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1.) Which country was ruled by the Ming dynasty? China

2.) What ship saw 1,517 of its passengers and crew drown in a 1912 disaster?  The Titanic 

3.) What city was Prime Minister Stephen Harper born in?  Toronto 

4.) What Sea does the Nile river empty into?  Mediterranean Sea 

5.) Which of Mickey Mouse’s friends wears a sailor suit?  Donald Duck 

6.) What does a person with Arachnophobia have a fear of?  Spiders 

7.) What’s the number above the line in a fraction called? Numerator, denominator, orproduct?            Numerator 

8.) What’s the International Criminal Police Organization better known as? Interpol  9.) How long does it take a starfish to grow a new arm? Days, weeks, a year?  Weeks 

10.) True or False: Ray Chrysler was the first to use a conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory.          FALSE: Henry Ford

1.) What does Cirque du Soleil mean? Circus of the Sun 

2.) In the Northern Hemisphere, in what month is the autumnal equinox? September 

3.) Who became the first man to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong 

4.) Which country has the world’s longest coastline of 243,000 kilometers? Canada 

5.) What kind of animal is a bush baby? Marsupial, rodent or primate? Primate 

6.) In what English city does the movie 101 Dalmatians take place? London 

7.) True or False: A basketball has fake seams.TRUE 

8.) What time is 8:00pm when using the 24‑hour clock? 20:00 

9.) What type of triangle has 2 sides of equal length? Isosceles  

10.) How many feet does a millipede have ‑ Fewer than 500 or more than 500?  Fewer than 500

1.) What is the world’s largest rainforest? The Amazon 

2.) What country did Mexico declare its independence from in 1821? Spain, Britain or United States?  Spain 3.) What mountain range contains Mount Everest?  Himalayas 

4.) What kind of dog was Beethoven in the “Beethoven”  movies? Saint Bernard 

5.)  Ascorbic Acid is also known as which vitamin?   Vitamin C 

6.) Which nation is headquarters to the Toshiba home electronic company?     Japan 

7.) Which queens face is on all Canadian coins?  Queen Elizabeth II 

8.) How many months in the year have just 30 days in them?4 

9.) How long does it take a Venus flytrap to digest an insect – 2 minutes, 2 hours, or 2 weeks?   2 weeks 

10.) True or False: Canada released $2 bill with the Toonie in 1986.  FALSE (1996)

1.) How many centimetres are in a metre? 100 

2.) In English grammar, what is a word that shows an action? Verb, noun, or adjective? Verb 

3.) What country would you visit to see the Great Barrier Reef? Australia 

4.) How many animals accompanied Dorothy on her journey to Oz? one – just Toto 

5.) What year was North America discovered? 1492 

6.) What is the name of Canada’s only Major League Baseball Team? Toronto Blue Jays 

7.) What is the water‑filled ditch around a castle called? Moat 

8.) Which European city completely surrounds the Vatican City? Rome 

9.) True or False: the computer format HTML means Hyper‑Text Markup Language TRUE 

10.) What ocean does the humpback whale end up in after migrating from the Indian Ocean? Atlantic Ocean

1.) What part of it’s body does a snake use to smell?  The tongue 

2.) What is the capital city of the Yukon?  Whitehorse 

3.) What score is a birdie on a par-4 golf hole?  3 

4.) What animal sleeps only 20 minutes a day? Hippo, lion or giraffe?  Giraffe 

5.) How many sides does a pentagon have?  Five 

6.) Which human organ produces cholesterol?  The liver 

7.) Who sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey?  Little Miss Muffet 

8.) What is the current population of Canada – 28 million, 34 million or 40 million?  34 million 

9.) Who said “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”?  Sir Isaac Newton 

10.) True or False: The “Bronze Age” was followed by the “Gold Age”   FALSE (followed by Iron Age)

1.) What metal is liquid at room temperature ‑ mercury, lead, or tin? Mercury 

2.) What is the largest South American country by area? Brazil 

3.) Baby Boomers were born during the year after which War? World War II 

4.) True or False: The substance that makes plants green is called Chlorogell  FALSE (Chlorophyll) 

5.) What letter represents potassium on the Periodic Table of Elements? K 

6.) What is a baby goat called? A kid or billy 

7.) What does NAFTA stand for? North American Free Trade Agreement 

8.) How many points is the letter “U” worth in scrabble? One 

9.) What annual horse race is nicknamed the “Run for the Roses”?  Kentucky Derby 

10.) What is the only mammal that flies? Bat

1.)What is the capital city of New Brunswick? Fredericton 

2.) How many spaces does a tic‑tac‑toe game use? Nine 

3.) True or false: The ostrich is the fastest bird on foot? TRUE 

4.) What is the human body’s largest organ? The skin 

5.) What line divides a circle into two semicircles? The diameter 

6.) What’s the speed of a sneeze ‑ 10 miles per hour, 50 miles per hour, or 100 miles per hour? 100 miles per hour 

7.) What’s the female version of a warlock? Witch 

8.) Which country was the electric light bulb invented in? Canada 

9.) How many toes does a camel have on each foot ‑ 2, 3, or 4?  2 

10.) Who was ancient Egypt’s last queen? Cleopatra 

1.) Which country would you visit to take a walk in the “Black Forest” Germany 

2.) Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada? Sir John A Macdonald 

3.) What’s the world’s largest ocean? Pacific 

4.) How long did Snow White sleep before she was awakened by the prince? One year 

5.) What formed the Hawaiian Islands? Volcanoes or Earthquakes? Volcanoes 

6.) What colour is the flag that means “caution” in a Formula car race? Yellow 

7.) What is the fastest flying insect? Mosquito, wasp, or dragonfly? Dragonfly 

8.) In which Dickens novel would you find the characters Fagin and the Artful Dodger? Oliver Twist 

9.) True or False.  More water vapor is held in cool air than warm air. FALSE 

10.) What is the furthest South? London, Paris or Rome? Rome

1.) What US state borders the Yukon? Alaska 

2.) Which animal travels in groups called gangs? Baboon, elk or lion? Elk 

3.) What planet is closest to the sun? Mercury 

4.) What’s the rider of a horse race called? Jockey 

5.) Which one of these is the largest body of water? Bay, cove or gulf? Gulf 

6.) What body part was “Barbie” able to bend for the first time in 1964? Legs 

7.) True or False: The holes in Swiss cheese are caused by cold air. FALSE (caused by bacteria) 

8.) How many blue lines are on a standard Canadian ice hockey rink? 2 

9.) What’s the most common mineral in bone? Calcium 

10.) How many sports are there in a decathlon? Ten

1.) Which animal is on the Canadian quarter?  Moose (OOPS!  It’s a caribou, and has been since 1936)

2.) What is the sum of all the angles in any triangle?  180 degrees

3.) What part of a car has the most moving parts?  Engine

4.) True or false: the Earth’s moon gives off its own light.  FALSE (it reflects light from the sun) 

5.) What color was Moby Dick?  White

6.) How many railroads are on a monopoly board?  4

7.) What is a baby porcupine called? Kit, cub or porcupette? Porcupette 

8.) What fruit comes from the bramble bush?  Blackberry 

9.) In poetry, how many lines are in a quatrain?  4 

10.) What continent contains the world’s highest and lowest points?  Asia