Ottawa
Sports Around the World
Animals
Cooking
Languages
100

A popular deep-fried dough dish that was created in Ottawa

Beavertails

Founded in 1978

100

The most popular sport around the world

Soccer/Football

100

The tallest animal in the world

Giraffe

4.3-5.9m!

100

The temperature that water boils

100 degrees C/ 212 degrees F

100

The way to say "hello" and "goodbye" in Hawaiian

Aloha

200

The un-ceded Indigenous territory that Ottawa is built on

Anishinaabe Algonquin

200

A sport that has a "birdie"

Badminton

200
An animal that is an eight-legged mollusk 

Octopus

200
Ingredient added to bread to make it rise

Yeast

200

What is the world's most-spoken language (by number of speakers)

Mandarin Chinese

300

Ottawa's longest street

Bank Street


70km!

300

Canada's two national sports

Hockey & Lacrosse

300
An insect that can lift 50 times it's body weight

Ant

300

The only food that never goes bad

Honey


The oldest jar is believed to be 5,550 years old!

300

Which language is spoken in Brazil?

Portuguese 

400

The amount of colleges & universities in Ottawa

Six


Algonquin College, La Cite Colegiale, Dominican University College, Ottawa University, Carleton University and St. Paul's University

400

Where the next Olympics will be held

France


This will be France's sixth time hosting!

400

The only bird that can fly backwards

Hummingbird

400
The part of a hot pepper that gives heat

Capsaicin/ pepper gland



400

The country where Burmese is spoken

Mynamar

500

This is the oldest building in Ottawa

Bytown Museum


built in 1826 as Colonel By's storehouse for the construction of the Rideau Canal

500
A sport that sometimes has a Haka before the game begins

Rugby


The haka is a traditional dance of the Māori people and is used by the "All Black" (NZ National Rugby team) as well as non-NZ teams

500

A mammal that lays eggs

Either: Platypus, Echidna or Ant Easter


500

What the folds on a chef's hat represents

The amount of techniques or recipes they are able to prepare

500

Which country has the most official languages?

South Africa

11 Languages!

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