Science
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks
Geologist
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
Where is 90% of the world's freshwater?
The Antarctic ice sheet holds about 90 percent of the fresh water that exists on the Earth's surface. The ice sheet covers approximately 8.7 million square miles.
This 2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda uses hip-hop and rap music to tell the story of one of America's Founding Fathers
Hamilton
In a survey of 8th graders' favourite hockey teams, this statistical term describes the team that was chosen the most times.
Mode
Going from a solid state to a liquid state is called?
Melting
Who wrote the "Harry Potter" series?
JK Rowling
Name the 3 territories in Canada
Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.
Though it looks like a mini guitar, this four-stringed instrument originally from Hawaii belongs to the lute family
Ukulele
If you buy a snack for $3.12 and hand the cashier a $5 bill, this is the exact amount of change you will receive, rounded to the nearest nickel
$1.90
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What would you call the evil character of a story or plot?
hint: not villain
antagonist
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
This part of a song, often called the "hook," contains the main message, repeats multiple times, and is usually the catchiest part.
Chorus
To find the volume of a standard school juice box, a Canadian student would measure the liquid using this metric unit
Millilitre (ml)
Can plants grow without sunlight?
Yes or No
Yes
Where do the commas go?
I saw a happy fluffy adorable little puppy on my walk home yesterday.
After happy, fluffy, and adorable
Name the 10 provinces of Canada
B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
This 4-letter audio effect automatically corrects a singer's pitch to make them sound perfectly in tune, a signature sound in modern trap and pop music
Auto-tune
Because the Earth is a 3D sphere, a flat map of Canada cannot have a scale that is perfectly accurate everywhere. This geometric term describes the stretching or squeezing of landmasses—like Ellesmere Island looking much larger than it actually is—on a flat map
Distortion
Which body part does not make up our circulatory system?
Lungs
This is a chart you can use to compare and contrast things.
Venn Diagram
What is the largest sand desert in the world?
Sahara
This electronic percussion instrument, often called a "pad," allows music producers to trigger pre-recorded beats, loops, and samples with their fingertips
A Tim Hortons box of Timbits has a ratio of 3 chocolate to 2 honey dip. If a large box contains 12 honey dip Timbits, this is the total number of chocolate Timbits in the box