Food and Drinks
The world’s largest supply of the ooey-gooey goodness is produced in Québec. It was first collected and used by Native Americans and First Nations.
Maple Syrup
Described as the first pure mathematician, this Greek taught us that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Pythagoras
She was first female leader of a political party in Canada.
Thérèse Casgrain
The Canadian man behind the creation of one of America’s most played sports: basketball.
Dr. James Naismith
Without him, the phone may never have been invented.
Alexander Graham Bell
This fruit can take two- three years to grow.
Pineapple
This mathematician is best known for his work of combining applications of algebra to geometry. He has a plane named after him.
Rene Descartes
He is called FATHER OF CONFEDERATION and played a key role in bringing Manitoba and British Columbia into Confederation.
George-Étienne Cartier
Only six of all the World Cups have been won by the host country.
True
Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
The Industrial Revolution
This vegetable has more vitamin C than oranges.
Peppers
Probably one of the most famous mathematician/physicists of our time, this man was confined to a wheel chair because he suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He is best known to the general public for the book "A Brief History of Time"
Stephen Kawking
This famous explorer founded Quebec (New France) in 1608.
Samuel de Champlain
This baseball player used a cabbage leaf that had been chilled over the icebox to keep him cool while playing outfield. He would wear it under his cap while he played.
Babe Ruth
Who was the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
This fruit is commonly referred to as "bounce berries" because they bounce when they're ripe.
Cranberries
This mathematician pioneered the development of analytic geometry and the theory of probability.
Abraham de Moivre
His death would trigger an aggressive period of liberal reforms dubbed the Quiet Revolution.
Maurice Duplessis
He is the only player to ever be a part of three different World Cup winning teams.
Pelé
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
27
The colour of the vegetable we know and eat today are actually the result of a genetic mutation in the late 16th century that won out over the original color.
Carrots
This mathematician has a triangle named after him in which each number in the triangle is the sum of the two numbers above it.
Blaise Pascal
He was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, father of the current Prime Minister of Canada?
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pig’s blatters was used to make this sport ball.
Rugby balls
What year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison?
1990