4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

#1. What is the BlackBerry?

A fruit juice brand

A pioneering wireless communications device

A cardiac pacemaker

A robotic arm used in outer space

#2. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

#3. What did Gerhard Herzberg win the Nobel Prize for?

Work on chemical kinetics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986)

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

Work on electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971)

Work on catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#4. Which Canadian is the youngest Nobel Prize Winner till now?

Sir Frederick Banting

John Polanyi

Sidney Altman

Gerhard Herzberg

#5. What is Research in Motion (RIM) famous for?

For inventing BlackBerry

For developing Canadarm

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For inventing the light bulb

#6. Through which organization does Canada participate in space exploration activities?

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Authority

Canadian Space Federation

#7. What are Harold Innis and Marshal McLuhan famous as?

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

Accomplished Canadian actors

#8. Which famous inventor hit upon the idea of telephone at his summer house in Canada?

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Sir Sandford Fleming

None of the above

Alexander Graham Bell

#9. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

Canadian artist

Canadian Philosopher and Professor who is regarded as the Father of Media Studies

Canadian Inventor

Canadian Ice Hockey player

#10. Who was known as “the greatest living Canadian”?

Terry Fox

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Dr. Wilder Penfield

#11. What did Sidney Altman win the Nobel Prize for?

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

For his work on electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971)”

For his work on chemical kinetics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986)

For his work on catalytic properties of RNA (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#12. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Sir Sandford Fleming

Mathew Evans

Henry Woodward

Thomas Edison

#13. How many lives have been saved around the world by the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

~16 million

~26 million

~36 million

~6 million

#14. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

CIHR

Research in Motion (RIM)

NSERC

SPAR Aerospace

#15. Since when have the Canadian astronauts and the CSA participated in space exploration activities?

1990

1980

1981

1989

#16. Which famous technology used in space shuttles from 1981-2011 was designed and built in Canada?

Canadarm

Canada hand

Arm Canada

Hand of God

#17. What are Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie known for?

Electric light bulb

Canadarm

Snowmobiles

The BlackBerry

#18. Name the famous Canadian invention used in space exploration.

Canada hand

Canadarm

Arm Canada

Hand of God

#19. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

Inventor of light bulb

Inventor of the snowmobile

A pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal

Inventor of the Standard Time Zones

#20. What did Richard E. Taylor win the Nobel Prize for?

For his work on chemical kinetics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986)

For his work on catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

For his work on electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971)

For work that helped the development of the quark model in particle physics (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1990)

#21. Which Canadian won the Nobel Prize for the discovery and isolation of insulin, a hormone that is used to treat diabetes?

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Frederick Banting

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

#22. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Charles Best

Sir Frederick Banting

Sir Sanford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

#23. What does RIM stand for?

Research in Motion

Research Motion

None of the above

Robots in Motion

#24. What do Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith, and Bertram Brockhouse have in common?

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

They are all part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Oscar-winning actors

#25. Which Canadian contributed to the invention of the radio, sending the first wireless voice message in the world?

Reginald Fessenden

Dr. John A. Hopps

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Alexander Graham Bell

#26. Who were the founders of the famous Canadian company RIM?

Select all that apply:

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Mike Lazaridis

Jim Balsillie

Douglas Fregin

#27. Which Canadian invented the global Standard Time Zone system?

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

Thomas Edison

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

#28. What did John Polanyi win the Nobel Prize for?

Work on catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

Work on chemical kinetics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986)

Development of the quark model in particle physics (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1990)

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#29. Canadians Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward invented the light bulb but sold their patent to Thomas Edison who commercialized it.

False

True

#30. What did Bertram Brockhouse win the Nobel Prize for?

For his work on electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971)

For the development of the quark model in particle physics (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1990)

For the development of neutron spectroscopy (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1994)

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#31. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

RCAF

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

RIM

Bombardier

#32. Who was Harold Innis?

A Canadian Professor of political economy at the University of Toronto

Acclaimed author of seminal works on media, communication theory, and Canadian economic history

A Canadian actor

A Canadian politician

#33. Which Canadian invented the first cardiac pacemaker, which is used today to save the lives of people with heart disorders?

Reginald Fessenden

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

#34. What did Michael Smith win the Nobel Prize for?

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

For his work on chemical kinetics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986)

For his work on catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

For his work on electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971)

Results

#1. What is the BlackBerry?

#2. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

#3. What did Gerhard Herzberg win the Nobel Prize for?

#4. Which Canadian is the youngest Nobel Prize Winner till now?

#5. What is Research in Motion (RIM) famous for?

#6. Through which organization does Canada participate in space exploration activities?

#7. What are Harold Innis and Marshal McLuhan famous as?

#8. Which famous inventor hit upon the idea of telephone at his summer house in Canada?

#9. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

#10. Who was known as “the greatest living Canadian”?

#11. What did Sidney Altman win the Nobel Prize for?

#12. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

#13. How many lives have been saved around the world by the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

#14. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

#15. Since when have the Canadian astronauts and the CSA participated in space exploration activities?

#16. Which famous technology used in space shuttles from 1981-2011 was designed and built in Canada?

#17. What are Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie known for?

#18. Name the famous Canadian invention used in space exploration.

#19. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

#20. What did Richard E. Taylor win the Nobel Prize for?

#21. Which Canadian won the Nobel Prize for the discovery and isolation of insulin, a hormone that is used to treat diabetes?

#22. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

#23. What does RIM stand for?

#24. What do Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith, and Bertram Brockhouse have in common?

#25. Which Canadian contributed to the invention of the radio, sending the first wireless voice message in the world?

#26. Who were the founders of the famous Canadian company RIM?

#27. Which Canadian invented the global Standard Time Zone system?

#28. What did John Polanyi win the Nobel Prize for?

#29. Canadians Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward invented the light bulb but sold their patent to Thomas Edison who commercialized it.

#30. What did Bertram Brockhouse win the Nobel Prize for?

#31. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

#32. Who was Harold Innis?

#33. Which Canadian invented the first cardiac pacemaker, which is used today to save the lives of people with heart disorders?

#34. What did Michael Smith win the Nobel Prize for?