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Trivia Question for January 13th
                                                                       
     
                            THE GREAT CANADIAN TRIVIA CONTEST
  
From: Steve_Caldwell@colby.on.infoshare.ca
Subject: Great Canadian Trivia Contest
 
Question for 20 January, 1997.

Welcome to the third year of the "Great Canadian Trivia Contest". 
 
The History Department of Colonel By Secondary School in Ottawa,
Ontario is sponsoring a Canadian Studies Internet trivia contest.  
 
This contest is designed to appeal to students in Grades 7 - 10
although other grades are more than welcome to participate.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

There has been some concern expressed that the students of my own
school, Colonel By Secondary School, are eligible to answer the
question. I can assure participants that the students at Colonel By
have no advantage in answering the question. The question is posted on
the school's BBS system at roughly the same time it goes out to the
internet. No students are involved in setting the question nor are they
involved in accepting any of the answers. I use this procedure to allow
the students at my own school the opportunity to participate in the
contest and still make sure that the contest is obviously above board. 
  
GENERAL INFORMATION:
 
Each week a new question  will be presented.  Students participating in
the contest will, in all likelihood, have to do some research to find
the correct answer to our weekly question.
 
Questions are based on some aspect of Canadian Studies. Questions will
include the subjects of history, geography, culture, natural science,
sports, current events, law and any other aspect of Canadian studies
that we can think of.
 
A new question will be posted by noon, eastern time, every Monday and
answers must be received by 8:00 a.m. eastern time the following
Saturday week. Answers will be tabulated, and the correct answer, along
with the winners' names, will be posted in two weeks. Thus, there will
be a new question each week while the answer and winners will be posted
two weeks later.
 
We plan on offering a few nominal prizes so make sure you let us know
where we can reach you. We plan on offering three prizes this year, one
for the top scoring individual or small group, one for the top scoring
class, and one for the top scoring out of country participant. Because
of this it is vital for participants to identify which of the three you
are entering as. If the participants are representing a particular
class please identify the teacher, grade(s) and school. 

Last year we had participants from across Canada and the United States,
while the year before we had participants as far away as China.
We welcome all new participants as well as our returning veteran
contestants.    
 
Don't forget your e-mail address, as well as your school�s name and the
grade and/or class that you are in, as well as your postal address.

January 6th's QUESTION: 

Many students will think of going on to university after their
secondary school education is complete. What is the oldest university
in Canada?


ANSWER:

So much for setting a non controversial question. I thought that I had
the answer documented but when I did some more research I found that
there are two different interpretations to the answer. The Canadian
Encyclopedia states that, "University of King's College, Halifax, is
Canada's oldest university. It was founded in 1789 by the Anglican
Church at WINDSOR, NS, ..." However the same publication also points
out that the antecedent of The University of New Brunswick dates back
to 1785, four years before  the founding of King's College. It states
that the "University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, was founded in 1785
as the Provincial Academy of Arts and Sciences." As a result I will
accept both answers as correct.

WINNERS:

University of New Brunswick

1. Julie Peters, Mr. Vanlieshout's Gr.6/7 class, St. Peter Canisius
School: Watford, Ontario

2. Natasha Foster, Mr. Dingee's Gr.7 social studies class,
Florenceville Middle School: Florenceville, New Brunswick

3. Kathleen Gaunce, Mr. Dingee's Gr 7-3 class, Florenceville Middle
School: Florenceville, New Brunswick

4. Adam Yorke, Mr. Dingee's  social studies class, Florenceville Middle
School: Florenceville, New Brunswick

5. Mr. Dawe's 8-1 class, Anthony Paddon Elementary School:
Musgravetown, Newfoundland

University of King's College

1. Mrs. Cantalini's Gr 7 class, Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario

2. Cassandra Lei, Gr. 9, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester,
Ontario

3. Yan Zheng, Gr. 9, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

4. Andy Pan, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

5. Gabriel Castro, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

6. Mrs. Walker's Gr. 9 social studies class, Pitt Meadows Secondary
School: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia

7. Valleycliffe Elementary School: Squamish, British Columbia

8. Dean Voykin, Gr.10, Sa-Hal Secondary School: Kamloops, British
Columbia

9. Mrs. Houtby's Gr. 7 class, Cherry Hill Elementary School: Mission
Hill, British Columbia

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: 

Other than their citizenship requirements, what four legal requirements
does the constitution state, that a person must meet, before they can
be appointed to the Senate of Canada?

DUE DATE: 3 February, 1997.
          
SEND IN YOUR ANSWERS:
 
Remember, don't post your answers to this list.  Otherwise everyone
will see what you're sending in. Instead, send your answers to Steve
Caldwell at the following e-mail address:

Steve_Caldwell@colby.on.infoshare.ca