History through the years
What year did the Second World War end?
1945
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Russia
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Skin
Who wrote the famous play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A. Macdonald
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
How many bones does an average adult human body have?
206
What is the name of the boy who never grows up in a famous children's story?
Peter Pan
What invention allows people to see objects that are too small for the naked eye?
Microscope
What famous ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage in 1912?
The titanic
What is the longest river in South America?
Amazon River
What is the name of the coloured part of your eye?
Iris
What is the name of the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?
Sherlock Holmes
What invention did Johannes Gutenberg help make popular in Europe?
The printing press
Which English king had six wives?
King Henry VIII
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What vitamin does the human body produce when exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D
Which author wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl
What instrument is used to detect and record earthquakes?
Seismograph
Which Canadian province was the last to join Confederation in 1949?
Newfoundland
What is the name of the deepest known ocean trench in the world?
Mariana Trench
What is the scientific name for the voice box?
Larynx
Which Canadian author wrote The Handmaid's Tale?
Margaret Atwood
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957?
Sputnik 1