4.6 Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

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

Sir Sandford Fleming

Terry Fox

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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

~16 million

~26 million

~6 million

~36 million

#3. 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)

#4. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

A pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal

Inventor of light bulb

Inventor of the Standard Time Zones

Inventor of the snowmobile

#5. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

Research in Motion (RIM)

CIHR

NSERC

SPAR Aerospace

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

Select all that apply:

Mike Lazaridis

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Jim Balsillie

Douglas Fregin

#7. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

Thomas Edison

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Sir Sandford Fleming

Alexander Graham Bell

#8. What did Michael Smith 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 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)

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

Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Sir Sandford Fleming

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

#10. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

Select all that apply:

Sir Sanford Fleming

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Frederick Banting

Charles Best

#11. Who was Harold Innis?

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

A Canadian politician

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

Reginald Fessenden

Alexander Graham Bell

Dr. John A. Hopps

Dr. Wilder Penfield

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

1990

1989

1981

1980

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

Gerhard Herzberg

John Polanyi

Sidney Altman

Sir Frederick Banting

#15. 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)

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

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

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Sir Sandford Fleming

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Frederick Banting

#17. What does RIM stand for?

None of the above

Research Motion

Robots in Motion

Research in Motion

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

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

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

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)

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

For developing site-directed mutagenesis (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 his work on catalytic properties of RNA (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989)

#20. 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)

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

Canada hand

Canadarm

Arm Canada

Hand of God

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

Dr. Wilder Penfield

Dr. John A. Hopps

Sir Sandford Fleming

Reginald Fessenden

#23. What is the BlackBerry?

A cardiac pacemaker

A robotic arm used in outer space

A fruit juice brand

A pioneering wireless communications device

#24. 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

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

Canadian Space Organization

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Federation

Canadian Space Authority

#26. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

Select all that apply:

Sir Sandford Fleming

Thomas Edison

Mathew Evans

Henry Woodward

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

They are all part of the Group of Seven

They are all Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientists

They are all Canadian Oscar-winning actors

They are all Canadian Olymic medalists

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

Snowmobiles

Electric light bulb

The BlackBerry

Canadarm

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

Accomplished Canadian athletes

Pioneer Canadian film makers

Canadian pioneering thinkers in the field of media and communications.

Accomplished Canadian actors

#30. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

RIM

RCAF

Bombardier

SPAR Aerospace and Canadian National Research Council

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

For inventing BlackBerry

For developing Canadarm

For building Canadian snowmobiles

For inventing the light bulb

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

Hand of God

Canada hand

Canadarm

Arm Canada

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

True

False

#34. 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

Results

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

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

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

#4. Who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?

#5. Which Canadian company invented the BlackBerry?

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

#7. Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?

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

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

#10. Who discovered and isolated insulin?

#11. Who was Harold Innis?

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

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

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

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

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

#17. What does RIM stand for?

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

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

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

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

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

#23. What is the BlackBerry?

#24. Who was Marshall McLuhan?

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

#26. Who invented the first electric light bulb?

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

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

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

#30. Who invented the famous Canadarm space technology?

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

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

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

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