4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

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

Dr. John A. Hopps

Alexander Graham Bell

Reginald Fessenden

Dr. Wilder Penfield

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

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Authority

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

Sir Frederick Banting

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

Sir Frederick Banting

Gerhard Herzberg

John Polanyi

Sidney Altman

#5. 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

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

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For developing Canadarm

For inventing BlackBerry

For inventing the light bulb

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

Canadarm

Electric light bulb

The BlackBerry

Snowmobiles

#8. Who was Harold Innis?

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

A Canadian Professor of political economy at the University of Toronto

A Canadian actor

A Canadian politician

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

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

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

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)

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

Accomplished Canadian actors

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Terry Fox

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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

1980

1990

1989

1981

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

Canadarm

Arm Canada

Canada hand

Hand of God

#14. 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

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

~36 million

~6 million

~16 million

~26 million

#16. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

RCAF

Bombardier

RIM

#17. What does RIM stand for?

Research Motion

Robots in Motion

Research in Motion

None of the above

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

Canada hand

Arm Canada

Hand of God

Canadarm

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

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

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

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)

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

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

None of the above

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

#21. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

CIHR

NSERC

Research in Motion (RIM)

SPAR Aerospace

#22. 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 part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

#23. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

Canadian Ice Hockey player

Canadian artist

Canadian Inventor

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

#24. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

#25. 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)

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

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

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Thomas Edison

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

#27. 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 catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#30. What is the BlackBerry?

A fruit juice brand

A robotic arm used in outer space

A pioneering wireless communications device

A cardiac pacemaker

#31. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Mathew Evans

Thomas Edison

Henry Woodward

Sir Sandford Fleming

#32. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Sir Sanford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Charles Best

Sir Frederick Banting

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

True

False

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

Select all that apply:

Mike Lazaridis

Jim Balsillie

Douglas Fregin

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#8. Who was Harold Innis?

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

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

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

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

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

#14. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

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

#16. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

#17. What does RIM stand for?

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

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

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

#21. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

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

#23. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

#24. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

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

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

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

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

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

#30. What is the BlackBerry?

#31. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

#32. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

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

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