Q.1
In 2003, graphic novelist Chester Brown received widespread critical acclaim for his “comic-strip biography” of this famous Canadian:
Tommy Douglas
Louis Riel
Gabriel Dumont
Q.2
Humorist Will Ferguson developed a new way of ranking prominent Canadians in this book by the same name:
Bastards & Boneheads
Black Flies & Beavers
Buddyoverthere & What’shisname
Q.3
The bestselling book Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! spoofed the evolution of Quebec’s language laws and drew fire from Quebec nationalists. Who wrote it?
Leonard Cohen
Stuart McLean
Mordecai Richler
Q.4
The Canadian political thriller Party Favours, originally published under the pseudonym Jean Doe, was quickly revealed to have been penned by:
Warren Kinsella
Louise Penny
Anne Chretien
Q.5
This Canadian novelist sent more than 100 books to Prime Minister Stephen Harper before discontinuing the project this spring:
Margaret Atwood
Yann Martel
Farley Mowat
Q.6
John Buchan, 1st Baron of Tweedsmuir, was a prolific writer of adventure fiction (and non-fiction as well), but is perhaps better known for being:
Premier of Ontario
Prime minister
Governor general
Q.7
Bestselling author and social critic Naomi Klein is married to this prominent fellow Canadian journalist:
Avi Lewis
George Stroumboulopoulos
Jian Ghomeshi
Q.8
Which of the following fiction books was not written by Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff?
Scar Night
Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Scar Tissue
Q.9
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a totalitarian theocracy of the near future. What is it called?
Panem
Republic of Gilead
God’s Gardeners
Q.10
This Canadian prime minister appeared in a Marvel Comics series, in which he ordered the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight to capture Wolverine:
Brian Mulroney
Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau