Q 01/05

Thieves siphoned nearly 3,000 tonnes of what from a Quebec strategic reserve in 2011 and 2012?

A) Cheese curds

B) Ice cider

C) Maple syrup

D) Wild blueberries

Answer · why

C) Maple syrup

Maple syrup worth about C$18.7 million vanished in the heist, drained barrel by barrel over several months. Quebec producers supply roughly three-quar...

Q 02/05

Which Quebec dish, born in rural 1950s snack bars, tops French fries with cheese curds and gravy?

A) Poutine

B) Raclette

C) Tartiflette

D) Aligot

Answer · why

A) Poutine

Poutine was created in the Centre-du-Québec region, where the towns of Warwick and Drummondville each claim the restaurant that served it first.

Q 03/05

Which circus company was founded by two street performers in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, in 1984?

A) Big Apple Circus

B) Cirque Éloize

C) Ringling Bros. Circus

D) Cirque du Soleil

Answer · why

D) Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil grew out of a troupe of stilt walkers. One founder once walked 90 km to Quebec City on stilts to win government funding for an early ...

Q 04/05

Which singer, the youngest of 14 children, grew up in the small Quebec town of Charlemagne?

A) Shania Twain

B) Céline Dion

C) Alanis Morissette

D) Avril Lavigne

Answer · why

B) Céline Dion

Céline Dion was a teen star in Quebec long before the wider world noticed. She then won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest singing for Switzerland.

Q 05/05

Which Beatle recorded Give Peace a Chance in a Montreal hotel room during a 1969 bed-in?

A) John Lennon

B) Paul McCartney

C) George Harrison

D) Ringo Starr

Answer · why

A) John Lennon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent a week in bed at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, inviting reporters and famous guests who joined in on the recording.