Don't be shy, you might surprise yourself.
1 - Which sex symbol was not born in Newfoundland?
A: Shannon Tweed
B: Pamela Anderson Lee
C: Natasha Henstridge
2 - The Etrog Awards -- the forerunner of the Genie Awards for Canadian
movies -- were named after who?
A: Sebastian Etrog (the Canadian-born silent movie star)
B: Sorel Etrog (the Romanian-born sculpter)
C: L'ecole polytechnique riviere on gateau
(the legendary Quebec film school)
D: Gorte Bazynsk (the Renaissance mime well known for his use of "dual"
motifs in his craft, which made him an ideal choice to symbolize a bilingual
country like Canada, and resulting in the symbolic inversion of his name)
3 - If earth is in danger of being over run by an alien or otherwise
inhuman conquerer, you definitely want a Canadian on your team. Link the
Canadian actor (or Canadian resident in Kotto's case) with the Hollywood
SF movie in which he/she appeared.
A: Marc Singer
i) The Matrix
B: Carrie-Ann Moss
ii) Alien
C: Donald Sutherland
iii) Colossus: The Forbin Project
D: Yaphet Kotto
iv) V
E: Keanu Reeves
v) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
F: Susan Clark
vi) The Matrix
4 - Link the actor with the Prime Minister he has portrayed.
A: Sean McCann
i) Sir John A. Macdonald
B: William Hutt
ii) Sir Wilfred Laurier
C: Albert Millaire
iii) William Lyon MacKenzie King
D: Christopher Plummer
iv) Sir John A. Macdonald
5 - What Canadian actor has not played a U.S. president?
A: Raymond Massey.
B: Allan Royal
C: Kenneth Welsh
D: Donald Sutherland
6 - What was the first "talkie" to be filmed in Newfoundland?
7 - Which actor has not played an android in a weekly TV series?
A: Maurice Dean Wint
B: Lexa Doig
C: Karl Pruner
D: Richard Eden.
E: Gordon Currie
8 - The CBC mini-series Chasing Rainbows starred three relative unknowns who've gone on to become quite well-known, including each starring in their own series. Name the actor and the series.
9 - Link the actor with the TV character with which they are probably
most identified (admittedly, a subjective question).
A: Scott Hylands
i) Anne Shirley
B: Sarah Polley
ii) Steve Wojeck
C: Al Waxman
iii) Kevin O'Brien
D: Megan Follows
iv) Larry King
E: John Vernon
v) Carrie Barr
F: Sonja Smits
vi) Sara Stanley
10 - Link the actor (Canadian or otherwise) with the big screen Canadian
bio-pic in which he starred.
A: Donald Sutherland
i) The Grey Fox
B: Eric Fryer
ii) The Terry Fox Story
C: Pierce Brosnan
iii) The Boy in Blue
D: Richard Farnsworth
iv) Bethune
E: Nicholas Cage
v) Grey Owl
11 - Connect the parent's given name with the child's in this look at
pedigree.
A: Gordon
i) Rainbow Sun
B: Shirley
ii) Kiefer
C: Don
iii) Leah
D: Christopher iv)
Amanda
12 - Now connect siblings.
A: Gordon Michael
i) Jaimz
B: Donald
ii) Cynthia
C: Jennifer
iii) Daniel
D: Charlotte
iv) Lucie
13 - Link the movie title with the historical event.
A: Les ordres
i) The Great Depression
B: The National Dream
ii) The October Crisis
C: Quelques arpents de neige iii)
1837 rebellion
C: The Drylanders
iv) The building of the railroad
14 - Link the director with his/her debut feature fiction film.
A: Atom Egoyan
i) I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
B: Patricia Rozema
ii) Gina
C: Jean-Claude Lauzon
iii) Next of Kin
D: Denys Arcand
iv) Un zoo la nuit
15 - Which of these movies was not based on a Canadian story
or novel?
A: Johnny Mnemonic
B: The Kidnapping of the President
C: The Sweet Hereafter
D: Who Has Seen the Wind?
16 - What Canadian actor should never go to Mars?
A: Peter Outerbridge
B: William Shatner
C: Eugene Levy
D: Maria Del Mar
17 - What war served -- as either the setting, or at least the background
-- for which movie?
A: Tit-Coq
i) The Boer War
B: The Wars
ii) World War I
C: The Private Capitol
iii) World War II
D: Deserters
iv) The Vietnam War
18 - Which actor has not played Santa Claus?
A: Leslie Nielsen
B: Arnold Pinnock
C: Jan Rubes
D: Gerard Parkes
E: Hume Cronyn
19 - These non-Canadian movies are significant why?
Eye of the Needle
The Matrix
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Bright Lights, Big City