Summer 2006: Week 4, Round 6
Canadiana: Denizens with dough: the 100 wealthiest Canucks

 

All answers are taken from the Dec. 5, 2005 Canadian Business feature story 2005-2006: The 100 Wealthiest People In Canada. We're hoping Scott stayed home tonight.

 

1. Within 2 billion dollars, give the net worth of media giant Ken Thomson and his family, Canada's wealthiest clan.

 

A: $22.16 billion. Accept $20.16 - $24.16 billion.

 

2. Within 20 million dollars, give the net worth of Dr. John Mull, #100, last and least on the list, chairman and CEO of CML Healthcare Income Fund

 

A: $366 million. Accept $346 - $386 million.

 

3. What piece of Canadian history did Galen Weston, - number 2 on the list with a net worth of $9.8 billion - decide to preserve in Glasgow, Scotland, rather than building a Selfridge's department store on the site?

 

A: A decrepit building on the site was confirmed to be the birthplace of Sir John A. MacDonald.

 

4. Shares of March Networks, whose chairman is high-tech magnate Terry Matthews, number 24 on the list with a net worth of $1.36 billion, jumped 33% after four bombs devastated London's public transit system last July 7. What product manufactured by the company caused this increase?

 

A: Video surveillance equipment.

 

5. At number 15 on the list with a net worth of $1.89 billion, the family of which Maritime entrepreneur is spending $18 million in Gujarat province, India, in a bid to profit from samosas, bondas and vada paus? Please give both the first and last names.

 

A: Harrison McCain.

 

6. His brother, Wallace, meanwhile - who is worth $1.87 billion at #16 - caused protests in 2005 in Hamilton, Ontario, for what $250-million venture?

 

A: Maple Leaf Foods Inc. announced it wanted to build a $250-million pork processing plant there.

 

7. This entrepreneur, number 66 on the list with a net worth of $589 million and whose fashion commercials are broadcast on giant screens in Times Square, is spending tens of millions of dollars to redevelop Winnipeg's historical Exchange District, the city's original garment district. Name him.

 

A: Peter Nygard.

 

8. This shoe salesman, #78 on the list with a net worth of $473 million, got his start in 1972 with concessions in Le Chateau outlets and now has a global footwear empire with stores in more than 20 countries. His last name is Bensadoun. The stores bear his first name. What is it?

 

A: Aldo.

 

9. Allan Slaight, number 21 on the list with a net worth of $1.64 billion, received a Juno in 2004 for his five-decade involvement with Canadian music and continued his pioneering role with a 40% stake in satellite radio provider Sirius Canada. He is the sole owner of what company, which is Canada's largest private broadcaster?

 

A: Standard Broadcasting Corp.

 

10. What well-known philanthropist, number 59 on the list with a net worth of $714 million, has faculties at four Canadian universities named after him?

 

A: Seymour Schulich: McGill, Schulich School of Music; York, Schulich School of Business: University of Calgary, Schulich School of Engineering; Western, Schulich School of of Medecine and Dentistry.

 

11. Extra Question André Chagnon, founder of Quebec cable company Videotron and number 88 on the list with a net worth of $418 million, made a charitable donation of $400 million over 10 years. What is the money designated for?

 

A: To fight childhood obesity.