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100
This common kitchen herb, often used in Italian cooking, is the main ingredient in pesto.
What is basil?
100
Despite being only a few millimetres long, these insects are essential pollinators for one-third of the world’s food crops.
What are bees?
100
This patriotic song officially became Canada’s national anthem in 1980.
What is “O Canada”?
100
A long period of abnormally hot weather.
What is a heatwave?
100
Need a prescription or some cosmetics? This pharmacy chain is found in nearly every Canadian city.
What is Shoppers Drug Mart?
100
You buy 3 apples. Each costs $2. How much do you spend?
What is $6?
200
This nut is actually a legume, not a tree nut, and grows underground.
What is the peanut?
200
These tiny seeds, once eaten by the Aztecs, are now a trendy “superfood” that expand when soaked in liquid.
What are chia seeds?
200
This is the oldest professional hockey trophy in North America.
What is the Stanley Cup?
200
A wall of snow rushing downhill.
What is an avalanche?
200
Known for bulk items and membership cards, this warehouse store has locations across Canada.
What is Costco?
200
A bus has 20 seats. If 7 are taken, how many are empty?
What is 13?
300
A roux, the base for many sauces, is made from butter and this ingredient.
What is flour?
300
This small breed of dog, often seen carried in handbags, is known for its big attitude.
What is the Chihuahua?
300
This is Canada’s smallest province by land area.
What is Prince Edward Island?
300
This climate zone is found near the equator and is hot and wet all year round.
What is tropical?
300
This bookstore chain, whose name means “rainbow” in French, is Canada’s largest books and lifestyle retailer.
What is Indigo (or Chapters/Coles)?
300
Sarah has 12 candies. She shares them equally with 3 friends. How many does each person get?
What is 4?
400
This Turkish street food, sometimes called a döner kebab, features meat cooked on a vertical spit.
What is shawarma?
400
In folklore, these tiny Irish beings guard pots of gold at the end of rainbows.
What are leprechauns?
400
This province was the last to join Confederation in 1949.
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
400
This U.S. state has the most tornadoes each year.
What is Texas?
400
This Quebec-based home improvement chain merged with Lowe’s Canada in 2016.
What is RONA?
400
A shirt costs $25. You pay with a $50 bill. How much change should you get?
What is $25?
500
This Italian cake, filled with candied fruit and nuts, is often enjoyed at Christmas.
What is panettone?
500
This extremely small unit of length, equal to one billionth of a meter, is used in advanced technology like microchips and medicine.
What is a nanometer?
500
Canada’s first prime minister.
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
500
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
Known for diamonds and engagement rings, this Canadian jewellery chain has been around since 1919.
What is Peoples Jewellers?
500
A train leaves at 2:00 PM and arrives at 5:30 PM. How long was the trip?
What is 3 hours 30 minutes?
600
This Middle Eastern dish of roasted eggplant mixed with tahini, garlic, and lemon juice is served as a dip.
What is baba ghanoush?
600
These microscopic organisms, like bacteria and fungi, help break down dead plants and animals, recycling nutrients back into the soil.
What are decomposers (microbes)?
600
This flower is the official floral emblem of Ontario.
What is the trillium?
600
hese violent rotating storms in the western Pacific are known by this name.
What are typhoons?
600
Founded in 1956 in Toronto, this upscale grocery chain is famous for fresh produce and prepared foods.
What is Longos?
600
A book has 300 pages. If you read 25 pages each day, how many days will it take to finish?
What is 12 days?