Famous Canadians
The Arts
"Odds & Ends"
Nature's Natural Wonders
History of Technology
100
This trophy was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston to Canada.
What is the Stanley Cup?
100
This Dutch painter infamously cut off part of his own ear during a psychological episode following an argument with his friend Paul Gaugin.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
100
This is the national animal of Scotland.
What is the Unicorn?
100
This famous waterfall on the border of the U.S. and Canada is one of the most visited natural wonders in the world.
What is Niagara Falls?
100
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, this machine made it possible to print books quickly and cheaply.
What is the printing press?
200
This man was Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister.
Who is Sir Wilfred Laurier?
200
This American artist from the 60s "pop-art" movement is known for painting the design for Campbell's soup.
Who is Andy Warhol?
200
The only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially.
What is Hawaii?
200
Mount Vesuvius in Italy is famous for burying this ancient city in ash in 79 A.D.
What is Pompeii?
200
This famous American founding father is credited as the inventor of the bifocal lens in glasses.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
This popular ball game was invented by Canadian - James Naismith in 1891.
What is basketball?
300
This famed American artist, Grant Wood painted a portrait depicting a farmer holding a pitchfork and his daughter in front of their house.
What is American Gothic?
300
The largest organ in the human body.
What is skin?
300
This U.S. landmark, carved by the Colorado River, is about 277 miles long and over a mile deep.
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
This Frenchman, who became blind as a child, invented a system of raised dots in 1824 that allowed blind people to read and write.
Who is Louis Braille?
400
This very famous Canadian actor starred in the famous film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in 1978.
Who is Donald Sutherland?
400
This painter of the 20th century Absurdism movement famously painted "The Persistence of Memory" - an illustration featuring a series of melting clocks.
Who is Salvador Dalí?
400
This element’s chemical symbol is Au.
What is gold?
400
This mountain on the border of Nepal and China is the tallest in the world, standing over 29,000 feet high.
What is Mount Everest?
400
This scientist improved the design of the telescope in 1609 and used it to observe moons orbiting Jupiter.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
500
This famous Canadian Prime Minister once said "It was so dry in Saskatchewan during the Depression that the trees were chasing the dogs".
Who is John Diefenbaker?
500
This famed Dutch painter created the famed renaissance piece known as "The Night Watch".
Who is Rembrandt?
500
This planet spins on its side, unlike any other in the solar system.
What is Uranus?
500
These massive trees found in California’s national parks are the tallest living things on Earth.
What are redwoods (or sequoias)?
500
This Chinese invention from around the year 105 AD changed the way people kept records and spread knowledge.
What is paper?
