Food
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100

Which country is the biggest exporter of coffee beans worldwide?

Brazil

100

True or False: The brain is the fattiest organ in the body?

True. It is made up of 60% fat.

100

What is the capital of Egypt?

Cairo

100

What was the Underground Railroad used for?

Helping slaves escape to Canada for freedom. 
100

What is the most common letter in the English language?

 E.

200

What is the national dish of the United States?

Hamburger

200

How many lobes are in the cerebral cortex?

4 (Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital) 

200

What are the 5 Great Lakes?

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario

200

True or false: From 1927 to 1951, the Indian Act made it illegal for First Nations people to raise money amongst themselves to hire a lawyer or pursue a legal claim.

True

200

What’s the name for the small dot on the letter “i”?

A “tittle”.

300

What is the most commonly ordered seafood item in American restaurants?

Shrimp

300

About how many neurons does the human brain contain?

A) 1 billion

B) 7 billion

C) 86 billion

D) 250 billion

C) 86 billion

300

Where is Angel Falls, the world’s largest waterfall, located?

Venezuela

300

What did inventor Alexander Graham Bell propose as the standard telephone greeting?

Ahoy!

The greeting “Hello” was Thomas Edison’s idea.

300

What’s the name for the symbol “&”?

Ampersand.

400

What is gelatin made from?

Boiling the skin, bones, and cartilage of animals such as pigs, cows, and chickens.

400

Which part of the brain controls rational and logical decision-making?

Prefrontal Cortex

400

What is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?

Africa

400

Which Canadian province or territory has the longest coastline?

Nunavut, whose extensive mainland and more than 36,000 islands give it 144,689 kilometres of coastline. 

400

What’s a pangram sentence?

A sentence that uses every letter in the English alphabet.

500

Although most of the world’s supply are grown in Hawaii as a result of its volcanic soil, the Macadamia tree is actually native to which other country?

Australia.

500

What part of the brain is responsible for memory and learning?

Hippocampus.

500

In what city would you find the Forbidden City?

Beijing

500

The 11-point maple leaf on today’s Canadian flag is based on an earlier design with how many points on the maple leaf?

13. That shape proved too hard to discern from afar or in the wind, so the number of points was reduced. 

500

The longest word published in a popular English dictionary has how many letters?

45

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