North Bay History
This famous group of five were born in Corbeil in 1934, but are strongly associated with North Bay and brought lots of tourism to the area.
Who are the Dionne Quintuplets?
These are Nipissing University's school colours.
What are blue & green?
Of the Great Lakes, it is the only one entirely in the USA.
What is Lake Michigan?
It's the closest planet to the sun in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
There is a monument for this French explorer in town because the site of North Bay was part of a canoe expedition through to what is now Mattawa.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Nipissing has this many residence buildings for students to live in when going to school here.
What is 4?
He was the last Los Angeles Laker to win Finals MVP, winning it in 2020.
Who is LeBron James?
This former Disney Channel star won Best New Artist in 2022 because of the success of her debut album Sour.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
First used in 1928, this is the machine used to detect ionizing radiation.
What is a Geiger Counter?
The Omischil Sports Complex is named after Steve Omischil, who was an Olympian in this sport.
What is Ski Jumping?
Nipissing University became it's own university in this year - the same year as Bill Clinton being elected President of the United States.
What is 1992?
What is Great Bear Lake?
She's won Record of the Year in 2020 & 2021, with both songs produced by her brother.
Who is Billie Eilish?
This is the oath to do no harm that physicians take, which is named after an ancient Greek physician.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
The North Bay Battalion moved to town in the 2013-2014 season, moving from this southern Ontario town.
What is Brampton?
Nipissing gave an honorary Doctorate of Music to this famous three-person Canadian rock band in 2013. We bet your parents are fans!
Who are Rush?
This movie is based on the gold medal winning US Men's Ice Hockey Team from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
What is Miracle?
The most streamed song on Spotify that has been released in the 2020s is this song from a former One Direction member.
What is As It Was by Harry Styles?
This is the blood type that makes you a universal donor.
What is O-Negative?
This acronym for an aerospace tracking system stationed in North Bay is for military defense but also tracks Santa's journey every Christmas.
What is NORAD?
Nipissing started as a teachers college in 1909, and this was the ordinary name that the school was called.
What is the North Bay Normal School?
Known as a sea, this is the world's largest lake and borders Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
What is the Caspian Sea?
This famous singer is a bit of a nepo-baby: her aunt is the voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons.
Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
This is the study of mushrooms and fungi.
What is mycology?