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Newfoundland Quiz: 12 Questions on Canada's Easternmost Province
Newfoundland is a rugged Atlantic island where Vikings landed a thousand years ago and icebergs drift past fishing villages in spring. This Newfoundland quiz has 12 questions with answers.
Dungeon Provincial Park, with its collapsed sea cave, was shown on the Bing homepage on Canada Day, so it is part of the quiz.
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Newfoundland Quiz Questions and Answers
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1 What natural force carved the sea cave at Dungeon Provincial Park?
- A Atlantic waves
- B A glacier
- C An earthquake
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✓ Answer: A. Atlantic waves
Did you know? Waves eroded the cave until its roof collapsed.
2 What is the collapsed sea cave at Dungeon Provincial Park often called?
- A A cenote
- B A fjord
- C A gloup
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✓ Answer: C. A gloup
Did you know? A gloup is a collapsed sea cave open to the sky.
3 What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
- A St. John's
- B Corner Brook
- C Halifax
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✓ Answer: A. St. John's
Did you know? St. John's is one of the oldest European-founded cities in North America.
4 In what year did Newfoundland join Canada?
- A 1867
- B 1949
- C 1982
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✓ Answer: B. 1949
Did you know? It became Canada's tenth province on March 31, 1949.
5 Which Norse site proves Vikings reached North America around 1000 AD?
- A Jamestown
- B Plymouth
- C L'Anse aux Meadows
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✓ Answer: C. L'Anse aux Meadows
Did you know? It was discovered in 1960 and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
6 Which cape is the easternmost point of North America, excluding Greenland?
- A Cape Spear
- B Cape Cod
- C Cape Breton
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✓ Answer: A. Cape Spear
Did you know? Cape Spear is just outside St. John's.
7 Who received the first transatlantic wireless signal on Signal Hill in 1901?
- A Nikola Tesla
- B Alexander Graham Bell
- C Guglielmo Marconi
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✓ Answer: C. Guglielmo Marconi
Did you know? The signal, the letter 'S' in Morse code, came from Cornwall, England.
8 What drifts past Newfoundland each spring along 'Iceberg Alley'?
- A Whale bones
- B Volcanic rock
- C Icebergs
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✓ Answer: C. Icebergs
Did you know? Most come from glaciers in western Greenland.
9 Which big, water-loving dog breed takes its name from the island?
- A Bernese mountain dog
- B Newfoundland
- C Saint Bernard
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✓ Answer: B. Newfoundland
Did you know? Newfoundlands were bred as working dogs for fishermen and are famous for water rescues.
10 How is Newfoundland's time zone unusual?
- A It is 2 hours behind Atlantic Time
- B It is 30 minutes off the neighboring zone
- C It never changes for summer
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✓ Answer: B. It is 30 minutes off the neighboring zone
Did you know? Newfoundland Standard Time is UTC−3:30.
11 Which fish collapse led to a 1992 fishing moratorium off Newfoundland?
- A Herring
- B Northern cod
- C Atlantic salmon
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✓ Answer: B. Northern cod
Did you know? The Grand Banks cod fishery had supported communities for centuries.
12 Which national park in Newfoundland lets visitors walk on rock from Earth's mantle?
- A Jasper
- B Gros Morne
- C Banff
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✓ Answer: B. Gros Morne
Did you know? The Tablelands in Gros Morne are exposed mantle rock pushed up by plate collisions.
About Newfoundland
Newfoundland is the island part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was a separate British dominion until it voted to join Canada, becoming its tenth province on March 31, 1949. St. John's, the capital, is one of the oldest European-founded cities in North America, and nearby Cape Spear is the easternmost point of the continent outside Greenland.
At L'Anse aux Meadows, archaeologists found the remains of a Norse settlement from around the year 1000, the earliest known European presence in the Americas. On Signal Hill, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal in 1901. The province even has its own time zone, half an hour ahead of Atlantic Time.
Dungeon Provincial Park
Dungeon Provincial Park, near Bonavista, protects a sea cave whose roof collapsed, leaving a large hole open to the sky with two arches where the ocean rushes in. Formations like this are sometimes called a gloup or a blowhole collapse. Atlantic waves carved it over thousands of years. See the July 1, 2026 Bing Homepage Quiz answers.
Newfoundland Quiz FAQ
When did Newfoundland join Canada?
On March 31, 1949, as Canada's tenth province.
Where did the Vikings land in North America?
At L'Anse aux Meadows, on the northern tip of Newfoundland, around the year 1000. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What is Iceberg Alley?
The stretch of sea off Newfoundland and Labrador where icebergs from Greenland drift south, mostly in spring and early summer.