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Durham Region is part of this larger “Golden Horseshoe” sub-region that lies east of Toronto.

What is the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)?

100

This composer, who went deaf later in life, wrote his famous Ninth Symphony, featuring the “Ode to Joy.”

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?

100

This automotive manufacturing plant is a no go

What is GM?

100

The term for half the diameter of a circle.

What is radius?

100

This element's periodic table symbol is K

What is potassium?
200

This pickering-born pop star rose to fame in the 2010s with hits like “Stitches” and “Treat You Better” after originally gaining attention on Vine.

Who is Shawn Mendes?

200

This British band’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon spent over 14 years on the Billboard 200 chart.

Who are Pink Floyd?

200

This is the section where you with down things for future surveyors to know.

What are the additional notes?

200

Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, released in 2021 and featuring hits like “drivers license,” has this one-word title.

What is SOUR?

200

This 1997 film directed by James Cameron tells the story of a doomed ocean liner and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

What is Titanic?

300

This GO Transit rail line runs through Durham Region, terminating in Oshawa and connecting to Union Station.

What is the Lakeshore East line?

300

This rapper’s 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly blended jazz, funk, and spoken word, earning widespread critical acclaim.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

300

The zone the Newcastle McDonald's is in

What is Zone CD?

300

This process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy using carbon dioxide and water.

What is photosynthesis?

300

This empire, centered in modern-day Turkey, fell after World War I and had ruled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa.

What is the Ottoman Empire?

400

This major Canadian corporation, founded in Oshawa in 1907 by R.S. McLaughlin, later became part of General Motors.

What is McLaughlin Motor Car Company

400

This 18th-century composer was a child prodigy who began composing at age five and wrote over 600 works.

Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

400

What NFL Team did I have on my slide show?

What are the Chicago Bears?

400

The Daytona 500 has this number of laps.

What is 200?

400

This team won Superbowl 50.

Who are the Denver Broncos?
500

Opened in 1836, this early railway connected a Lake Ontario port in Durham Region to Lake Scugog, making it one of Canada’s first railways.

What is the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway?

500

This rapper’s 2016 album Coloring Book became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy, taking home Best Rap Album.

Who is Chance the Rapper?

500

The colour of my Ipad case

What is blue?

500

his is the only Canadian province that is officially bilingual at the provincial level.

What is New Brunswick?

500

This will be the first FIFA World Cup to feature this expanded number of teams, up from the previous 32-team format.

What is 48 teams?

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