Animals
These two animals can not move backwards.
What is the kangaroo and the emu?
(would also accept snake)
True or False Astronauts grow taller in space.
True!
When astronauts venture into space, the lack of gravity allows their spines to stretch out, making them taller. How cool is that?
The only word in the English language with three sets of consecutive double letters.
What is "Bookkeeper"?
Name the country that built the Panama Canal.
What is the United States?
Name the French private entertainment company which is known for its unique blend of continuous live music and circus-like acrobatics.
What is Cirque du Soleil?
True or False. A catepillar larve causes the Mexican Jumping bean to jump.
True
Besides being the monarch, this was Queen Elizabeth's (then the princess) job during the war.
Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
It took a year of debate from Elizabeth before the King relented and gave their 19-year-old eldest daughter permission to join the war effort. In February of 1945 joined the women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service under the name Elizabeth Windsor. Elizabeth chose mechanic and took a 6 week training course. She passed a military driving test, learned to read maps and worked repairing engines. The Associated Press at the time named her “Princess Auto Mechanic.”
What are pips?
Name the highest mountain in Africa.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This is a Canadian fried dessert pastry named after an animals anatomy
What is a beavertail?
A cat's ear has this many muscles.
What is 32 muscles?
Close to 70 percent of the world's freshwater is held in this.
What are glaciers and ice sheets?
True or False. Adult cats only meow to humans, not other cats.
True.
Cats are fascinating creatures, and their meows have a special purpose.
While adult cats communicate with each other using body language and other sounds, they exclusively reserve their adorable meows for humans.
So the next time your feline friend meows at you, remember that they’re speaking a language only meant for you.
This structure, located in Toronto, was once the tallest structure in the world.
What is the CN Tower?
This is a knitted cap, Canadian style
What is a toque?
This animal's eye is bigger than its brain.
What is an Ostrich?
This is the distance from earth to the sun.
What is 93 million miles?
This crucial hair product appeared for the first time in 1960.
What is Hair Spray?
Name 5 of the 7 continents of the world
What is Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia?
This flavour of chip is only available in Canada
What is "All Dressed"?
True or False. Elephant's Never forget.
True.
It turns out that elephants actually do have a better memory than most living things.
All mammals, including humans, have four different lobes in their cortex: occipital, parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes. All four of these lobes play a key role in the functioning of our brain. From language acquisition to processing auditory information, each lobe is crucial.
Elephants actually have a larger and denser temporal lobe, comparatively. The temporal lobe is commonly associated with memory acquisition, allowing elephants to have an incredible memory.
What is "The Bible"?
This is the only food that can never go bad.
What is Honey?
Name of the longest river in Africa
What is The Nile River?
This may be a term Americans have used, its an outfit comprised entirely of denim. That means jeans and a denim shirt or jacket.
What is a Canadian Tuxedo?
While not a unique Canadian fashion, the term Canadian tuxedo was believed to have originated in 1951 after Bing Crosby was denied entry into a Vancouver, British Columbia hotel because he was wearing a denim shirt with denim pants. Levi Strauss & Co heard the news and designed an entire denim tuxedo for Crosby as a publicity stunt.