CM

Volume 1 Number 17
October 6, 1995

The Great Canadian Trivia Challenge

Steve Caldwell, the coordinator of the Triva Challenge, has been kind enough to give CM permission to run his weekly Great Canadian Trivia Contest, a great way to motivate students to spend some time in the Library. Here's this week's question, the answers and winners from September 22, and how the contest works:

?THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:

The title ``Right Honourable" is given to holders and former holders of what three positions in Canada?

DUE DATE FOR THIS ANSWER: 14 October, 1995

SEND IN YOUR ANSWERS:

Remember, don't post your answers to CM. Instead, send your answers to Steve Caldwell at one of the following e-mail addresses (if possible please use the first of these addresses as The Village is having a few problems):

Steve_Caldwell@colby.on. infoshare.ca
or
stepcald@village.ca

In addition to your e-mail address, please send us your school's name and the grade and/or class that you are in, as well as your postal address.

September 22's Question was:

This is another two-parter. Both parts must be answered correctly to receive credit.

  1. What is the name of the mountain with the highest elevation in Canada?
  2. What is its elevation above sea level in metres?
ANSWER:
  1. The name of the highest mountain is Mount Logan.
  2. The answer I was looking for was 5951 metres above sea level. However, a number of participants found legitimate answers within 100 metres of this answer; therefore I accepted 5951m plus or minus 100 m.

*WINNERS:

  1. Mulchan Balroop & Harshuan Sivanander, Gr. 6, Meadowbrook School: Lachine, Quebec
  2. Denise Cormier & Andrew Nandee, Gr.4, John 23rd School: Calgary Alberta
  3. Gabriel Quan, Ontario.
  4. Samson Gafkjen, Gr. 6, Lincoln Elementary School: Spencer, Iowa
  5. Erin Cooper, Alisha Legault & David Lento, Gr. 7 ALP, Lindsay Place High School: Pointe Claire, Quebec
  6. Eric Stewart, Gr. 8, General Vanier School: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  7. Don, St. John's High School: St. Jean, Quebec
  8. Danny Ray, Gr. 7 Keyboarding, Alma Middle School: Alma, Arizona
  9. Renea LeClair, Gr. 6, Lincoln Elementary School: Spencer, Iowa
  10. Heather Brown, Gr. 6, Lincoln Elementary School: Spencer, Iowa
  11. Amanda Lambert, Brenda Mitten, Jennifer Lammers & Stacey Ballard, Mr. Lieshant's Gr. 7 class, Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
  12. Mrs. Cantalini's Gr. 7/8 class, Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
  13. Trevor Parrish & Ashlee Wallace, Gr. 7, Lansdowne School: Lansdowne, Ontario
  14. Mrs. Hick's 5th grade class, Saint Anselm's School: San Anselmo, California
  15. Patricia Miller, 6th grade, Mr. Tegels' class, Lincoln Elementary School: Spencer, Iowa
  16. Chris Hale, Mr. Cater's Gr. 5/6 class, Uplands Elementary School: Terrace, British Columbia
  17. Grade 9 class, Vancouver Christian School: Vancouver, British Columbia
  18. Grade 10 class, Vancouver Christian School: Vancouver, British Columbia
  19. Natasha Noble, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  20. Raj Acharya, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  21. Ali Egan, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  22. Paul Gallupe, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  23. Erika Anderson, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  24. Katie Dowling, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  25. Dylan Wykes, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  26. Diva Cory, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  27. Jamie East, Gr.7, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  28. Michael Reddick, Gr.4, R.G. Sinclair Public School: Kingston, Ontario
  29. Trivia Contest Group 6, whole group, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  30. Trivia Contest Group 9, Laura Shepherd & Gray Cooper, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  31. Trivia Contest Group 18, Mark Bowness, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  32. Mrs. Husky's class 77, Social studies, F.R. Haythorne Junior High School: Sherwood Park, Alberta
  33. Trivia Contest Group 3, Mr. Cairns' group, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  34. Trivia Contest Group 17, Kelly Yateman, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  35. 35. Jerry Don Kelly, 7th grade keyboarding, Alma Middle School: Alma, Arizona
  36. Jane Scaplan's Gr. 6 French Immersion class, Sacred Heart Elementary School: Marystown, Newfoundland
  37. Nadav Zelver, Yorkhill Elementary School: Thornhill, Ontario
  38. Trivia Contest Group 5, Damian Ellis, Craig Tibbits, Dan Robinson & Quinn Lau, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  39. Trivia Contest Group 11, Shahan Kha, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  40. Trivia Contest Group 8, whole group, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  41. Trivia Contest Group 20, Chris Vervaeke, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  42. Trivia Contest Group 1, Mrs. Pike's group, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario
  43. Trivia Contest Group 17, James Collins, Dolphin Senior Public School: Mississauga, Ontario

about THE GREAT CANADIAN TRIVIA CONTEST:

IT'S BACK!

Welcome to the second year of The Great Canadian Trivia Contest.

The History Department of Colonel By Secondary School in Ottawa, Ontario is sponsoring a Canadian Studies Internet trivia contest.

This contest is designed to appeal to students in Grades 7 - 10, although other grades are more than welcome to participate.

INFORMATION:

Each week a new question will be presented. Students participating in the contest will, in all likelihood, have to do some research to find the correct answer to our weekly question.

Questions are based on some aspect of Canadian Studies. Questions will include the subjects of history, geography, culture, natural science, sports, current events, law, and any other aspect of Canadian studies that we can think of.

A new question will be posted every Friday in CM (the trivia contest is also distributed through Schoolnet a few days earlier). Answers must be received by 8:00 a.m. eastern time a week from the following Saturday. Answers will be tabulated, and the correct answer, along with the winners' names, will be posted in two weeks. Thus, there will be a new question each week while the answer and winners will be posted two weeks later.

We plan on offering a few nominal prizes so make sure you let us know where we can reach you. We would also like participants to let us know if they are entering as an individual, a group, or if they are representing a particular class and school. We will try to award prizes for individuals/groups and classes.

Last year we had participants from across Canada and the United States and as far away as China. We welcome all new participants as well as our returning veteran contestants.

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