Canadian Advertising Slogans Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canadian Tire

The "Santa" and "Scrooge" characters now star in a whole series of Christmas ads.

Answer: Beer

The "I AM Canadian" ad was a big hit for Molson's Canadian beer. "I believe in peacekeeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal!"

Answer: tea

Red Rose Tea has been using variations on this commercial for many years, since I was a child.

Answer: Eaton's

Timothy Eaton started his original Toronto store with the then-novel concepts of cash-only sales, and a money-back guarantee. Eaton's began its mail-order division in the 1880's, and the Eaton's catalogue was an important part of life in isolated Canadian homes for most of the twentieth century. Now, however, the catalogue, like Eaton's itself, is no more.

Answer: candy

"Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast? Eat that candy-coated chocolate, but tell me when I ask - when you eat your Smarties do you eat the red ones last?" Smarties candy (a candy-coated bit of chocolate similar to, but much better than, an M&M) is available in most of the world, but not the US. Actually, I think this ad ran in other parts of the English-speaking world as well, such as the UK and Australia.

Answer: Blue

"When you're smilin', say Labatt's Blue... Bluuuuuuue smiles along with you". Nobody ever said that beer ads had to make sense! This ad was from the seventies.

Answer: champagne

Canada Dry, is of course, available throughout the world, and this slogan should be pretty well-known, as it's printed on the bottle. Canada Dry ginger ale was invented in Toronto in 1907.

Answer: Tim Hortons

The Tim Horton's chain of doughnut shops started in 1964 (yes, owned by hockey star Tim Horton). Tim's is the ubiquitous Canadian restaurant, especially in the east. They merged with Wendy's hamburger chain in 1995, and at that time started to expand into the US.

Answer: Bigfoot

Apparently Sasquatches, like many Canadians, can't get by without their beer.

Answer: 1670

The fur-trading posts of the Hudson's Bay were one of the most important factors in the European settlement of the Canadian west. You can still walk into The Bay in any Canadian city, and buy furs or the distinctive striped blanket. You have to pay cash these days, though; the days of trading for beads and gunpowder are long gone.