Canada

All this week's questions are about Canada, the world's second largest country.

1. What is the capital of Canada?
   Ottawa.
2. What are the two official languages of Canada?
   English and French.
3. Which region of NW Canada, in the Yukon, was the site of rich gold deposits discovered in 1896?
   Klondike.
4. Which Canadian writer's works include "The Edible Woman", "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Alias Grace"?
   Margaret Atwood.
5. The Canadian police force known as the RCMP is often referred to as the "Mounties", but what does "RCMP" stand for?
   Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
6. What is Canada's oldest national park?
   Banff National Park.
7. Name the Canadian jazz musician, a virtuoso pianist, who won immediate acclaim upon his US debut at Carnegie Hall in 1949 and was then a regular attraction of "Jazz at the Philharmonic".
   Oscar Peterson.
8. Which line of latitude forms the boundary between Canada and the USA west of the Lake of the Woods? (Clue: It was used as the title of a 1941 film about five stranded German U-boat men.)
   Fourty-ninth parallel.
9. On Canada's flag, how many points are there on the maple leaf emblem?
   Eleven.
10. Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories. What are the names of the three territories?
    Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

Questions set by Tony Augarde, author of "The Oxford Guide to Word Games"

How did you do?

0 - 1    Mmmm, not exactly brilliant.
2 - 5    A reasonable stab.
6 - 8    A good showing. But there's still room for improvement!
9 - 10  You really know your stuff. Well done!