4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

#1. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Sir Sanford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Frederick Banting

Charles Best

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

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Accomplished Canadian actors

#3. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

#4. 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 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)

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

#5. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

RIM

Bombardier

RCAF

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

#6. What is the BlackBerry?

A fruit juice brand

A pioneering wireless communications device

A cardiac pacemaker

A robotic arm used in outer space

#7. Who was Harold Innis?

A Canadian politician

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Edison

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

#11. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

Inventor of the Standard Time Zones

Inventor of light bulb

Inventor of the snowmobile

A pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal

#12. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Henry Woodward

Thomas Edison

Mathew Evans

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

They are all Canadian Oscar-winning actors

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

They are all part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

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

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Authority

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Agency

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

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

None of the above

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

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For inventing BlackBerry

For developing Canadarm

For inventing the light bulb

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

Reginald Fessenden

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

Terry Fox

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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

Hand of God

Canadarm

Arm Canada

Canada hand

#20. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

Research in Motion (RIM)

NSERC

SPAR Aerospace

CIHR

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

Canadarm

Arm Canada

Canada hand

Hand of God

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

John Polanyi

Sidney Altman

Gerhard Herzberg

Sir Frederick Banting

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

Select all that apply:

Mike Lazaridis

Douglas Fregin

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Jim Balsillie

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

Snowmobiles

Canadarm

The BlackBerry

Electric light bulb

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. John A. Hopps

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Frederick Banting

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

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 RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

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

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

~16 million

~6 million

~36 million

~26 million

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

False

True

#29. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

Canadian Ice Hockey player

Canadian Inventor

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

Canadian artist

#30. 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)

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

1989

1981

1990

1980

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

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

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

Reginald Fessenden

#34. What does RIM stand for?

None of the above

Research in Motion

Research Motion

Robots in Motion

Results

#1. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

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

#3. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

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

#5. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

#6. What is the BlackBerry?

#7. Who was Harold Innis?

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

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

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

#11. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

#12. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#20. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#29. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

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

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

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

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

#34. What does RIM stand for?