Winter comfort treats
($100) Cocoa powder, milk, marshmallows, and sweetener combine for this favorite winter beverage.
Answer: What is hot chocolate or hot cocoa? Though the drink is thousands of years old, it was popularized in the early 1800s by Dutch chemist Coenraad J. Van Houten. He invented cocoa powder, and that led to its widespread popularity.
($100) During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and exhale this gas.
Answer: What is oxygen? Plants make their food from the carbon dioxide they take in during photosynthesis, and they release oxygen as a byproduct.
What did the nursery rhyme character Jack nimbly jump over?
Answer: The candlestick. The rhyme was first documented around 1815. Jumping over candlesticks was a form of fortune-telling or sport. Jumping over the candlestick without extinguishing the flame was a sign of good luck.
Who is Lucy's best friend?
Ethel
Who chose Ottawa as the new capital for the “province of Canada” on December 31, 1857?
Answer: Queen Victoria. Ottawa is now a major metropolis and Canada’s fourth-largest city.
($200) This warm dessert is made from rice, milk, butter, and seasonings and spices.
Answer: What is rice pudding? Historians believe rice pudding originated in India or China and then was brought to Europe sometime before the 1800s. It can be eaten as a dessert, a side dish, or a breakfast food
($200) This four-letter word means “polluted air that hovers in the lower atmosphere over a community.”
Answer: What is smog? The word combines parts of smoke and fog. Car exhaust and industrial waste contribute to smog.
What children’s literary character is described as “a boy who never wants to grow up”?
Answer: Peter Pan. J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan. Other characters of the story include Tinker Bell, Peter, Wendy, and Captain Hook.
What actress starred in Cleopatra and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor. During the filming of Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton started their romance.
What color cup is the “big prize” for the Canadian Football League?
Answer: Grey. The Grey Cup is the name of the championship game as well as the trophy awarded to the winning team.
($600) A popular hot, mulled drink is made with the juice of this fruit, with oranges and cranberries as optional additions.
Answer: What is apple (cider)? Hot mulled cider is made with apple cider and mulling spices, which can include any of the following: star anise, cinnamon, and allspice.
($400) This gaseous substance sends a birthday balloon into the sky.
Answer: What is helium? Helium is lighter than air and used in balloons. When inhaled, helium changes the sound of your voice and makes you sound like Donald Duck.
A stolen princess is kept isolated in a tower and must find a clever way to escape her captivity.
Rapunzel
What Looney Tunes cartoon character is the archenemy of Bugs Bunny?
Answer: Elmer J. Fudd. The character is a hunter whose goal is to hunt Bugs Bunny. He has a slight speech impediment and always pronounces his Rs as Ws. One of his most famous quotes is “Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m hunting wabbits.”
Which famous Bonanza actor was known as the “Voice of Canada” in the 1930s and 1940s?
Answer: Lorne Greene. The Canadian started his career as a newsreader for the CBC National News. He was soon given the nickname.
($800) Baked goods, including houses, cookies, cakes, and more, scream winter when they contain this warming spice.
Answer: What is ginger? It’s also used in ginger ale, tea, and beer. It’s known as a warming spice, which is why it makes an appearance every fall and winter. Ginger ale, tea, and pastilles are traditional home remedies for upset stomachs and nausea.
($600) During the mid-1970s, the public learned about this five-letter word beginning with an O, which is a protective layer in the atmosphere.
Answer: What is ozone? Scientists told us a hole had formed in the ozone layer, now known as ozone depletion. Chlorofluorocarbons were banned as aerosol propellants to reduce their harmful effects on the ozone layer.
Abandoned by their parents and lost in a dangerous forest, the siblings are captured by a wicked witch who intends to eat them.
Hansel and Gretel
This is the town Petticoat junction take palce.
Hooterville
This type of land covers about 40% of Canada´s land mass.
What are forests?
($1,000) As messy as a fruit cobbler, this deconstructed pie has a crunchy top.
Answer: What is a crisp? You can use an apple pie recipe to make an apple crisp by omitting the crust and topping it with any crunchy topping, such as rolled oats, brown sugar, and warming spices.
($1,000) These are the two most abundant elements in air.
Answer: What are nitrogen and oxygen? By volume, the dominant gas is nitrogen, at 78 percent. Oxygen supplies only 21 percent of the air we breathe.
A curious girl enters an empty house in the forest, finding items in sets of three; chairs by a table, steaming plates of porridge and comfy beds. She tries everything until finding what feels "just right."
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
What were the names of the three Cartwright brothers.
Adam, Hoss and little Joe
The number of territories in Canada.
What is Three.