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Completed in 1976, it was the world's tallest freestanding structure in Toronto until 2007.
What is the CN Tower?
What was the highschool that was located at 529 Vaughan Road before it was closed in 2017
What is Vaughan Road Academy?
What is the name of the American singer and song writer who was named King of Pop. He died at the age of 50
Who was Michael Jackson?
What marine creature has blue blood and 3 hearts? It can also change color in seconds and is able to regrow its arms?
What is an octopus? Did you know that the tentacles are actually his arms?
What is the periodic table?
It is the chart that organizes all the known chemical elements.
Banff National Park is located in Alberta and in the Rocky Mountains. Which lake in the park is famous for having tourquoise water. Clue: She has a woman's name.
What is Lake Louise?
What local organization enables highschool students to teach seniors how to use technology? It is located at 504 Oakwood Avenue.
What is For Youth Initiative?
Who was recognized as the global face of Reggae music? He was considered one of the pioners of this genre.
Who was Bob Marley?
Which of these animals is nocturnal?
a. Racoon
b. Skunk
c. Turtle
d. Chip munk
Racoons are nocturnal
What part of the brain is responsible for helping a person reach their goals. It is considered responsible for Executive Function?
What is the prefrontal cortex, located at the front of the brain.
It was made from white ivory marble in 1653, and is recognized around the world as the univeral symbol of love. It is located in India. What is its name?
What is the Taj Mahal?
Every year a member of Oasis for Healthy Aging organizes a fund raiser for this program. Who is this person?
Sedly Springer
Who discovered penicillin?
Who was Alexander Flemming?
whatis the largest mammal in the world?
What is the Blue Whale?
When logging into an online account, a second check on your identity is required. This is called Two Step Cerification. What are you asked to do?
It is like a second lock on your your account. After in- putting your password, you are asked to prove you are the account holder by providing a one time pass code which will be sent to you in a text or email.
The Georgian Bay is a large and beautiful body of water and is part of the Great Lakes system. However, as a bay, it belongs to one of the 5 Great Lakes. It is part of which lake?
What is Lake Huron?
Once a month, Oakwood Vaughan Community Hub hosts a program that is open to the community. What is the name of the group ?
What is the Repair Cafe?
Which retired basketball play has 6 rings and played for the Chicago Bulls?
Who was Michael Jordan?
What animal provides such reliable transportation that it is called The Ship of the Dessert?
What is a camel? Did you know that a camel does NOT store water in his hump. The hump stores fat which provides energy for him when food is scarce.
What international organization determines which viruses should be include in the flu vacine each year.
What is the World Health Organization?
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. It is located on an island. To vist this city, you need to take a ferry from the BC mainland. What is the name of the island?
What is Vancouver Island?
Every Wednesday afternoon, after the seniors programs are over, a club uses our room. What is the name of the club? and What do they do?
Who was Bill Barker?
True or False: Porcupines use their quills to defend themselves. When a predator gets too close, they shoot their quills to protect themselves.
False. Porcupines do not shoot their quills.
When a predator approaches, the quills puff up and become erect. Then they swing their spiny tails until the threat disappears. They also release a pungent odor from the base of their tail.
The north star appears directly about the earth's north pole. This star is part of which constellation in the northern hemisphere?
What is ursa minor, the little dipper?
The little dipper and the big dipper are near one another. The best way to find the north star is to first find the big dipper. It will point the way to the little dipper. And the north star is the last star in the handle of the little dipper. (Ursa major and Ursa minor)