4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

#1. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

Research in Motion (RIM)

SPAR Aerospace

NSERC

CIHR

#2. What does RIM stand for?

Research in Motion

Robots in Motion

Research Motion

None of the above

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

Dr. John A. Hopps

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Reginald Fessenden

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

Arm Canada

Canadarm

Canada hand

Hand of God

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

#6. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

#7. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Charles Best

Sir Frederick Banting

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sanford Fleming

#8. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

Mathew Evans

Henry Woodward

#9. Who was Harold Innis?

A Canadian politician

A Canadian Professor of political economy at the University of Toronto

A Canadian actor

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

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

Snowmobiles

The BlackBerry

Canadarm

Electric light bulb

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

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Authority

Canadian Space Agency

#12. 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)

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

For inventing the light bulb

For developing Canadarm

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For inventing BlackBerry

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

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

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

Hand of God

Arm Canada

Canada hand

Canadarm

#16. What did Gerhard Herzberg 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)

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)

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

~26 million

~16 million

~6 million

~36 million

#18. 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 work that helped 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)

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Sir Frederick Banting

Dr. John A. Hopps

Dr. Wilder Penfield

#20. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

Inventor of the Standard Time Zones

A pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal

Inventor of light bulb

Inventor of the snowmobile

#21. 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 part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Oscar-winning actors

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

#22. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

Bombardier

RCAF

RIM

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

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

Terry Fox

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

1989

1981

1980

1990

#25. 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

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

Accomplished Canadian actors

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Accomplished Canadian athletes

#27. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

Canadian Inventor

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

Canadian artist

Canadian Ice Hockey player

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

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

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)

#29. What is the BlackBerry?

A pioneering wireless communications device

A robotic arm used in outer space

A fruit juice brand

A cardiac pacemaker

#30. What did Michael Smith 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 catalytic properties of RN (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

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

#31. 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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Reginald Fessenden

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

John Polanyi

Sir Frederick Banting

Gerhard Herzberg

Sidney Altman

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

Select all that apply:

Jim Balsillie

Mike Lazaridis

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Douglas Fregin

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

True

False

Results

#1. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

#2. What does RIM stand for?

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

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

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

#6. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

#7. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

#8. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

#9. Who was Harold Innis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#20. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

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

#22. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

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

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

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

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

#27. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

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

#29. What is the BlackBerry?

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

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

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

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

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