All About Terry
What is the Marathon of Hope?
Cancer occurs when these microscopic building blocks of the body divide out of control
What are cells?
This gas makes up roughly 78% of Earth’s atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
Known as “The Great One”, this hockey legend wore the number 99
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
The eastern province where Terry started his run
The reason Terry ran with an artificial right leg
What is cancer (or amputation)?
This type of cancer treatment uses powerful medicine to kill fast-growing cancer cells
What is chemotherapy?
The only mammal capable of true, sustained flight
What is a bat?
The world famous singer from Quebec who sang the hit song “My Heart Will Go On”
Who is Celine Dion?
The major ocean where Terry dipped his artificial leg at the start of his journey
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The year terry began his iconic run across Canada
What is 1980?
The fundamental molecule inside our cells carrying our genetic code and can mutate to cause cancer
What is DNA?
The largest island in the world
What is Greenland?
The inventor of the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Terry ran through this province’s capital city on Canada Day
What is Ontario?
The symbol shown on the special Canadian $1 coin made in Terry’s honor
What is Terry Fox running?
The common term referring to a mass or lump formed by a group of abnormal cells
What is a tumor?
The only food that never goes bad
What is honey?
The civil rights pioneer who appears on the $10 bill
Who is Viola Desmond?
Terry had to stop near this city when his cancer returned
What is Thunder Bay?
The famous distance Terry ran every single day
What is 42 km/26 miles?
Doctors use this to spot tumors inside the body
What is an CT/MRI/Ultrasound/X-Rays?
The classic piece of literature written by Mary Shelley
What is Frankenstein?
This Canadian doctor discovered insulin in 1921
Who is Sir Frederick Banting?
The province where Terry grew up
What is BC?