1. Who
negotiated a historic treaty between the Chipewyan and Cree nations in the early 1700s,
making it much easier for First Nations people to trade with the Hudson's Bay Company? |
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(a)
Julie Riel |
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(b)
Thanadelthur |
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(c)
Marie-Anne Gaboury |
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(d)
Shawnadithit |
2. What Manitoba ethnic group helped to start the women's
suffrage movement in Canada? |
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(a)
Icelanders |
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(b)
Ukrainians |
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(c)
Scots |
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(d)
French |
3. Who was the Winnipeg Free Press journalist,
internationally famous for the accuracy of her crop reports, who helped Manitoba women win
the right to vote? |
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(a)
E. Cora Hind |
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(b)
Edith Rogers |
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(c)
A.V. Thomas |
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(d)
Francis Marion Beynon |
4. Which research scientist, specializing in the study of grain rusts, was
the first Canadian woman to earn a Ph.D. in agricultural sciences? |
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(a)
Frances Gertrude McGill |
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(b)
Phyllis Jean McAlpine |
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(c)
Margaret Newton |
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(d)
Monique Frize |
5. In 1927, what caused an average of four
Canadian women to die every day of the year? |
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(a)
Accidents |
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(b)
Influenza |
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(c)
Heart attacks |
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(d)
Childbirth |
| 6. Who was the
first woman in Canada to graduate with a degree inelectrical engineering, the first woman
in North America to hold a degree inaeronautical engineering and the first woman in the
world to become anaircraft designer?
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(a) Roberta Bondar |
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(b) Ursula Franklin |
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(c) Victoria Jason |
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(d) Elsie Gregory McGill |
7. In 1938, Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally
started what internationally renowned arts group? |
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(a)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra |
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(b)
Manitoba Theatre Centre |
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(c)
Royal Winnipeg Ballet |
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(d)
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir |
8. Who was the Executive Director of the Mount
Carmel Clinic in Winnipeg who expanded on its original mandate to serve Jewish immigrants
by ensuring the clinic provided innovative programs for all North End residents? |
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(a)
Dr. Charlotte Whitehead Ross |
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(b)
Dr. Amelia Yeomans |
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(c)
Margaret Scott |
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(d)
Anne Ross |
9. Which artist, known for fostering
Aboriginal art in her Winnipeg gallery during the 1970s, had her career featured in a
National Film Board documentary entitled, "Colours of Pride"? |
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(a)
Diana Thorneycroft |
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(b)
Betty Dimock |
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(c)
Daphne Odjig |
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(d)
Colleen Cutschall |
10. When were the first women hired to become
members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? |
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(a)
1938 |
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(b)
1952 |
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(c)
1974 |
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(d)
1990 |
11. Who is the Manitoba author, recognized as
one of Canada's pre-eminent French writers, who won three Governor General Awards for
Fiction? |
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(a)
Margaret Laurence |
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(b)
Adele Wiseman |
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(c)
Carol Shields |
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(d)
Gabrielle Roy |
12. Who was named Manitoba's Female Athlete of
the Twentieth Century because of her world-class performances in two different sports? |
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(a)
Tanya Dubnicoff |
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(b)
Sylvia Burka |
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(c)
Sami Jo Small |
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(d)
Jennifer Botterill |
13. Which curler led her Manitoba team to win
the Provincial Championships six times, the Canadian Championships three times and the
World Championships in 1984? |
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(a)
Kathie McIntosh |
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(b)
Connie Laliberte |
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(c)
Elaine Tanner |
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(d)
Kirby Côté |
14. Who is the middle-distance runner from
Shilo, Manitoba, who is a consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medallist, an Olympic
medallist and the first Canadian to win a Grand Prix track and field event? |
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(a)
Susan Auch |
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(b)
Angela Chalmers |
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(c)
Clara Hughes |
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(d)
Mary Rose Thacker |
15. Which woman is the coloratura soprano from
Manitoba who made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1991? |
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(a)
Tracy Dahl |
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(b)
Evelyn Hart |
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(c)
Chantal Kreviazuk |
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(d)
Amanda Stott |
