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Oh Canada!
Mixed Bag
100
The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
What is the 1960s
100
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
What is a ton?
100
This is the only planet that spins sideways.
What is Uranus?
100
Canada is divided into this many provinces
What is 10?
100
This board game has tokens like a thimble and a top hat.
What is Monopoly?
200
The Berlin Wall fell
what is the 1980s
200
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What is an Echo?
200
These sea creatures can clone themselves.
What are Starfish?
200
This is the longest river entirely in Canada
What is the Mackenzie River?
200
This fruit has seeds on the outside.
What is a strawberry?
300
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
What is the 1960s
300
This number is the only one that is spelled with its letters in alphabetical order.
What is forty?
300
This tree is known for its longevity and is sacred in many Asian cultures.
What is the Banyan Tree?
300
This symbol of peace is used in Canada’s military remembrance.
What is the poppy?
300
The tallest mountain above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
400
The first Iphone was released.
What is the 2000s
400
I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years.
What is the letter M?
400
This bird holds the world record for fastest dive speed.
What is a peregrine falcon?
400
The Bluenose, seen on the dime, was this kind of vessel.
What is a schooner?
400
The number of continents on Earth.
What is 7?
500
“Disco Fever” and bell bottoms ruled pop culture.
What is the 1970s?
500
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
500
Earth’s atmosphere is mostly made of this gas.
What is Nitrogen?
500
This Canadian invention helps keep snow off your car.
What is a snow brush or snow scraper?
500
In a standard deck, this face card holds no weapon.
What is the King of Hearts?
600
Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
What is the 1990s?
600
This item increases in value the more you remove from it.
What is a hole?
600
This insect sees in ultraviolet.
What is a bee?
600
This Canadian city once hosted a "bathtub race."
*Hint - it is in BC
What is Nanaimo BC?
600
This musical had characters singing “Do-Re-Mi” in the Alps.
What is the Sound of Music?
700
Canada Entered WWII.
What is the 1930s?
700
You use this every day but rarely think about it—it keeps time, but has no hands.
What is a calendar?
700
These desert plants bloom spectacularly after rare rainfalls.
What are cacti?
700
This animal is central to many West Coast Indigenous totem pole designs.
What is the Orca or (Killer Whale)?
700
This element’s symbol is Fe.
What is Iron?
800
The stock market crashed, launching the Great Depression.
What is the 1920s?
800
It has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish.
What is a map?
800
This organ in your body can regenerate itself.
What is the liver?
800
This lake is the largest entirely within Canadian borders.
What is Great Bear Lake?
800
This holiday was once called “All Hallows’ Eve.”
What is Halloween?
900
MTV launched with “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
What is the 1980s?
900
This paradox is also called the “Barber’s Dilemma.”
What is the "Russell Paradox"?
900
This is the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere.
What is Titan?
900
She won gold in figure skating at the 1948 Olympics.
Who is Barbara Ann Scott?
900
He voiced Darth Vader and Mufasa.
Who is James Earl Jones?
1000
Women in Canada got the right to vote.
What is 1910s?
1000
What is full of holes but still holds water?
What is a sponge?
1000
This microscopic creature can survive in space.
What is Tardigrade (water bear)?
1000
He helped invent insulin and won the Nobel Prize.
Who is Frederick Banting?
1000
This movie used over 500 gallons of fake blood in one scene.
What is The Shining?