According to Maggie
According to William
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Something
100

With average temperatures as low as 3°C in April, doctors generally discouraged doing this in lakes during this period.  

Swimming (aka Cold Plunge) 

100

According to NewZoo, this was the world's most popular video game which I also played a lot of (mostly with friends online).  

Roblox 

100

Approximately 40% of the Ontario Provincial budget is allocated to this field, where Andrea and Brian continue work as a Care Coordinator now in Pediatrics and Brian as a manager in mental health 

Healthcare

100

Patented in 1976, these were designed to provide support and protection for injuries to the foot and ankle

Air Cast Boot

100

Often represented by the letter 'f', in photography this controls the amount of light that enters a camera and affects the exposure and depth of field of an image.  f/2.8 or wider is best for wide angle lens.  

Aperture

200

Shallon Olsen, Ellie Black and I are examples of Canadians who are experts in this sport (...that I spend 16 hours a week training)  

Gymnastics

200

In addition to piano, I began playing this instrument - joining the ranks of Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges. 

Alto Sax

200

Distinct from the 23 pairs of chromosomes humans receive from mother and father, these energetic structures in all of our cells have their own a unique DNA molecule that inherited solely from our mother

What are Mitochondria?

200

Last seen in 1925 and next to be seen in 2144, this celestial phenomenon was noticed this year in Hamilton Ontario on April 8th, 2024

What is a total solar eclipse? 

200

The majority of children starting Grade 5 and Grade 7 in Ontario are these ages.  


What is 10 and 12?

300

In addition to gymnastics, I enjoy baking cookies, cutting the lawn and, like my mom, binge watching the escapades of Lorelai and Rory from Stars Hollow - who are otherwise knows this.  


The Gilmour Girls 

300

Starting in 1920, this "numbered" group of artists, inspired by Canada’s rugged wilderness, set out to paint the defining art of Canada whereas I draw my inspiration from a sink on a wall and graph paper in a frame.  

What is the Group of Seven?

300

Despite being banned in 1978, Asbestos remained a common component in this "snacky" ceiling layer until the mid-1980s. 

Popcorn Ceilings  

300

Family goes a long way.  Unraveled, all of the strands of this molecule in your body could stretch the distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 600 times. 


What is DNA? 

300

This year saw the release of both Super Mario Kart and Revenge of the Nerds: The Next Generation. 

What is 1992?  

400

The Japanese symbol 友 (tomo) depicts two hands overlapping and helping each other to represent this. 

Friend

400

Citizen Kane, American Beauty, Reservoir Dogs and my films **** from 2024 share this common theme.  

They are all debut movies 

400

The bends is caused by build up of dissolved nitrogen emerging as bubbles inside the body tissues during this activity - which only one of four Coopers will sadly be able to do this year.  

Scuba diving

400

List 5 events that occured in Toronto for the Coopers in 2024

Les Misérables, Mamma Mia, Stomp, Art Gallery of Ontario & Toronto Raptors

400

joyride

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500

This is widely considered as the emotional processing centre for the brain - including feelings often experienced when embarrassed

What is the Amygdala?

500

The term 'friends' is believed to have derived from what language?  

German ("frijōjands")

500

One kilogram of sugar can make about 50 servings of this? 

Cotton Candy 

500

Believed to have been coined in 2010, this describes the phenomenon of a tingling sensation that some people experience in response to specific audio or visual stimuli.

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)

500

This noun is commonly used to describe a jumble or hodgepodge of things that are confused or disorderly is also a name for a Bulgarian dish made by cooking vegetables and then stirring in cheese and eggs

What is mishmash?