40-POINT WHAT AM I? QUESTION
CLUE A: I am a fire retardant, stain remover and antifreeze ingredient. WHAT AM I?
CLUE B: I am responsible for thousands of deaths through inhalation every year. WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: Some scientists speculate that you can even find me on the Moon or Mars if you look hard enough. WHAT AM I?
CLUE D: My formal name is dihydrogen monoxide. WHAT AM I?
I AM WATER
In 1621, which future Canadian province was named in honour of King James I’s homeland?
NOVA SCOTIA (James I of England was also James VI of Scotland)
What rock band of the 1980s and 1990s had hits with these songs: Panama, Right Now, Hot for Teacher and Jump?
VAN HALEN
Which room has a secret passage leading to the study in the board game Clue?
KITCHEN
What adjective modifying “wolf” yields a phrase alluding to “someone who prefers to live and/or walk independently of others”?
LONE (As in LONE WOLF)
Published in 1752, Canada’s oldest newspaper hit the streets in which city?
HALIFAX (it was the Halifax Gazette)
What rock band of the 1980s and 1990s had hits with these songs: Sweet Emotion, Dream On, Walk this Way and Dude Looks Like a Lady?
AEROSMITH
What board game is known in England as Draughts’?
CHECKERS
What legendary hero of the ‘ol’ wild west’ wore a mask and was accompanied by his faithful sidekick Tonto?
THE LONE RANGER
Jumbo, the giant circus elephant, was killed in St. Thomas, Ontario when he collided with what?
LOCOMOTIVE (TRAIN)
What rock band of the 1980s and 1990s had hits with these songs: Livin’ on a Prayer, Wanted Dead or Alive and Bed of Roses?
BON JOVI
How many blank tiles are there in the game Scrabble?
TWO
What American aviation pioneer was nicknamed The Lone Eagle?
CHARLES LINDBERGH
The name “Quebec”, first applied to the city only, comes from an Algonquin word meaning “where the river” does what?
NARROWS
What rock band of the 1980s and 1990s had hits with these songs: Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City and November Rain?
GUNS N ROSES
In Monopoly, each player starts out with how much money?
1,500.00
Which American state is sometimes called The Lone Star State?
TEXAS