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         THE GREAT CANADIAN TRIVIA CONTEST
  
From: Steve_Caldwell@colby.on.infoshare.ca
Subject: Great Canadian Trivia Contest
 
QUESTION FOR 22 JUNE, 1998.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Welcome to the last posting for this school year. It has been a
pleasure running this contest and I thank the many participants who
have taken the time and effort to respond to the contest. I hope that
they have enjoyed, and learned, from the experience as well. 
Here are this year's winners:

Highest scoring individual respondent: 

-Ian Raska, Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester Ontario - 28
correct answers.

Highest scoring class or group: a tie with 6 correct answers.

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

2. Mr. Greenspoon's Homeroom class, Gr. 10 Enterprise Studies,
Westmount Collegiate Institute, Thornhill, Ontario

Highest scoring out of country class or individual:

-Peter and Cindy Bailey, Madison, Connecticut - 24 correct answers 

Congratulations to our winners.

The contest will recommence in September. Look for the first posting on
Monday, September 14, 1998. 

INFORMATION:
 
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.

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 8th'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?

ANSWER:

1. According to the 1991 Census 16.3% of Canada's population is
bilingual.

2. The province with the largest number of bilingual people is Quebec.
 
WINNERS:

1. Peter and Cindy Bailey, Madison, Connecticut

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

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

LAST 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?

ANSWER:

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

6. Brian Rintoul, Teacher, Ottawa 

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