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In the traditional version of this card game, two players compete by making combinations of cards and moving pegs along a scoring board.
What is cribbage?
Less traditional versions of the game are played with three or more players.
This day marks the beginning of Lent in many Christian traditions and is observed by receiving ashes on the forehead.
What is Ash Wednesday?
The ashes traditionally come from burning the previous year’s Palm Sunday branches.
During the Second World War, Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis in a concealed annex of a building in this Dutch capital city.
What is Amsterdam?
Anne’s diary, first published after the war, became one of the most widely read accounts of the persecution of Jewish people during World War II.
In this traditional nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch this.
What is a pail of water?
The nursery rhyme was first published in the 18th century.
This limerick traditionally has this many lines.
What is five?
Limericks became especially popular in the 19th century through the work of Irish poet Edward Lear.
This beloved 1950s–60s sitcom stars Jerry Mathers as Theodore Cleaver, a young boy growing up with his family in suburban America.
What is Leave It to Beaver?
Beaver is the nickname of Theodore Cleaver. Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont play Beaver’s parents in the popular sitcom.
This old-fashioned term was once used to describe thick-skinned animals such as the rhinoceros, elephant, and hippopotamus.
What are pachyderms?
“Pachyderm” comes from Greek words meaning “thick skin,” but it is no longer used as a formal scientific classification.
This number is the value that, when multiplied by itself, equals 100.
What is 10?
Numbers like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100 are called perfect squares because their square roots are whole numbers.
In a game of bridge, this suit ranks highest.
What is spades?
The ranking order (highest to lowest) is spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs.
This prehistoric era came first, before the period when humans began widely using bronze tools and weapons.
What is the Stone Age?
The Stone Age was the first of the three stages of the prehistoric period. Stone was widely used to make tools during this era. The Bronze Age and the Iron Age followed after.
This eye colour is the most common among humans worldwide.
What is brown?
The least common are green, violet, and auburn.
A major Canadian city, known for the Calgary Stampede and its location near the Rocky Mountains, is found in this province.
What is Alberta?
Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. The 1988 Winter Olympic Games were held there.
Beefsteak, heirloom, and Roma are all varieties of this popular garden food.
What are tomatoes?
Although tomatoes are commonly treated as vegetables in cooking, they are botanically classified as fruits because they develop from the flower of the tomato plant and contain seeds.
In Canada, this official represents the King or Queen at the provincial level.
Who is the Lieutenant Governor?
Each Canadian province has a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
This mountain in Tanzania is the tallest peak in Africa and rises nearly 5,900 metres above sea level.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano and is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
This jazz musician was famous for his lively performances on this instrument.
What is the piano?
The jazz pianist laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano in the 1920s and 1930s.
This swimming stroke, resembling the movements of a frog, is considered one of the oldest known swimming techniques.
What is breaststroke?
According to many sources, people have been using the breaststroke since the 16th century.
This historic city on the Nile River is the capital of Egypt and is home to landmarks such as the Egyptian Museum and nearby ancient pyramids.
What is Cairo?
Cairo is the largest city in Egypt and one of the largest cities in Africa and the Middle East.
Tofu is made by curdling and pressing the milk of this legume into solid blocks.
What are soybeans?
Tofu has been eaten for more than 2,000 years and originated in ancient China.
On October 31, 1926, this famous magician and escape artist died of infection following a ruptured appendix.
Who is Harry Houdini?
He was known for spectacular escapes from handcuffs, locked containers, and underwater restraints.
This sport uses terms such as “turkey,” “kingpin,” and “hook.”
What is bowling?
A hook is a bowling ball that breaks to the left or right. When a player bowls three strikes in a row, it is called a turkey. The kingpin is the name for the headpin.
The gravitational pull of this object is the main cause of ocean tides, creating regular rises and falls in sea levels around the world.
What is the Moon?
The moon’s gravity pulls powerfully on both sides of the ocean. The rotation of Earth and the moon’s gravitational pull cause tides to change.
In the stories and films featuring this magical character, Mary Poppins works in this profession while caring for the Banks children.
What is a nanny?
P.L. Travers authored the Mary Poppins children’s books. The musical was based on the first book of the series.
This sea, located between Israel and Jordan, is famous for its extremely high salt content that allows people to float easily on its surface.
What is the Dead Sea?
It is the lowest-elevation body of water in the world and one of the saltiest.
In The Wizard of Oz, this witch is killed when Dorothy’s house lands on her after being carried away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz.
Who is the Wicked Witch of the East?
The better-known Wicked Witch of the West is her sister and becomes Dorothy’s main enemy in the story.