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

Happy New Year!

Welcome back. This is our second question of the New Year.


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.
  
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.

December 16th's QUESTION: 

This is a who am I type question.

I was born in England with the name Archibald Belaney. I moved to
Canada, in 1905, where I later became a well known author and
conservationist but not under the name  Archibald Belaney. What name
did I use when writing about, and studying the beaver?


ANSWER:

Archibald Belaney is better known to the world as Grey Owl. When he
came to Canada he presented himself as the son of a Scot and and an
Apache and called himself Grey Owl. He wrote several books, The Men of
the Last Frontier (1931),  Pilgrims of the Wild (1934), The Adventures
of Sajo and her Beaver People (1935) and Tales of an Empty Cabin
(1936). "After his death the press discovered his English birth, and in
the ensuing uproar his contributions as a conservationist were
forgotten. Only a generation later were they again recognized."


The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus, 1995 McClelland & Stewart Inc.

WINNERS:

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

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

3. Jason Mcdougall, Mr. Dingee's Gr 7-4 class, Florenceville Middle
School: Florenceville, New Brunswick

4. Andy Pan, Gr. 9, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

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

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

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

8. Christine Monroe, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

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

10. Hong Ip, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: 

Canada is generally thought of as a country with wide open spaces yet,
in reality, its population is largely urban. In relation to this fact
answer the following two questions.

1. According to the last decennial census, in 1991, what percentage of
Canada's population is urban?

2.  What two provinces still had a majority of their population living
in rural areas, in 1991?


DUE DATE: 25 January, 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