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1.) What instrument do you need to see microscopic organisms?  Microscope 

2.) Which is the smaller fraction: ¼ or 1/8 ? 1/8 

3.) Which is a fungus: moss, seaweed or mushroom?  Mushroom 

4.) East of your time zone, is it earlier or later in the day?  Later 

5.) What liquid do bees gather from flowers to make honey?  Nectar 

6.) In soccer which player is allowed to touch the ball with his or her hands?  Goalie 

7.) What type of food is made in a wok ‑ French, Chinese or Italian?  Chinese  

8.) How long does an annual plant live?  One year or one growing season 

9.) How many PAIRS of legs do spiders have? 4 

10.) True or false: The study of the human mind is called “theology”  FALSE (psychology)

1.) What is the opposite of “clockwise”?  Counterclockwise 

2.) What is the best conductor of heat? Glass, wood, or metal?  Metal 

3.) What language was designed for people who can’t hear or speak?  Sign language 

4.) Which is NOT a synonym of the word “tiny”: major, microscopic, or miniature?  Major 

5.) Which is the work of nature? Canal, dam or canyon?  Canyon 

6.) What organ in the body is inflamed when a person has appendicitis?  Appendix 

7.) How many days are in 6 weeks? 42  

8.) In tennis, what’s your score if you have no points? Love 

9.) What color absorbs the most sunlight?  Black 

10.) True or False:  5 is a prime number.  TRUE

1.) What do you call the yellow part of an egg? Yolk

2.) Do the particles in matter move slower or faster when thermal energy is lost?  Slower 

3.) What is a marionette? Puppet (stringed puppet)
 
4.) How many months are in three – quarters of a year?  9 

5.) In billiards or pool , what do you use to hit the ball?   Cue 

6.) True or False: The skin is the human body’s largest organ.  TRUE

7.) What do you call a plant that comes from 2 different plants? Binary, duplicate, or hybrid?    Hybrid

8.) What vegetable is used to make sauerkraut? Cabbage

9.) Which is not a conifer? Pine tree, fir tree, or oak tree?  Oak Tree

10.)  How many “s’s” are in the word success?  Three

1.) Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights?Jumping Rope 

2.) Which uses the binary system: a computer, a car, or a refrigerator?Computer 

3.) Where do Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica go to school?Riverdale High 

4.) In what winter sport do competitors perform double axels and triple loops?Ice skating or figure skating 

5.) What do the letters POW stand for?Prisoner of war 

6.) What do we call scientists who dig up artifacts and study ancient civilizations?Archeologists  

7.) Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals?Metals 

8.) True or False:  If you drop a tennis ball and a basketball off a roof, they’ll land at the same time.  TRUE

9.) True or False: The air pressure at the top of the mountain is greater than the air pressure at the bottom of a mountain.FALSE (air pressure is higher at the bottom of the mountain) 

10.) The scar tissue left from a baby’s umbilical cord becomes what?Navel or belly button

1.) What piece of equipment do tennis players use to hit a tennis ball? Raquet 

2.) What is the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador?  St. John’s 

3.) In “Alice in Wonderland”, what did Alice have to use for a croquet mallet? Golf club, measuring stick or flamingo?  Flamingo 

4.) When facing forward on a ship, is starboard to the right or left?  Right 

5.) How many continents are there?  7 

6.) What 20th century war killed over 60 million people around the world?       World War II 

7.) What is the outer most layer of the earth called? The shell, the crust or the case?  The crust 

8.) In what country would you find the Parthenon?  Greece 

9.) What does the musical storage device, CD stand for?  Compact Disc 

10.) An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another.   TRUE

1.) What does the international organization, UN, stand for? United Nations 

2.) What is the official summer sport of Canada? Lacrosse 

3.) What is the only element with the same name as a planet? Mercury 

4.) What colour is a granny smith apple? Green 

5.) True or False: A proton is negatively charged. FALSE (positively charged) 

6.) What color are the stars on the United States of America flag?  White 

7.) In basketball, how many points is a lay‑up worth?  2 

8.) What is the name of the bridge that links Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick? Confederation Bridge 

9.) What is the largest continent?  Asia 

10.) In English grammar, what is a word that expresses an attribute of something? Verb, noun, or adjective?  Adjective

1.) What do mathematicians call a regular polygon with eight sides?  Octagon 

2.) What is the name of Canada’s newest Territory?  Nunavut 

3.) What dinosaurs survived the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period ‑ Hadrosaurs or Tyrannasaurs?  Hadrosaurs 

4.) True or False: Identical twins have identical finger prints  FALSE 

5.) Do arteries carry blood towards the heart, or away from the heart?  Away from the heart 

6.) Euro Disney is on the outskirts of which European city?  Paris 

7.) What green organization has the name WWF?  World Wildlife Fund 

8.) What did teenager Anne Frank leave behind that was published after her death?  Her diary 

9.) What was the favorite food of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?  Pizza 

10.) Basketball was invented by a man of which nationality?  Canadian

1.) How many provinces does Canada have? 10 

2.) What is a group of lions called? Stock, Herd or Pride?   Pride 

3.) In which American State would you find Pearl Harbour?  Hawaii 

4.) What was the name of Winnipeg’s NHL team?  Winnipeg Jets 

5.) Which animal is on the Canadian Nickel?  Beaver 

6.) How big would the earth be if the sun were as large as a soccer ball? A pea or an orange?  Pea 

7.) In the Looney Toons cartoon, who is the Roadrunner’s nemesis?  Wile E Coyote 

8.) True or false : Pi is the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter. TRUE 

9.) Name ONE province that boarders the Hudson’s Bay. (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec) 

10.) In which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped? Hiroshima

1.) Which was the tenth province to join Confederation?  Newfoundland 

2.) True or False: The term “Safe Risks” is an example of an oxymoron.  TRUE 

3.) How many Olympic Games has Canada hosted?  3 (Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver) 

4.) What part of your eye is also another word for “student”?  pupil

5.) What country was home of the samurai warriors?  Japan

6.) How many hairs does the average person lose from his head each day? 5, 50, or 500?  50 

7/) What number is represented by “giga” in computer language: one million, one billion or one trillion?  One billion   

8.) What planet needs 11.86 Earth Years to make a revolution around the sun?   Jupiter

9.) Which one of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?  Lake Michigan 

10.) What hand do the Army and Air Force salute with?  Right

1.) How many territories does Canada have?  3 

2.) In texting language what does the acronym “LOL” mean?  Laugh out Loud 

3.) True or False: Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844.  TRUE 

4.) What European country hosts the holiday, Bastille Day?  France 

5.) Who painted the “Mona Lisa”?  Leonardo da Vinci 

6.) How many chambers in the human heart? 4  

7.) What is Canada’s largest national park? Banff, Wood Buffalo, or Yoho?   Wood Buffalo 

8.) What is the square root of 81?  9 

9.) Which Canadian NHL team has won the most Stanley Cups?  Montreal Canadiens 

10.) Including wisdom teeth, how many teeth should a typical adult have? 22, 32, or 42?  32