CANADIAN HISTORY
This Canadian prime minister oversaw the introduction of universal healthcare in the 1960s.
Who is Lester B. Pearson?
This Olympic event combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, requiring both stamina and precision.
What is biathlon?
This ocean is the smallest and shallowest
What is the Arctic Ocean?
This Scottish scientist accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928, revolutionizing medicine.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This artist and activist, born in Mexico, became famous for her self-portraits and her turbulent relationship with Diego Rivera.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This rebellion, led by Métis leader Louis Riel in 1885, sought to defend Métis land rights in the Canadian West.
What is the North-West Rebellion?
This cricket ground in London, known as the “Home of Cricket,” has hosted matches since 1814.
What is Lord’s Cricket Ground?
This desert, covering parts of China and Mongolia, is known for its extreme temperatures and ancient Silk Road trade routes.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This ancient mathematician invented the screw pump and famously said, "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth."
Who is Archimedes?
This American inventor and businessman held over 1,000 patents.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This Act of Parliament in 1876 consolidated laws affecting Indigenous peoples and still governs their rights and status today.
What is the Indian Act?
In 1980, this underdog ice hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in what became known as the "Miracle on Ice."
What is the United States men's hockey team?
These two countries share land borders with 14 countries each.
What are China and Russia?
This engineering marvel, completed in 1914, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is one of the greatest achievements of its time.
What is the Panama Canal?
This 20th-century British mathematician and cryptanalyst helped break the Enigma code during World War II and is considered a pioneer in computer science.
Who is Alan Turing?
This 1813 battle during the War of 1812 saw British and Indigenous forces defeat the Americans, securing control of Upper Canada.
What is the Battle of Beaver Dams?
This long-distance race, first held in 1897, is the oldest annual marathon in the world.
What is the Boston Marathon?
The world's largest salt flats are located in this country.
What is Bolivia?
Five seconds out of a minute—expressed in fraction.
What is 1/12 (One twelfth)
This 19th-century abolitionist escaped slavery and became a leader in the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This group of Indigenous peoples were the first to encounter Europeans in what is now Newfoundland.
Who are the Beothuk?
This American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler’s propaganda.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This country has the most time zones, spread across its vast territory. (Including its overseas territories.)
What is France?
This startup, acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, became the fourth most downloaded app in the 2010s and is known for the posting of pictures and videos?
What is Instagram?
This 20th-century American writer won a Nobel Prize in Literature and is known for The Grapes of Wrath.
Who is John Steinbeck?