4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

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

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For developing Canadarm

For inventing BlackBerry

For inventing the light bulb

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

Snowmobiles

Electric light bulb

The BlackBerry

Canadarm

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

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

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)

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

Canadarm

Canada hand

Arm Canada

Hand of God

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sandford Fleming

Reginald Fessenden

Dr. John A. Hopps

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

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Authority

#7. What does RIM stand for?

Robots in Motion

None of the above

Research Motion

Research in Motion

#8. 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 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)

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

False

True

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

Select all that apply:

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Jim Balsillie

Douglas Fregin

Mike Lazaridis

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Terry Fox

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

#12. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

Select all that apply:

Canadian Inventor

Canadian Ice Hockey player

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

Canadian artist

#13. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Sir Sandford Fleming

#14. 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

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

Alexander Graham Bell

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

None of the above

Sir Sandford Fleming

#16. 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)

#17. 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 Canadian Oscar-winning actors

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

They are all part of the Group of Seven

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

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)

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

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

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

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Thomas Edison

Sir Sandford Fleming

Alexander Graham Bell

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

1990

1980

1981

1989

#21. 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 Sandford Fleming

Sir Frederick Banting

#22. What is the BlackBerry?

A pioneering wireless communications device

A cardiac pacemaker

A robotic arm used in outer space

A fruit juice brand

#23. 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)

#24. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Mathew Evans

Sir Sandford Fleming

Thomas Edison

Henry Woodward

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

John Polanyi

Gerhard Herzberg

Sir Frederick Banting

Sidney Altman

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

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Accomplished Canadian actors

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

Pioneer Canadian film makers

#28. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Charles Best

Sir Frederick Banting

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sanford Fleming

#29. 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

#30. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

RCAF

RIM

Bombardier

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

Canadarm

Hand of God

Canada hand

Arm Canada

#32. 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)

#33. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

SPAR Aerospace

CIHR

Research in Motion (RIM)

NSERC

#34. 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

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

#7. What does RIM stand for?

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

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

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

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

#12. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

#13. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#22. What is the BlackBerry?

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

#24. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

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

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

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

#28. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

#29. Who was Harold Innis?

#30. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

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

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

#33. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

#34. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?