4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

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

~26 million

~36 million

~16 million

~6 million

#2. What did Bertram Brockhouse 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 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)

#3. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Sir Frederick Banting

Sir Sanford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Charles Best

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Reginald Fessenden

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. John A. Hopps

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

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

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

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Frederick Banting

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

Canadarm

Canada hand

Hand of God

Arm Canada

#8. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

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

Canadian Ice Hockey player

Canadian Inventor

Canadian artist

#9. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

CIHR

NSERC

SPAR Aerospace

Research in Motion (RIM)

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

Select all that apply:

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Mike Lazaridis

Jim Balsillie

Douglas Fregin

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

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Terry Fox

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

#12. What does RIM stand for?

None of the above

Research in Motion

Research Motion

Robots in Motion

#13. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

The BlackBerry

Electric light bulb

Canadarm

Snowmobiles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Authority

#17. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

RCAF

Bombardier

RIM

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

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

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

They are all part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Oscar-winning actors

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

#19. What is the BlackBerry?

A robotic arm used in outer space

A fruit juice brand

A cardiac pacemaker

A pioneering wireless communications device

#20. Who was Harold Innis?

A Canadian Professor of political economy at the University of Toronto

A Canadian politician

A Canadian actor

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

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

1990

1980

1989

1981

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

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

Alexander Graham Bell

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Accomplished Canadian actors

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

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

Alexander Graham Bell

Dr. John A. Hopps

Reginald Fessenden

Dr. Wilder Penfield

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

Gerhard Herzberg

John Polanyi

Sidney Altman

Sir Frederick Banting

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

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

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

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)

#27. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

Henry Woodward

Mathew Evans

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

True

False

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Alexander Graham Bell

None of the above

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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

For inventing the light bulb

For inventing BlackBerry

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For developing Canadarm

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

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

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 catalytic properties of RNA (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#32. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

A pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal

Inventor of the Standard Time Zones

Inventor of the snowmobile

Inventor of light bulb

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arm Canada

Canadarm

Hand of God

Canada hand

Results

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

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

#3. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

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

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

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

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

#8. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

#9. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

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

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

#12. What does RIM stand for?

#13. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

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

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

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

#17. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

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

#19. What is the BlackBerry?

#20. Who was Harold Innis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

#27. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

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

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

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

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

#32. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

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

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