Canadian History
Who was the first and only female prime minister of Canada?
Kim Campbell
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Had pirates known about this vitamin, then they wouldn’t have suffered from scurvy. What vitamin is this?
Vitamin C
What is the longest continuously running game show in television history?
The Price is Right
"The mother of the civil rights movement," she invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
An agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
When was the first car invented
1885
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific organ in the body?
Pancreas (The pancreas is the organ that produces insulin, and it plays a major role in regulating blood glucose levels)
On Happy Days, no one was cooler than Fonzie. What was his real name?
Arthur Fonzarelli
The heaviest animal ever known to have existed.
The Blue Whale (weighing 190,000 kg)
He played 20 seasons in the NHL from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One." Known for wearing the jersey number 99.
Wayne Gretzky
When did the Korean War end?
It didn’t – an armistice was signed in 1953 but the two countries are still technically at war
What tissues connect the muscles to the bones?
Tendons
80s American sitcom starring Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty.
Known for his inventions such as the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb and one of the earliest motion picture cameras.
Thomas Edison
James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, sports coach, and innovator. Which popular sport did he create?
Basketball
What year was the Magna Carta signed?
1215
This animal’s fingerprints closely resemble that of a human’s. So much so in fact, that inspecting its fingerprint side by side with a human print might make it impossible to differentiate. What animal is it?
Koala
On the sitcom “Taxi”, which actor played Bobby Wheeler?
Jeff Conaway
Which country is the largest producer of tea?
China
Remembrance Day poem “In Flanders Fields” was composed by which Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel?
John McCrae
In which European country was there a civil war between 1946 and 1949?
Greece
This planet spins the fastest, completing one whole rotation in just 10 hours. Which planet is it?
Jupiter
What was I Love Lucy originally titled when it was a radio program?
My Favourite Husband
Where is the world’s most active volcano located?
Hawaii