Canadian Prime-Minister Trivia

This page is for Trivia lovers of all ages. Simply see how many questions you can get right. I will start out with the questions first, then you can see how many you got right by checking your answers at the bottom of the page.(No Cheating!) Have Fun! You can even e-mail me to let me know what you think of the page. If you have any questions to add, let me know at my e-mail address. Thank you to Barry Wilson of Ottawa, Ontario for suggesting questions for this site.
Prime-Ministers born in April:
Lester Bowles Pearson (Liberal)(April 15, 1897-in Ontario)
Prime-Ministers who died in April:
Alexander Mackenzie (Liberal)(April 17, 1892, age 70, of a stroke in Ontario)



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Questions

1. Which Prime-Ministers served non-consecutive terms?
2. Who was the only Prime-Minister to serve three non-consecutive terms?
3. Who was the youngest Prime-Minister?
4. Which Prime-Minister lived the shortest life?
5. Who was the oldest Prime-Minister?
6. Which Prime-Minister lived the longest life?
7. Who was the first French-Canadian Prime Minister?
8. Who was the first woman Prime-Minister?
9. Who was the first Prime-Minister to be born in Canada?
10. Who was the first Prime-Minister to be divorced?
11. Which Prime-Minister was divorced the most times?
12. Which Prime-Ministers were knighted?
13. Which Prime-Minister was offered a knighthood, but refused it?
14. Who was the first Prime-Minister to wear facial hair?
15. Who was the last Prime-Minister to wear facial hair?(While in office?)
16. Which Prime-Minister served the longest term in office?
17. Which Prime-Minister served the shortest?
18. Which Prime-Ministers died in office?
19. Which Prime-Minister switched parties while in office?
20. Who is the only former Prime-Minister NOT buried in Canada?
21. Who is the only Prime-Minister to undergo a name change?
22. What 4 Prime-Ministers were French Canadian?
23. What Prime-Minister suffered a birth defect leaving him paralysed on one side of his face and deaf in one ear?
24. What Prime-Ministers were NOT born in Canada?
25. What Prime-Minister lost an eye to cancer?
26. What Prime-Ministers did NOT die in Canada?
27. What Prime-Ministers were in office for less than a year?
28.Which Prime-Minister started a scandal before becoming Prime-Minister by posing bare shouldered behind a Judges robe in a picture?
29.Who was the first Catholic Prime Minister?
30.Which Prime Minister was recognized as Canada's first citizen?


Answers

1.Sir John Alexander MacDonald(1867-1873)(1878-1891);Arthur Meighen (1920-1921)(1926);William Lyon MacKenzie King(1921-1926)(1926-1930) (1935-1948)and Pierre Elliott Trudeau(1968-1979)(1980-1984)
2.William Lyon Mackenzie King(1921-1926)(1926-1930)(1935-1948)
3.Charles Joseph Clark(39)
4.Sir John Sparrow David Thompson(died of a heart attack at age 50)
5.Sir Charles Tupper(75)
6.Sir Charles Tupper(lived to be 94)
7.Sir Wilfred Laurier(Pronounced law-ree-ay)
8.Kim Campbell
9.Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
10.Pierre Elliott Trudeau(troo-doe)
11.Kim Campbell(twice)
12.Sir John Alexander MacDonald,Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott,Sir John Sparrow David Thompson,Sir Mackenzie Bowell,Sir Charles Tupper, Sir Wilfred Laurier,Sir Robert Laird Borden
13.Alexander Mackenzie
14.Alexander Mackenzie(Beard)
15.Louis Stephen St. Laurent(Sawn-lorawn)(Mustache)
16.William Lyon Mackenzie King(combined term of 21 years)
17.Sir Charles Tupper(three weeks)
18.Sir John Alexander MacDonald and Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
19.Sir Robert Laird Borden(changed from Conservative to Unionist in 1916.)
20.Richard Bedford Bennett(Buried in Mickleman,Surrey,England)
21.Kim Campbell(original name was Avril Phaedra Campbell)
22.Sir Wilfred Laurier, Louis Stephen St.Laurent, Pierre Elliott Trudeau,and Joseph-Jacques Jean Chretien.
23.Joseph-Jacques Jean Chretien(cray-tyen)
24.Sir John Alexander MacDonald(Scotland),Alexander MacKenzie (Scotland), Sir Mackenzie Bowell(England) and John Napier Turner (England)
25.Lester Bowles Pearson.
26.Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Sir Charles Tupper and Richard Bedford Bennett.(All three died in England)
27.Sir Charles Tupper(1896)John Napier Turner(1984), and Kim Campbell(1993)
28.Kim Campbell
29. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
30. William Lyon Mackenzie King, who received the first certificate of Canadian citizenship when the legislation was proclaimed on July 1, 1947.


Tim Crutchfield

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1609 E Stoddard
Dexter, Mo. 63841
USA


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