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This is the only Canadian province to recognize French as the single official language.
What is Québec?
100
This is the longest river in the United States.
What is the Missouri River? The Missouri River is 2,540 feet long, and the Mississippi River is 2,340 feet long.
100
This animal appears calm above water while its feet are paddling vigorously under water.
What is a duck?
100
This 1964 film starring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins beat Becket, Dr. Stangelove, Mary Poppins, and Zorba the Greek to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is My Fair Lady?
100
On November 4, 1979, hostages were taken at the American Embassy in this Iranian city.
What is Tehran? The hostage crisis lasted 444 days.
200
Toronto is the capital of this Canadian province.
What is Ontario?
200
This is the largest estuary in the United States.
What is Chesapeake Bay? At 64,000 square feet, it borders six states (in addition to the District of Columbia): Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
200

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Many people keep this succulent plant in the kitchen because it can ease the pain of kitchen burns.

What is aloe (or aloe vera)? The full name is aloe vera, but it’s often called aloe. Aloe can also soothe minor skin irritations. The New York Times reports on a number of scientific studies, one of which suggests that aloe can heal minor burns faster than traditional treatments.

200
This 1961 Best Picture winner based on a Broadway musical starred Natalie Wood as Maria and Richard Beymer as Tony and depicted the unlikely love affair between two characters from very different worlds.
What is West Side Story?
200
This president announced on television on November 2, 1962, “The Soviet bases in Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and related equipment being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being destroyed.”
Who is John F. Kennedy? The event to which he referred was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
300
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, and it’s located in this province.
What is Ontario? Ottawa was selected, in part, because it was situated in the middle of a forest away from the border and was believed to be safe from American invasion.
300
This continental western European country has the largest landmass.
What is France? The country spans 211,209 square miles (547,030 square kilometers). France is followed by Spain, Sweden, and Germany. (The eastern European countries of Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine have larger landmasses than France.)
300
Losing against your partners in this outdoor game can really “tee you off.”
What is golf?
300
This 1965 musical that starred Julie Andrews and won the Academy Award’s Best Picture was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway hit.
What is The Sound of Music? It even surpassed Gone with the Wind at the box office.
300
This president announced on television on November 2, 1962, “The Soviet bases in Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and related equipment being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being destroyed.”
Who is John F. Kennedy? The event to which he referred was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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This mountain range extends from the western U.S. into the Canadian province of Alberta.

What is the Rocky Mountain range? The highest peak in Canada is Mount Columbia (not to be confused with Mount Columbia in the Colorado Rockies), with experienced climbers requiring a week to reach the summit. View a gallery of photographs. The 100 highest peaks in the Rockies are in Colorado.

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This country has the longest coastline in the world.

What is Canada? The coastline is 150,993 miles or 243,000 kilometers long. According to the Canadian government, “If you were to try to walk around Canada, following the shoreline at a good pace of 20 kilometres each day, it would take you 33 years to complete the journey.”

400
This chemical reaction caused by water and oxygen can ruin iron and steel.
What is rust? Iron oxide particles can also cause rust on clothing, but you can remove them.
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This detective thriller, which was set in Sparta, Mississippi, and starred Rod Steiger, not only won Best Picture in 1967 but also became a hit TV series in the late ’80s starring Carroll O’Connor.

What is In the Heat of the Night?

400
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on this date.
What is November 22, 1963? (Do you remember where you were when you heard the news?) Listen to the first radio bulletin, and watch the first televised bulletin.
500
This province is the only bilingual province, recognizing English and French as official languages.
What is New Brunswick? The Canadian Constitution recognizes English and French as official languages, so all government services in Canada must be offered in both languages. Hybrid languages have evolved, including Basque pidgin, Chinook Jargon, and Michif. Canadians have the right to appear in tribunals and courts using their language of choice.
500

This U.S State has a larger population then all of Canada.

What is California?

500
This word, used alone or as part of a compound word, means “four.”
What is quad?
500
In 1962, this film adaptation of T. E. Lawrence’s book Revolt in the Desert starred Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, and it won the Oscar for Best Picture.
What is Lawrence of Arabia? For its day, this was an extravagant film, costing $12 million and running 222 minutes in its initial run. It took in more than $20 million at the box office.
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On November 1, 1993, the Maastricht Treaty formed this union of nations.

What is the European Union?

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