Sports
This sport is named after the place where it was invented—Springfield, Massachusetts—instead of a person.
What is Basketball?
This is the name of Canada’s head of government, who leads the country and the federal cabinet.
What is the Prime Minister?
Most human babies are born after about this many months of pregnancy.
What is nine?
This band is known for songs like “Yellow Submarine” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” and helped change rock music in the 1960s.
What is The Beatles?
This sports brand is named after the goddess of victory, not an athlete or place.
What is Nike?
This international soccer tournament is held every four years and is watched by more people worldwide than the Olympics.
What is The FIFA World Cup?
This building in Ottawa is where Members of Parliament meet to debate and make laws.
What is Parliament (Hill)?
This is the first sense to fully develop in the womb.
What is hearing?
Sharing a name with a popular TV show that Mom & Jordan watch, this band’s song “Eye of the Tiger” became famous after being featured in the movie Rocky III.
What is Survivor?
This company began as a DVD-by-mail service before becoming one of the largest streaming platforms in the world
What is Netflix?
This Olympic sport combines swimming, cycling, and running—always in that order.
What is the triathlon?
Canada has three main levels of government: federal, provincial or territorial, and this local level that runs cities and towns.
What is municipal?
Identical twins come from a single fertilized egg, while these twins come from two separate eggs.
What are fraternal twins?
This pop duo from Sweden wrote hits like “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia” and became one of the best-selling music acts in history.
Who is ABBA?
The name of this search engine comes from a math word meaning the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
What is Google?
In this sport, the field is called a “pitch,” and players can only use their hands during throw-ins.
What is soccer?
Canadians vote in these events to choose Members of Parliament to represent them.
What are elections?
Premature babies are often born before this week of pregnancy, which is considered full term.
What is 37 weeks?
This 1975 Queen song combines rock and opera elements and was inspired by a childhood memory of Freddie Mercury.
Who is Bohemian Rhapsody?
This toy company avoided bankruptcy in the early 2000s by focusing on fewer products and popular licensed themes like Star Wars.
What is LEGO?
This sport uses the terms “love,” “deuce,” and “advantage,” which come from older European languages and traditions.
What is tennis?
This person represents the King in Canada and signs new laws so they can officially take effect.
What is The Governor General?
This hormone, sometimes called the “love hormone,” helps mothers bond with their babies after birth.
What is oxytocin?
This jazz musician, nicknamed “Satchmo,” was famous for songs like “What a Wonderful World” and popularizing jazz trumpet in the 20th century.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This brands name is a shortened version of “International Business Machines” even though many people think it stands for something else.
What is IBM?