Index : Q : Quebec

Structure Sub-topic of: Canada Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 25 general entries. Frequently Asked Questions & Answers There are 10 user-asked question matches ( goto )

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Quebec

Whose mother was a French Canadian?

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Madonna. Madonna's mother was named Madonna Fortin.



What language do the majority of people in Quebec speak?

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French. The region that is now Quebec was first explored by Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain. It became a French colony known as New France. Quebec has retained the French language and much of French culture and is often at odds with rest of Canada.



The province's area corresponds to the area of...?

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Alaska. 1,540,000 sq km



Quebec is Canada's largest province. True or false?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


t. The province of Quebex has 15.5% of the land surface area of Canada. 594,860sq.mi. (1,540,580sq.km).This makes it three times the size of France. Ontario is the second largest province, with British Columbia a close third.



Quebec has harsh winters, but what is it like in summer in the Montreal area?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


Hot and humid. In summer Montreal's temperatures are around 25-27 degrees celsius (low 80sF). In the winter -5 to 15 degrees celsius (7-23F). Much of Montreal's shopping district is underground where there is a controlled environment!



Quebec has an important natural resource that will be primordial in about 50 years. What is that resource, that can make the province rich, and, who knows, the target of a hypocritical war against terrorism?

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fresh water. Pay for water? It will come to that!



Premier Jacques Parizeau, after the 1995 referendum, made a controversial statement about the vote. Soon after he resigned. According to Parizeau, who were responsible for the loss?

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immigrants. Parizeau attributed his loss to the "ethnic vote". Old people, anglophones and Amerindians also voted massively to stay with Canada.



Much of northern Quebec is part of the Canadian Shield. By what other name is this known?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


Laurentian Plateau. The Laurentian Plateau covers more than just part of Quebec. It stretches from the Great Lakes and the St.Lawrence River north to the Arctic, forming a semicircle around Hudson Bay. In the south it is a land of forests and lakes.



In which region of Quebec do you find the its highest point?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


On the Newfoundland border. The highest point in Quebec is Mont d'Iberville, at 5,322 feet. It is situated on the border of the Labrador region of Newfoundland. The second highest point in Quebec is Mount Jacques Cartier in the Gaspe peninsula at 4,160 feet.



French Canadian are sometimes called "Frogs" by their Canadian and American neighbors. It is an old insult used by British people on French people, inspired by the "froglike" shape of the French monarchy symbol: the "Fleur-de-Lys". Another insult is used especially in the Maritime provinces and is inspired by our preference for a specific item. What is this name?

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Pepsi. I've heard we're the only place in the world where Pepsi is way more popular than Coke. (I'm surprised: Pepsi tastes much better!) Please send me a message if you're from a pepsiphile part of the world!



Finally, a language question. Quebecers are known to swear a lot, and the blasphemer's dictionary contains a large range of swearwords. Most of them are related to what?

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Church. Here's a sample: tabarnak, câlisse, crisse, ciboire, simonak, sacristi, osti. In English: tabernacle, chalice, Christ, ciborium, simoniac, sacristy, host. Hope you're not shocked.



Bombardier is the greatest economical success of the province of Quebec. In what field does this company excel?

Quebec - A French Enclave in North America (Kabdanis)


engineering. Bombardier is one of the world leaders in aeronautics. Expertise in train and subway train building too.



And what is NOT true about the city of Montréal?

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It has the busiest port in Canada. St. Laurent Boulevard is the symbolic frontier between the French part of town and the English one. Montreal, 1 million inhabitants, and 26 of its suburbs became one unique town on January 1st 2002; since then, 15 municipalities separated and the population of the city of Montreal was brought down to 1,620,000 inhabitants. The busiest port in Canada is Vancouver, in British Columbia.



A mountain range in southern Quebec is a part of a mountain chain that runs south as far as Alabama. What is this chain?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


Appalachian . The Appalachian chain starts in Newfoundland and runs southward approximately parallel to the Atlantic. The Allegheny, Catskill and Cumberland mountains are part of this chain.



A little bit of history now. France made strong efforts to colonialize North America, and they once had much more territory than England. If they had persisted in these efforts, who knows what America would look like now? But France lost his interest in the New World during the 18th century; philosopher Voltaire translated well this indifference: "Pourquoi se battre pour quelques arpents de neige?" (Why should we fight for a few arpents of snow?) What French king ignored the New World during most of his long reign and signed the Paris Treaty, in 1763, ceding almost all american territory to England?

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Louis XV. Louis XV reigned from 1715 to 1774. He also lost the French colony in India.



The word Quebec means 'Where the river narrows'. Which river is this?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


St. Lawrence River. Most of Quebec lies to the north of the St. Lawrence, but there is a area that lies to the south of it. In this area are the Eastern Townships and the Gaspe Peninsula.



Quebec's largest city is also Quebec's capital. True or false?

Geographically Speaking - Quebec (minch)


f. Quebec's largest city is Montreal with a population of over one million. Quebec's capital is Quebec City which has only about a fifth of the population of Montreal.

• Who knelt beside Wolf at Quebec? ( goto )



• What is the story behind Quebec's "7 o'clock man"? ( goto )



• What is the distance in kilometres from Toronto, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec? ( goto )



• Next to Quebec, which province has the most French speakers? ( goto )



• What is the motto on the Quebec, Canada licence plate, and what does it mean, both literally and figuratively? ( goto )



• Is the French,as spoken in Quebec,a stand-alone language,or does it have different accents for different regions as in France? ( goto )



• In Quebec, what year was the name changed from Fete St. Jean to Fete National for this annual holiday? ( goto )



• Roosevelt and Churchill met twice in Quebec, Canada, for conferences in 1943 and 1944...what were the codenames used to refer to these two meetings? ( goto )



• Before motor-racing, Gilles Villeneuve was a champion in snowmobile races. How and when did this daredevil, born in Quebec, die? ( goto )



• A Canadian soldier and veterinarian, en route to a training camp in Quebec in 1914, purchased an orphaned black bear cub. Not long afterwards he was sent to France for WWI. He loaned the bear to a zoo for safe-keeping until he returned from the war. This bear became famous, who was he? ( goto )