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A Tribute to My Grandfather

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Introduction:
"My grandfather died at the age of 102. He came from Ukraine to Canada in 1913. This quiz has a question for each decade of his life."


1. My grandfather was born in 1896 in Bukovina. What empire ruled Bukovina in that time?
    Serbian empire
    Ottoman empire
    Austro-Hungarian empire
    Russian empire


2. Which is the main river in Ukraine? Hint: It's the third largest river in Europe.
    Volga
    Dnieper
    Ural
    Neva


3. My grandparents had six children. They lost their eldest daughter in a pandemic. What disease swept the world in 1918/19?
    Plague
    Small pox
    Influenza
    Typhoid fever


4. My grandfather was a logger and later a farmer. Had he been a seaman, he could have been on the crew of this famous rum runner vessel that was sunk by the US coast guard in 1929.
    Dexter
    Blue Nose
    I'm Alone
    Holewood


5. During the 1930s my grandfather went to California as a logger. What important act that set some minimal labour standards was passed in the US in 1938?
    The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
    The Black Lung Benefits Act
    The Wages and Hours Act
    The Immigration and Nationality Act


6. During WWII my grandfather's eldest son tried to enlist in the Canadian army but was rejected for health reasons. Approximately how many Ukrainian Canadians fought for Canada during WWII?
    45,000
    25,000
    35,000
    15,000


7. During the 1950s, my grandfather owned and operated a mushroom farm in British Columbia. Mushrooms are still an important crop in B.C. About how much of Canada's mushroom production takes place in B.C.?
    50%
    25%
    10%
    90%


8. My grandfather was a life-long member of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (AUUC). In 1961 the association celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of which famous Ukrainian poet?
    Taras Shevchenko
    Hryhory Chubai
    Ivan Franko
    Lesia Ukrainka


9. My grandfather was extremely interested in politics and made sure the rest of his family were, too. Who was prime minister of Canada during most of the 1970s?
    Bennett
    Mulroney
    Trudeau
    Diefenbaker


10. My grandfather attributed his long life to three things: garlic, cayenne pepper and dancing three times a week until he was in his mid-nineties. Was he on to something?
    Yes
    No


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