Courageous Canadians Quiz
The 20th Century

1		An assassination in June 1914 touched off a series of events which led to the First World War. Who was assassinated and where was he killed?
		Sir Edward Grey, London	Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo
		Princess Patricia, St. Eloi	Sir Wilfred Laurier, Ottawa
2		The First World War was a war of stalemate and attrition fought over a ________ line of trenches stretching from the Belgian coast to Switzerland.
		1,200 km	480 km
		360 km	960 km
3		What did they call the field of battle that existed between opposing trenches?
		Flander's Fields	Mud Flats
		No Man's Land	Eastern Front
4		Cavalry warfare still played a part in the First World War. What developments brought it to an end?
		Ships	Machine guns and Tanks
		Cars and Trucks	Airplanes
5		What Hill was taken in August of 1917 which cost many Canadian lives and for which five Victoria Crosses were awarded?
		The Pimple	Regina Trench
		Hill 70	The Salient
6		When did the Armistice ending the First World War occur?
		October 9, 1918	April 9, 1917
		November 10, 1914	November 11, 1918
7		Canada's most famous "ace" of the First World War flew with the Royal Flying Corps and scored 72 victories over enemy aircraft. At age 24, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. Who was he?
		W.A. "Billy" Bishop	Arthur Currie
		Julian Byng	Robert Hampton Grey
8		Aboriginal Canadians made a substantial contribution in the First World War. At least _____ Canadian natives left their homes to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
		1,200	8,500
		4,000	7,000
9		The Second World War began at dawn on September 1, 1939, as the German armies swept into_____________.
		Hungary	Belgium
		Poland	Holland
10		The Canadian Merchant Navy played a key role in the transport of supplies, fuel and troops overseas. As a consequence, its ships were a key target of the enemy. By war's end, as many as ________ Canadian Merchant Navy ships would be lost to enemy action.
		43	95
		102	72
11		In December 1941, ____________ first committed Canadian soldiers to battle.
		the sinking of the S.S. Athenia	the defence of Hong Kong
		Pearl Harbor	the raid on Dieppe
12		On _________, the famous raid on Dieppe took place.
		August 19, 1942	June 6, 1941
		December 7, 1940	June 22, 1941
13		Of the 6,100 troops who took part in Operation Jubilee, _______ were Canadians.
		2,200	4,963
		907	3,367
14		________ Canadians landed in Normandy on D-Day, ______ of these became casualties.
		52,000 - 2,232	33,000 - 1,667
		14,000 - 1,074	23,000 - 2,212
15		_______ Canadian men and women enlisted in the military and of these, ________ gave their lives for peace and freedom.
		50,000 - 12,100	94,000 - 1,800
		1,000,000 - 45,000	1,500,000 - 52,000
16		On August 14, 1945, the Second World War came to an end when nuclear bombs were dropped over Japan. The cities hit were __________________.
		Hiroshima and Tokyo	Tokyo and Nagasaki
		Hiroshima and Nagasaki	Nagasaki and Kyoto
17		On _______, the forces of North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel into the Republic of South Korea, marking the beginning of hostilities that would rage for more than three years.
		June 30, 1950	June 25, 1950
		June 28, 1950	July 12, 1950
18		More than _______ Canadians served in the Korean War.
		12,600	13,800
		26,000	36,000
19		Three of the _____ medals Tommy Prince, a Native Canadian earned in his military career was for service during the UN operations in Korea.
		7	11
		16	19
20		On July 27, 1953, the Korea Armistice Agreement was signed at __________.
		Pusan	Panmunjom
		Seou	Kangnung
21		The United Nations Memorial Cemetery at ________ contains the remains of 2,267 servicemen, of which 378 are Canadians.
		Seoul	Kunsan
		Kaesong	Pusan
22		Former Prime Minister _____________ earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in solving the Suez Crisis of 1956 and for introducing modern peacekeeping to the United Nations.
		William Lyon Mackenzie	Robert Stanfield
		Lester B. Pearson	Sir Robert Borden
23		The Canadian Forces have been involved in peacekeeping operations since _______, only two years after the United Nations was formed.
		1947	1948
		1949	1950
24		The _______________ Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre, in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, was established by the Government of Canada in 1994 to provide research, education and training in all aspects of peacekeeping.
		Sir Robert Borden	Louis St. Laurent
		Lester B. Pearson	Robert Stanfield
25		The country to have been involved in the most peacekeeping operations that the United Nations has ever conducted is ___________ .
		United States	Canada
		Great Britain	France
26		The Peacekeeping Monument, the first such monument in the world, stands on Confederation Boulevard in Ottawa, Ontario, and is called ____________.
		Regeneration	Reconciliation
		Reflection	Requiem
27		Peacekeeping missions are not without risks. Over the years, more than _______ Canadian military personnel have lost their lives while performing peacekeeping duties.
		50	100
		175	250
28		In the past ten years Canada has committed peacekeepers to over ____ new initiatives, compared to only 18 in all previous years.
		22	30
		46	51
29		In ______, Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia.
		1991	1989
		1987	1993
30		The mandate of Canadian peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia does not include which of the following?
		Provide emergency shelters	Clear mines
		Assist in providing security	Run local elections

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented
by the Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2001
Cat. No.V32-85/2001
ISBN 0-662-66047-1