Best Known For…
As an artist, he was known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonard da Vinci? Later in life, he devoted his energies to scientific study
Most people do not want this animal to see his shadow on February 2.
What is groundhog? Also known as a woodchuck, the special weather-forecasting groundhog’s proper name is Punxsutawney Phil. If he sees his shadow, legend has it we will see six more weeks of winter. We can expect an early spring if he doesn’t see his shadow.
What Canadian province produces more than 50 percent of the country’s manufactured goods?
What is Ontario? Ontario borders all of the Great Lakes. It also has access to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Therefore, it can bring in more materials and export more, too.
This is the meteorological term for precipitation in the form of solid balls of ice.
What is hail? When an upward draft carries raindrops into the cold part of the atmosphere, they freeze into spheres the size of golf balls. Sometimes they grow to the size of a baseball
Rainbows require this in addition to rain to exist.
What is light? The water acts as a prism to refract (or bend) light and produce a rainbow.
Thomas Edison held more than 1,000 patents, but he is best known for improving upon and producing the first commercial version of this.
What is the lightbulb? While Edison didn’t invent the lightbulb, he made significant improvements to early prototypes, finding a long-lasting filament material and improving the vacuum inside the bulb, which made it practical and accessible for everyday use.
Almost every four years, this affects February.
What is leap year? An extra day is added to February during leap years. Without adding an extra day, the seasons would start drifting earlier. NBC reports that the rule for skipping a leap year is: “If a year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400, leap year is skipped.”
Name two of the first four original provinces of Canada.
What is New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario? They became provinces when the nation was formed on July 1, 1867
This funnel-shaped phenomenon blows through its path with fury.
What is a tornado? Tornadic winds can howl and blow at up to 300 miles per hour. While they are usually short-lived, sometimes they last for hours. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for a tornado to leave a path of utter destruction.
Space is considered this frontier.
What is final? Unofficially, there are three “spaces”: space, outer space, and deep space. Space is generic and covers outer space and deep space. Outer space is considered anything beyond Earth, and deep space is considered far beyond Earth’s moon.
We will always remember the Wright brothers for this feat, which took place in 1903.
What is the first (motorized) airplane flight? Both were mechanical engineers, and they designed and built their airplane.
On Valentine’s Day, many people receive roses of this colour
What is red? Red symbolizes romantic love. If the rose is thornless, it symbolizes love at first sight.
Canadian citizens need to be living in Canada at election time to vote in federal elections
A) True
B) False
What is B) False?
This specific kind of landslide is defined as “a mass of material, such as snow, rock, or other debris, moving rapidly down a slope.”
What is avalanche? It’s caused by a part of the slope, hill, or mountain becoming unstable, often after a heavy rain or snowfall.
This planet in our solar system has the deepest canyons and the highest mountains.
What is Mars? Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars, is three times taller than Mount Everest and is also a volcano. Mars also has water on it...in the liquid and frozen form.
He is best known for winning three heavyweight championships and referred to himself as “The Greatest.”
Who is Muhammad Ali? Ali was convicted for draft dodging during the Vietnam War in 1967, but the Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 1971. In the years between his conviction and the court’s ruling overturning it, he was allowed to remain free on appeal but not to fight professionally.
Although rare, February is the only month where it is possible not to have this in the night sky.
What is a full moon? If the January full moon falls on January 31, you won’t see the next full moon until the beginning of March.
The "Battle of the Brians" pitted what Canadian skater against the American skater Brian Boitano?
Who is Brian Orser?
Clouds get their colour from these.
What are water droplets? Raindrops scatter the light that hits the water.
Who sang “On the Good Ship Lollipop” in the 1934 film Bright Eyes?
Who is Shirley Temple? Temple played Shirley Blake in the film. This was her first starring role, and she became one of the highest-paid actresses of her time. Some sources report that Temple earned $50,000 per film at the height of her career.
This Greek philosopher was sentenced to death after a one-day trial.
Who is Socrates? He established the Socratic method, based on asking questions as one of the tenets of critical thinking. His death sentence required him to drink hemlock
The Soviets invaded this country in February 1979 and withdrew a few years later in defeat.
What is Afghanistan? The Afghans are fierce fighters, and the country has been called “the graveyard of empires.”
Jumbo the elephant was killed in what type of accident near St. Thomas, Ontario in 1885?
What is he got hit by a train?
This collapse of land can occur following a downpour of biblical proportions or for no apparent reason.
What is a sinkhole? If there is no apparent reason for the land to collapse, you can assume that water collected beneath the ground has made the surface unstable and led to the sinkhole.
In the movie Lady and the Tramp, what breed of dog is Lady?
What is a Cocker spaniel? She is voiced by Barbara Luddy in this 1955 classic.