Keeping it Local: Northwest Coast Aboriginal Peoples
Numeracy This Semester: Flashbacks
100
This 8 day festival is also known as the Festival of Lights.
What is Hanukkah.
100
Daily Double!
Wager a number of points on the following question.
100
The number of pillars, or primary tenants, in Islam
Five
100
Daily Double!
Wager a number of points on the following question.
100
This type of pressure front leads to clouds and rain.
What is a low pressure front.
200
This number is seen throughout the Old Testament symbolizing a generation or prolonged period of time. For example, the number of days of the Great Flood.
What is Forty.
200
For Christians, these are the three simultaneous entities of God.
Who are The Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost/Spirit.
200
The main destination for Muslims during the Haj pilgrimage
Mecca
200
This is the sacred plant of the East, according to the Medicine Wheel
Tobacco
200
Approximately this proportion of eligible voters voted for the conservatives, securing for them a majority, in the last Canadian election.
What is 25%.
300
The coming of age ceremony for girls in Judaism.
What is a Bat-mitzvah.
300
The three destinations for mortal souls, according to Catholicism
Heaven, Hell, Purgatory
300
How long do Muslims fast for during Ramadan?
Sunrise to sunset for one month
300
This is the number incorporated into First Nations ceremonies to uphold the balance of the Medicine Wheel.
What is four.
300
With reference to the logical mathematics of humour, this is the misleading use a of a term, with more than one meaning.
What is equivocation.
400
The menorah holds this many candles.
What is eight.
400
In Christianity, the number of days before Christ was resurrected after the crucifiction
Three
400
This pillar in Islam refers to the percentage of wealth Muslims must give to the poor
Zakat
400
The name of the First Nations ceremonial sauna.
What is the sweat lodge.
400
Body symmetry is important. Therefore, when exercising your back, you should also exercise this region of your body
What is the chest.
500
The age at which a Jewish boy experiences his bar-mitzvah
What is Thirteen.
500
The number of sacraments in the Catholic Church
Seven: Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Stick.
500
The Muslim salat prayer occurs this many times in a day
Five
500
This ceremony is a ritual way to cleanse a person, or place, by moving smoke throughout a physical space.
What is smudging.
500
There must be at least this many members of this governing body, as there are senators, in Canadian federal politics.