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East Coast Provinces

Created by squeakyknees1

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East Coast Provinces game quiz
"Eastern Canada has many miles of coastline. Some areas are famous worldwide as tourist destinations and as historical points of interest."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The SwissAir flight 111 crash happened off the coast of what famous Canadian east coast landmark?
    Peggy's Cove , Nova Scotia
    Newfoundland
    Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Cape Breton


2. The province of Nova Scotia consists of what type of landmass?
    a peninsula and an island
    two islands
    two peninsulas
    three islands


3. Each province on the eastern coast of Canada is known for something in particular. Nova Scotia is known as the birthplace of which famous person?
    Keanu Reeves
    William Shatner
    Hank Snow
    Howie Mandel


4. The Northumberland Strait separates which provinces?
    New Brunswick from Newfoundland
    New Brunswick from Nova Scotia
    Prince Edward Island from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
    Prince Edward Island from Quebec


5. The "Garden of the Gulf", otherwise known as Prince Edward Island, is famous for its potatoes as well as this fictional character:
    Anne Murray
    Anne Shirley
    Hank Snow
    Laura Ingalls


6. Prince Edward Island has her potatoes and her lobsters as a claim to fame but other provinces have famous foods too. What is the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia famous for?
    wheat
    milk cows
    eagles
    apples


7. Famous for its hospitality, "The Rock" is the last province to join Canada in 1949. Which one is it?
    Magdelene Islands
    Cape Breton Island
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    Gaspe Peninsula


8. The "Cajuns" in the southern U.S. were originally deported from one of the Canadian maritime provinces in 1755 by the British in an event described as the "Expulsion of the Acadians". History tells us they were gathered from all over the maritimes and shipped south from one major point in what province?
    Cape Breton
    New Brunswick
    Newfoundland
    Nova Scotia


9. A long and winding road scales the mountains and outlines part of this ruggedly beautiful area of the maritime provinces and has been much photographed for calendars and tourist pamphlets:
    Labrador
    Avalon Peninsula
    Miramichi
    Cape Breton


10. Legend has it a pirate once hid his booty on a tiny offshore island here. Excavations still continue but no treasure has yet been recovered. What province was once the hangout for this shady character?
    New Brunswick
    Nova Scotia
    Labrador
    Prince Edward Island

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