#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HISTORY IN ART $1600: Benjamin West took artistic license in depicting "The Death of General Wolfe", an event from this 18th century war the French and Indian War |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: Normally a dozy institution, this 105-member upper house of Parliament was news in 2012 with a housing expenses scandal the Senate |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: In 1880 the Arctic Islands became part of these territories between the Yukon & Nunavut the Northwest Territories |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1600: Asked to yield this city to the English in 1690, Count Frontenac said, "My only reply will be from the mouths of my cannons" Quebec City |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: A World Heritage Site, these Newfoundland meadows contain the first evidence of Europeans in the New World L'Anse aux Meadows |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $6,000 (Daily Double): Founded by a royal charter, the company named for this body of water employed "voyageurs" who explored Canada by canoe Hudson Bay |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In early 2022, things got eventful in this Canadian city with traffic-paralyzing protests Ottawa |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 2003 this Canadian territory dropped "Territory" to go by a single name Yukon |
#8525, aired 2021-12-03 | CANADIAN SPORTS $200: Floridian Tim Raines learned "bonjour" & "merci beaucoup" as one of the greatest players in this MLB team's history the Expos |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | CANADIANA $400: The iconic Canadian department store nicknamed The Bay traces its history to this company founded in 1670 Hudson Bay |
#8200, aired 2020-04-10 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY $400: The Canadian government has promised to never try to find out the name of the young man buried in Ottawa's version of this memorial the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE $2000: A malamute is on the flag of this Canadian territory to reflect the dog's important role in the history of the place the Yukon |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | OUR FAIR CITY $800: This city is home to Place des Arts & the McCord Museum of Canadian History Montreal |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: Calixa Lavallee composed the music for this song in 1880; drop the puck! "O Canada" |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: In 1916 this prairie province became the first in Canada to give women the right to vote Manitoba |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: William Lyon Mackenzie King's long stretch as PM saw the creation of this radio & TV entity that gave me my big break the CBC (or Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY $1000: Before her death in 1962, Eleanor made a final visit to the old family summer home on this Canadian island Campobello |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $1200: In October 1869 the highest tide in history, 54 feet, occurred at Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, in this bay the Bay of Fundy |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 Canada joined the United States & 10 other nations to form this military alliance NATO |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes Erie & Ontario |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1200: On July 3, 1608 this Frenchman landed at what would become the City of Quebec (Samuel de) Champlain |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1600: The 1947 discovery of oil in a field at Leduc in this prairie province launched a Canadian oil boom Alberta |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country's first prime minister (John A.) Macdonald |
#5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads underneath an ornamented hanging boat at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) This seaworthy 63-foot canoe was carved from a single tree trunk by the Haida, a native people from islands off this Canadian province British Columbia |
#5268, aired 2007-07-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: In 1778 James Cook became the first European to land on this island, the largest on Canada's west coast Vancouver Island |
#5268, aired 2007-07-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: Once the Canadian Pacific Railway reached this Alberta city in 1883, Settlers began a "stampede" to live there Calgary |
#5268, aired 2007-07-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended this war, France surrendered most of New France to Britain the French and Indian War |
#5268, aired 2007-07-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: The Charlottetown Accord recognizing this province as a "distinct society)" failed a 1992 vote Quebec |
#5268, aired 2007-07-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1000: The word "Canada" first appeared in 1535 in this French explorer's journal Jacques Cartier |
#4479, aired 2004-02-12 | TEENS IN HISTORY $2000: In 1692, 14-year-old Madeline de Vercheres led the fight against an Iroquois attack in what is now this Canadian province Quebec |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed Maine's border with this "New" province New Brunswick |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: This military alliance was formed in 1949 by Canada, the U.S. & 10 European countries NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: On a tour of Canada in 1967, French president Charles de Gaulle called for the independence of this province Quebec |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: This institution, the NFB, founded by Parliament in 1939, added an animation department in 1942 National Film Board of Canada |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1000: This Canadian company, formerly British, is the oldest chartered company in the world Hudson's Bay Company |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: The Meech Lake Accord, which recognized this province as a distinct society, failed to win approval in 1990 Quebec Province |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: The 1967 World's Fair held in this city celebrated the city's 325th anniversary & Canada's centennial Montreal |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1200: In 1874 Lt. Colonel George Arthur French became the first commissioner of this law enforcement agency the Mounties |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1600: In 1534 this Frenchman became the first European to set foot on the Gaspe Peninsula & sail up the St. Lawrence River Cartier |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: In 1670 this British firm was granted the charter to establish fur trading posts in Canada Hudson Bay Company |
#4029, aired 2002-02-21 | GOODBYE $1200: This flamboyant prime minister's Oct. 3, 2000 state funeral was the largest such event in Canadian history (Pierre) Trudeau |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: Derided as the "Pearson Pennant" after the prime minister, it was adopted in 1964 the maple leaf flag |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: Beginning in February 1942, Canada moved 21,000 people of this background to internment camps Japanese-Canadians |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1200: In 2000 this party led by Preston Manning, not Pat Buchanan, was absorbed by the New Canadian Alliance the Reform Party |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: William Lyon Mackenzie led a failed 1837 revolt; this grandson of his was Canada's longest-serving prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $5,000 (Daily Double): The 1947 discovery of the Leduc fields began an oil boom in this western province Alberta |
#2965, aired 1997-06-20 | HISTORY $600: Between 1812 & 1815 the Scots & Irish founded the Red River settlement in this Canadian prairie province Manitoba |
#2625, aired 1996-01-19 | "X", "Y", "Z" $600: The malamute was so important in this Canadian territory's history that it's on the territorial flag Yukon Territory |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $800: On Dec. 31, 1775 at this Canadian city, Gen. Richard Montgomery was killed & Benedict Arnold was wounded Quebec |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | HISTORY $200: This U.S.-Canadian waterway was formally opened at St. Lambert, Quebec June 26, 1959 the St. Lawrence |
#2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1608 Samuel de Champlain established a trading post at what is now this French-Canadian city Quebec (City) |
#2425, aired 1995-03-03 | HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 1994 John Turner served briefly as Canadian PM. then lost the office to this man (Brian) Mulroney |
#2140, aired 1993-12-17 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: This Saskatchewan capital has a Royal Canadian Mounted Police museum with exhibits on the agency's history Regina |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: In 1949 Canada joined the U.S. & 10 European countries in forming this military alliance NATO |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: To circumvent Niagara Falls, the Welland Canal opened in 1829 linking Lake Ontario with this lake Lake Erie |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: All of Canada fell under British rule under the Treaty of Paris which ended this war the French and Indian War |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: On May 2, 1670, King Charles II granted a charter to organize this firm to obtain furs for the British the Hudson Bay Company |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1000: In 1545 this Frenchman published an account of his exploration of Newfoundland (Jacques) Cartier |
#1207, aired 1989-11-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: It began shortly after 5 PM November 9, 1965 & affected parts of 8 states & 2 Canadian provinces the great blckout |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: In 1670 Hudson's Bay Co. was chartered in this country & given rights to land draining into the bay England |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: French Canadians didn't like the Union Jack on the old flag, so in 1965 this new design was unfurled maple leaf |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: This newest province didn't become part of Canada unti 1949 Newfoundland |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: The last spike of this transcontinental railroad was driven on November 7, 1885 Canadian Pacific |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): A provincial capital was named for George Monteau Dunk, 2nd Earl of this Halifax |
#699, aired 1987-09-24 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: An enemy tribe sold her to a French-Canadian fur trader before she guided Lewis & Clark Sacagawea |