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         THE GREAT CANADIAN TRIVIA CONTEST
  
From: Steve_Caldwell@colby.on.infoshare.ca
Subject: Great Canadian Trivia Contest
 
QUESTION FOR 15 JUNE, 1998.
 
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 6 - 10
although other grades are more than welcome to participate.

INFORMATION:

Next week's posting will be the last Great Canadian Trivia Contest
posting for this school year. This is the last question of this year's
Great Canadian Trivia Contest. As a result this week's question will be
due next Saturday rather than after the normal 12 days.
 
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,
as well as Sweden while in previous years we have had participants from
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.

JUNE 1st's QUESTION:

What is the name of the Russian Pacifist group that immigrated,
originally to Saskatchewan, in 1898 - 1899. Their migration was aided,
in part, by the famous Russian writer Count Leo Tolstoy.

ANSWER:

The Russian pacifist group was the Doukhobors. Between 1909 and 1912
most of the group moved on to British Columbia.

WINNERS:

1. Ian Raska, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

2. Peter and Cindy Bailey, Madison, Connecticut

3. Charmaine Ng, Gr. 10, York House School: Vancouver, British Columbia

4. Dean Voykin, Sa-Hali Secondary School: Kamloops, British Columbia

5. Adam Duplessis, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

6. Mme Fortin's Gr. 7 class, Featherstone Drive Public School: Ottawa,
Ontario

7. Brian Rintoul, Teacher, Ottawa

LAST WEEK's QUESTION:

Canada has two official languages English and French. 

1. According to the 1991 Census what percentage of Canadians are
bilingual? Within 2 percentage points.

2. Which province has the largest number of bilingual people?

DUE DATE: 20 June,1998

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:

One hundred years ago this month, June 1898,  the Yukon Territory was
created. What famous event brought about the need to create this new
administrative area in the North?

DUE DATE: 20 June, 1998

Note that there is only one week left in this year's Great Canadian
Trivia Contest. Therefore this answer is due next Saturday. 

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