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100

How many squares are on a bingo board?

What is 25? A bingo board consists of five rows and five columns, using the numbers 1 through 75 

100

In the fairy tale Cinderella, what time does Cinderella need to return home?

What is Midnight? In the Grimm Brothers’ popular fairy tale, Cinderella must return home from the ball before midnight or the spell will be broken and she, her coach, and her horses will turn back to their original states.

100

What cocktail that includes vodka, clam juice, tomato juice, spices and Worcestershire sauce, was created bartender in 1969?

What is a Bloody Caesar?

100

What is an Alter ego in English?

What is a second or different version of yourself?

100

What type of card game is Texas Hold’em?

What is Poker? Texas Hold’em poker originated in Robstown, Texas, in the early 1900s but did not gain nationwide popularity until the 2000s, largely due to television and the internet. 

200

What country is the rock band Rush from?

What is Canada? The band formed in 1968 in Toronto.

200

A brother and sister, whose evil stepmother abandons them in a forest, discover a house made of gingerbread. 

Who are Hansel and Gretel?

200

Alphabetically, what Canadian province is last?

Saskatchewan Canada has 10 provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan).

200

What does Bona Fide mean in English?

What is “genuine” or “authentic” ?

200

What is a Muslim temple or place of worship called?

What is a Mosque? The first mosques were plots of ground marked as sacred at the home of the Prophet Mohammad. Religious ceremonies surrounding weddings and births are not performed within a mosque. It is strictly a place for prayer.

300

What country uses the yen for currency?

What is Japan? The Japanese yen is the third most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market. The U.S. dollar is the most traded, and the euro is second 

300

This famous Fairy Tale is of a girl who lives “under the sea” but yearns to live on Earth.

Who is the Little Mermaid?

300

The Red River Rebellion occurred in this Province?

What is Manitoba?

300

What is verbatim in english?

What is "in exactly the same words" or "word for word"?

300

What is the study of religion called?

What is Theology?  The literal translation of the word theology is “the study of God.” Persons who study theology are called theologians. 

400

Ahi is the Hawaiian word for some species of what edible fish?

What is Tuna? The word refers to a yellowfin or bigeye tuna.

400

In Jack and the Beanstalk, young Jack trades the family's only cow for a handful of these.

What are Magic Beans?

400

"I've been a miner for a Heart of Gold" was sung by this famous Canadian singer?

Who is Neil Young?

400

What is a caveat in English?

What is a warning or stipulation?

400

What sport did Pelé play?

What is Soccer? Pelé holds the world record for league goals scored, with 541 total. According to many sources, no one will beat this record.

500

What is the meaning of the word edify?


What is to educate, enlighten, or inform? The word derives from Latin for “to improve spiritually; instruct.”


500

Of small, medium and large; which chair did Goldilocks sit in?




What is the small chair?


500

He was the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada...

A) Mackenzie King

B) John Diefenbaker

C) Pierre Elliot Trudeau


Who is Mackenzie King? William Lyon Mackenzie King was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms.

500

What does the Latin phrase ante bellum mean?


What is before the war? Ante means “before” and bellum means “war” in Latin. The term generally refers to the period before the Civil War.


500

What contagious disease causes swelling of the salivary glands?

What are the MUMPS? Prior to the development of a vaccine, mumps was a widespread children’s disease. It is still a problem in third-world countries. 

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