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         THE GREAT CANADIAN TRIVIA CONTEST
  
From: Steve_Caldwell@colby.on.infoshare.ca
Subject: Great Canadian Trivia Contest
 
QUESTION FOR 12 JANUARY 1998.

HELLO FROM ICED-IN OTTAWA. WHAT A WEEK WE'VE HAD!
 
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:
 
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.
     

DECEMBER 15th's  QUESTION:

Since Christmas is rapidly approaching many of us start to think of the
North Pole. In earlier editions of the Great Canadian Trivia Contest we
learned that the closest permanent settlement, in the world, to the
North Pole is the Canadian military base of Alert. In the same vein: 

What is the most northerly civilian settlement in Canada?

ANSWER:

Here again I got myself into a little problem with words. I said
"civilian" borrowing the question from the "Canadian Geographic
Magazine". The most northerly civilian, non-government, community, in
Canada, is  Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island. There is a government
weather station farther north at Eureka, also on Ellesmere Island. If
civilian is defined as non-military then Eureka would qualify. I gave
credit to both Grise Fiord and Eureka.

WINNERS:

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

2. Alex Bush, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

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

4. Sandra Mortimer, Colonel By Secondary School: Gloucester, Ontario

5. Mrs. Cantalini's Gr. 7/8 class, Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia,
Ontario

LAST WEEK'S QUESTION:

The Prime Minister of Canada is The Right Honourable Jean Chretien P.C.
The  Minister of Finance is The Honourable Paul Martin P.C. 

What do the initials P.C. mean after their names?
 
DUE DATE: 17 JANUARY, 1998

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:
Measure the land mass of Canada from the most northerly point to the
most southerly point and from the most easterly point to the most
westerly point.
 
1. Which is greater north to south or east to west?

2. To the nearest 100 kilometres calculate the difference in the two
distances.   
DUE DATE: 24 JANUARY, 1998

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