Queen Victoria was known as the “Empress” of what current commonwealth nation?

• Australia
• Canada
• India
• St. Lucia

Often called May 2-4 for a case of 24 beers, the holiday is the unofficial start to the summer season and is celebrated with beer-fueled parties. Canada is home to many breweries. Who founded Canada’s first brewery?

• Alexander Keith
• Thomas Carling
• John Molson
• John Kinder Labatt

Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 7 months is the longest of any British monarch in history and the longest of any female monarch in history. Who holds the record for the second-longest reign in the British monarchy?

• Elizabeth II
• Edward VIII
• Edward the Elder
• Richard II

A large number of places which were once in the former British Empire were named after Queen Victoria, making Victoria one of the most commemorated individuals in place-names around the world. Which of the following was not named for the Queen?

• Queensland, Australia
• Regina, Saskatchewan
• Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Cuidad Victoria, Mexico

In their song “Lakeside Park,” which Canadian rock band mentions Victoria Day with the lyric “everyone would gather on the 24th of May, sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display”?

• 54-40
• The Band
• Five Man Electrical Band
• Rush

On May 24, 1918 Royal assent was given to a bill that gave women the right to vote in federal elections. Before this, some provinces allowed women the right to vote in provincial elections. Which province first granted women this right?

• Alberta
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec

Victoria Day celebrations were marked by tragedy in 1881 when a passenger ferry called “Victoria” overturned, drowning 182 individuals near what Canadian city?

• London, Ontario
• Kelowna, BC
• Summerside, PEI
• Nanaimo, BC

Queen Victoria never visited Canada, but the reigning Queen Elizabeth II has visited the country more than 20 times. During a 2002 visit, she, accompanied by Wayne Gretzky dropped the ceremonial first puck at an NHL hockey game in which city?

• Vancouver
• Edmonton
• Ottawa
• Montreal

This year, Canadians are celebrating Victoria Day on May 21. How did this holiday get its name?

• In 1881, the British Columbia government proclaimed it a holiday in the capital city of Victoria
• It commemorates the 1819 birth of Queen Victoria
• It commemorates the 1901 death of Queen Victoria
• It recognizes the creation of the Victoriaville, Quebec train station in 1854

Official protocol dictates that every Victoria Day, a 21-gun salute is fired in each provincial capital and in Ottawa at noon. On what other day is the 21-gun salute used?

• Flag Day
• Canada Day
• Election day
• St. Jean Baptiste Day