular across Quebec and Canada.
#21. Who donated the Grey Cup in 1909?
#22. Who were the Les Automatistes?
#23. Which Canadian won two gold medals and broke the world record in sprinting at the 1996 Olympic Summer games?
#24. Who scored the āgoal heard around the worldā?
#25. How many days did Terry Fox take to complete his āMarathon of Hopeā?
#26. What is the national sport of Canada?
#27. The legacy of Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope continues today via yearly events in his name for the purpose of continuing fundraising for cancer research.
#28. Who was Kenojuak Ashevak?
#29. Why did Rick Hansen circle the globe in a wheelchair in 1985?
#30. When did Terry Fox undertake his famous āMarathon of Hopeā?
#31. Canadians have made significant contributions to English literature, but not so much to the French literature.
#32. What was the āMarathon of Hopeā?
#33. All provinces and territories in Canada have produced amateur and professional star athletes and Olympic medal winners.
#34. Which part of Canada was Rick Hansen from?
#35. The āgoal heard around the worldā was an important event in both sports and cultural history.
#36. Which artist is famous for paintings of forests and Aboriginal artifacts of the West Coast?
#37. When was basketball invented?
#38. Which Canadian invented basketball?
#39. Which championship cup do professional teams in the CFL play for?
#40. What is common between Denys Arcand, Atom Egoyan, and Norman Jewison?
#41. Who is Wayne Gretzky?
#42. What is Catriona Le May Doan famous for?
#43. Terry Fox ultimately won his battle against cancer.
#44. Who among the following are Canadian musicians of world renown?
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#45. When was the Group of Seven founded?
#46. The āgoal heard around the worldā refers to the winning goal for Canada in football scored by Paul Henderson in the 1972 Canada-Soviet Summit Series.
#47. What were a group of pioneers of modern abstract art from Quebec in the 1950s famously called?
#48. Identify the Canadian Olympic gold medalist swimmer who is also a prominent activist for gay and lesbian Canadians.
#49. When did Donovan Bailey become a world record holder sprinter?
#50. Who is Chantal Peticlerc?
#51. Identify Canadian writers who have diversified Canadaās literary experience.
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