Q.1
This book was the first self-published winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour:
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
Ojibway Melody by Harry L. Symons
A Good Place to Come From by Morley Torgov
Q.2
Which book did not win the Leacock Medal for Stuart McLean:
Vinyl Cafe Unplugged
Home from the Vinyl Cafe
Stories from the Vinyl Cafe
Q.3
This T.C. Haliburton character was a brash clock peddler whose wise-cracking commentary spoke volumes about life in colonial Nova Scotia:
Terry Trick
Sam Slick
Shoeless Joe
Q.4
Stephen Leacock's fictional town of Mariposa was based on this real-life Canadian location:
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Steinbach, Manitoba
Orillia, Ontario
Q.5
Michel Tremblay's The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant was defended by this Canada Reads 2009 panelist:
Anne-Marie Withenshaw
Michel Vezina
Zaib Shaikh
Q.6
This Hollywood star landed his first leading role in the 1974 film adaptation of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz:
Robert De Niro
Harrison Ford
Richard Dreyfuss
Q.7
This author's books have been criticized for their appropriation of aboriginal voices:
Farley Mowat
W.P. Kinsella
Pierre Berton
Q.8
Winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour are awarded:
$15,000
$10,000
$20,000
Q.9
Leacock Medal-winner Sondra Gotlieb may be better known for this jaw-dropping escapade than her literary works:
Flashing Pierre Trudeau
Slapping her social secretary in Washington
Throwing a pie in the face of Jean Chretien
Q.10
Humourist Will Ferguson wrote a book about this Canadian youth experience:
Encounters with Canada
Canada World Youth
Katimavik