Five-Letter-words
Inventions
Entertainment
Geography
General I
General II
100

Good with eggs in the morning.

Bacon

100

Erna Schneider Hoover patented a new switching system that helped manage calls from these devices.

Telephones (1970's)

100

What casino game is sometimes called the “one-armed bandit”?  

Slot Machine

100

Which of the Great Lakes is located entirely within the United States?

Lake Michigan

100

How many sides does a decagon have?

10

100

How many players are on a baseball field?

Nine

200

A motion picture.

Movie

200

This sports game was invented in Windsor, Nova Scotia and involves two teams on ice.

Ice Hockey

200

In what decade did James Dean die in an auto accident?

1950's (1995)

200

What territory in Canada has the largest land area?

Nunavut (21%)

200

Which type of lotion is used to protect skin from the sun

Sunscreen

200

What is the name of the body organ that filters and removes waste from the blood?

Kidney

300

An athlete who competes while fighting in a ring with gloves.

Boxer

300

Hedy Lamarr created this frequency-hopping _______ to safeguard Allies in WWII.

Radio

300

Which actress was famous for saying, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”?

Marilyn Monroe

300

Buenos Aires is the capital city of what country?

Argentina

300

Which board game uses red and black pieces?

Checkers

300

Which gas is used in balloons to make them float?

Helium

400

A person who portrays a character in a performance.

Actor

400

C. Haney & Scott Abbott created this trivia board game in 1979.

Trivial Pursuit

400

What famous Canadian actor plays Captain von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music?

Christopher Plummer

400

This European country, with its famed food and wines, is the most visited in the world.

France

400

Which sea animal uses ink to protect itself from predators?

Octopus

400

Which is the name for the words to a song?

Lyrics

500

A Person who instructs or trains others.

Coach
500

Maria Telkes was an inventor nicknamed the “Sun Queen” for her inventions in this kind of energy.

Solar

500

What cartoonist has won the most Academy Awards?

Walt Disney

He has a total of 26

500

What Canadian city was formerly known as Bytown?

Ottawa

It was known as Bytown until 1855.

500

Which type of movie is about real events?

Documentary

500

How is the steak in steak tartare cooked?

It is not cooked. It is served raw.

600

"Let the _______ out of the Bottle."

Genie

600

Donald Hings created this portable, handheld, two-way radio device in 1942.

Walkie-Talkie

600

In this 1939 film, Vivien Leigh says, “After all, tomorrow is another day!”

Gone with the Wind?

600

Tourists can find the Christ the Redeemer statue in this city.

Rio de Janeiro

600

True or False. A Mountain Chicken from the Dominica and Montserrat islands are amphibians.

True

They are Frogs

600

True or False. The Royal family are banned from playing the board game Monopoly.

True

It causes fights.

700

To run away in secret with a partner to get married without a ceremony.

Elope

700

It was during this big-hair decade that inventor Rachel Zimmerman created the BlissSymbol device for non-speaking people to communicate.

1980s 

The 12-year-old Zimmerman’s invention allowed non-speaking people to communicate using symbols on a touchpad.

700

Which actor was famous for playing James Bond in the 1960s?

Sean Connery

700

The Penguin Post Office is located here.

Antarctica 

The post office is located on an island just off a peninsula.

700

What team sport uses the terms crosse, rake, and crease?

Lacrosse

700

Who is the Greek god of the sea?

Poseidon

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