History Mysteries
Who discovered the Americas in 1492?
(Answer: Christopher Columbus)
Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?
(Answer: Africa)
What gas do plants breathe in?
(Answer: Carbon dioxide)
What is 5 × 6?
(Answer: 30)
What leaf is featured on the Canadian flag?
(Answer: Maple leaf)
The Great Wall of China was built to protect against invasions from which group?
(Answer: Mongols)
What is the capital of Australia?
(Answer: Canberra)
What is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?
(Answer: 100°C)
A rectangle has a length of 10 and a width of 5. What is its area?
(Answer: 50)
This province is home to Banff National Park.
(Answer: Alberta)
Who was the first President of the United States?
(Answer: George Washington)
This country is famous for tulips, windmills, and canals.
(Answer: Netherlands)
Name the smallest particle of an element.
(Answer: Atom)
What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 4, 8, 16, ___?
(Answer: 32)
What is the official animal of Canada?
(Answer: Beaver)
This ship famously sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
(Answer: Titanic)
What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?
(Answer: Mount Everest)
This part of the brain controls memory and learning.
(Answer: Hippocampus)
I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
(Answer: Seven)
Name the first Indigenous person to become Governor General of Canada.
(Answer: Mary Simon)
Name the empire that ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 19th century.
(Answer: Mughal Empire)
Which European country is shaped like a boot?
(Answer: Italy)
What is the term for animals that eat both plants and meat?
(Answer: Omnivores)
If you have 3 apples and take away 2, how many apples do you have?
(Answer: 2 — the ones you took away!)
In which year did Canada officially become a country?
(Answer: 1867)