Test your Canadian politics knowledge with The House's 2025 year-end quiz

The past 12 months brought big political headlines, new partisan players and plenty of parliamentary surprises. How much do you remember from it all?

Listen below as host Catherine Cullen tests a panel of Parliament Hill watchers in this year's House news quiz, with Shannon Proudfoot of the Globe and Mail, Alex Ballingall of the Toronto Star and Christopher Nardi of the National Post.

See how you measure up by following along with 40 of this year's questions below. (Scroll down to see the answers at the bottom.)

1) January kicked off with more Liberals growing disgruntled with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership. Questions were swirling around his next move. Trudeau finally revealed his decision to step down how many days into 2025?

2) It was only about six weeks earlier that Trudeau had flown down to Mar-a-Lago to talk tariffs with then-U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Which premier visited Mar-a-Lago in January for some of their own "friendly and constructive conversation" with the president-elect?

3) Before January was up, a different premier decided to trigger an early election, saying a strong mandate was needed to deal with Trump. Which premier called that election?

4) February began with a significant speech, delivered by Trudeau late on a Saturday evening. When he said, "from the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you" — who specifically was he speaking to?

5) Forty-eight hours later, Trudeau and Trump held two phone calls in one day. The U.S. president ended up pausing tariffs on Canada temporarily after Trudeau made a series of commitments, including to appoint what?

6) As the trade war bubbled up, the Liberal leadership race was in full swing. Former B.C. premier Christy Clark was mulling a run, but ultimately announced she wouldn't seek the leadership after walking back a claim that she was never a member of the Conservative Party. It turns out she had joined the federal Conservatives to support a leadership candidate in their 2022 race. Which candidate did she support?

7) Which party sent an internal memo to candidates and campaign staff in February urging readiness for a snap election, saying it looked like Mark Carney would become Liberal leader and call one?

8) Also in February, Conservatives held a "Canada First" rally in downtown Ottawa with hundreds of supporters dressed in red and white. It was meant to coincide with which observed day in this country?

9) The 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament took on new meaning in February. When Canada beat the United States in the high-stakes final, Trudeau posted to social media: "You can't take our country — and you can't" — what?

10) At the end of February, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called for Trump to be barred from what summer event happening in Canada?

11) Which piece of legislation did Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre say he'd change, in order to force party leadership candidates to disclose financial holdings before being elected?