20-POINT OPEN QUESTION – SOUPS
What popular beef noodle soup from Vietnam takes its name from the French beef stew known as “pot-au-feu”?
PHO
Hercule Poirot is the creation of which author?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Which author, cook, and television personality is celebrated for introducing French cooking to America, through books like Mastering the Art of French Cooking?
JULIA CHILD
Babe the giant blue ox was the companion to what lumberjack hero of American folklore?
PAUL BUNYAN
Name the accord, based on constitutional revision, that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to negotiate between 1987 and 1990.
MEECH LAKE (ACCORD)
What cold soup made with raw vegetables, stale bread, vinegar, and olive oil is popular in the summer months in Spain?
GAZPACHO
In the 20th century, who showed that time dilation is a real physical phenomenon?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Pakistan and India both gained their independence in what year?
1947
Babe Ruth’s record of 714 career home runs stood as a record until 1974, when it was broken by what Milwaukee Braves player?
HANK AARON
Newfoundland and what other province refused to endorse the accord by the June 1990 deadline?
MANITOBA
What country won the gold medal for Women’s Ice Hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics?
CANADA
Which famous author of horror is responsible for the novels The Pet Cemetery and Carrie?
STEPHEN KING
The song I Got You Babe was recorded by what musical husband-and-wife duo?
SONY AND CHER
Name the Quebec premier who was in office at the time of the Meech Lake Accord negotiations.
ROBERT BOURASSA
What is the largest freshwater island in the world?
MANITOULIN ISLAND
Mulroney’s second attempt at constitutional revision in 1992 was accepted by all provincial premiers but rejected by a national referendum. What was the name of this accord?
CHARLOTTETOWN ACCORD