Potpourri
Canadiana
Literature
Geography
Science
100
On a Monday in 1959, she legally changer her name to Tuesday.
Tuesday Weld
100
What is a Newfoundlander drinking when he has a "mug up"?
Tea
100
This author wrote “Pride and Prejudice.”
Jane Austen
100
Known as the “Eternal City”
Rome
100
The study of life is known as this.
Biology
200
Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.
Butter chicken
200
What was mined in Canada for the first time in 1998?
Diamonds
200
“To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.
Hamlet
200
This city is the capital of Australia.
Canberra
200
Einstein is renowned for this theory
The theory of relativity
300
What original term for a hockey face-off is alleged to have been changed due to frequent mispronunciation?
Puck-off
300
Whose 1999 retirement was the subject of a Ken Danby painting titled "The Great Farewell"?
Wayne Gretzky's
300
He is known for his horror novels, including “Carrie” and “The Shining".
Stephen King
300
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase
300
This is the term for when a solid turns directly into a gas
Sublimation
400
This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
400
What city is home to the Assiniboia Downs Racetrack?
Winnipeg
400
“The Trial” and “The Metamorphosis” are works by this Czech author.
Franz Kafka
400
What nation's capital lies on the shores of the Indus River?
Pakistan's
400
Newton is famous for this law of motion.
The law of universal gravitation
500
This national dish of Spain is a rice dish typically made with saffron and seafood.
Paella
500
What Due South and Red Green Show regular wrote, directed and starred in John and the Missus?
Gordon Pinsent
500
This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.
The Iliad
500
This is the longest wall in the world
The Great Wall of China
500
In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object
Mass