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100
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
100
What does “MP” stand for in Canadian politics
Member of Parliament
100
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
100
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides 5cm and 9cm?
28cm
100
In grammar, what is the subject in the sentence: “The hockey players celebrated loudly”?
"The hockey players"
200
Which is farther north: London, England or Montreal?
London
200
In what century did World War II occur?
20th century
200
What is the centre of an atom called?
Nucleus
200
What is the mode, median, and mean of these numbers: 3, 7, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15?
mode: 8
median: 9
Mean: 9
200
What is a word with the same meaning as another word called?
Synonym
300
Which continent is the smallest by land area?
Australia
300
What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
300
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
300
What is 15% of 240?
36
300
What is the difference between “their,” “there,” and “they’re”?
Their = possession; There = location; They’re = they are
400
Which Great Lake is entirely within Canada?
None
400
Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald
400
True or False: Lightning hotter than the surface of the Sun?
True! (27,760°C, roughly five times hotter than the surface of the Sun)
400
What is the next prime number after 11?
13
400
What type of word is “beautiful” in the sentence “The beautiful lake froze”?
adjective
500
What country is this?
Zimbabwe
500
Which Canadian province was originally called “Canada East”?
Quebec
500
Order the components of the universe from the largest to the smallest:
comets, stars, planets
stars -> planets -> comets
500
Solve:
3/4 + 1/3
13/12
500
What is a group of words with a subject and verb called?
A Sentence
600
Name all 10 provinces and 3 territories (bonus points if you can name all their capitals!)
BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
600
What right in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being demonstrated in the photographs and caption?
a) A democratic right
b) An equality right
c) A mobility right
d) A legal right
a) A democratic right
600
What part of the atom has a positive charge?
proton
600
If a triangle has angles of 90° and 35°, what is the third angle?
55°
600
How many syllables are in the word "independent"
4
in-de-pen-dent
700
True or False: Canada is bordered by two oceans
False! 3: Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic
700
What are the three branches of the Canadian federal government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
700
Which animal lays eggs: whale, bat, or platypus?
700
When simplified, the expression 2x+8y−4y+x can be written as
3x - 4y
700
What is the past tense of “seek”?
Sought
800
What is the name of the large shield-shaped region that covers much of Canada’s geology?
The Canadian Shield
800
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
800
What type of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
arteries
800
Solve:
62+(4+30÷5×2)
52
900
The Galapagos Islands are in which ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
900
Which famous French explorer traveled up the St. Lawrence River in 1534?
Jacques Cartier
900
Identify two properties of particles that change when a substance undergoes a change in state:
Attractive forces, speed, size, mass
Attractive forces & speed
900
Solve using long division
429 div 3
143
1000
What US states border Quebec?(4)
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
1000
What does “Confederation” refer to in Canadian history?
The joining of provinces to form Canada in 1867
1000
How many bones does an adult human body typically have?
206
1000
243 x 36
8748