40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND ONE
Who captained the gold medal-winning Canadian Women’s hockey team in the 2022 Olympics?
MARIE-PHILIP POULIN
Which of these numbers is divisible by 8?
104
Bobby Orr is known for playing what sport?
HOCKEY
In chemistry, the periodic table is divided into three blocks. What does the P in “p-block” stand for?
PRINCIPAL
13. What was the name of the group of people deported from PEI in 1758?
ACADIANS
The 2012 film Hitchcock tells the story of the production of what celebrated Hitchcock film?
PSYCHO
What is the sum of all of these numbers?
1045
Which Montreal Canadiens player was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a single season?
MAURICE RICHARD
Park Corner is the location of which famous Canadian museum?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (MUSEUM)
What term refers to the USA’s non-stop shipping of supplies to West Berlin in the early years of the Cold War?
(BERLIN) AIRLIFT
Which of these numbers is divisible by 9?
108
Which player was the first Toronto Maple Leaf to score 60 goals in a season?
AUSTON MATTHEWS
What writer, known as ‘The People’s Poet’, won the Governor-General’s Award for his work entitled “The Island Means Minago”?
MILTON ACORN
What Roman emperor’s name is also the middle name of Captain James T. Kirk, of Star Trek?
TIBERIUS
Which New Jersey Devils goalie was the inspiration for the addition of a zone behind the net where the goalie can handle the puck?
MARTIN BRODEUR
What is the name of the bridge linking New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island?
CONFEDERATION BRIDGE