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In 2018, Donna Strickland became the first Canadian woman to win a Nobel Prize in this category for her work with lasers.
What is Physics?
She created a technique called chirped pulse amplification, which made it possible to create extremely powerful laser pulses used in fields like medicine and manufacturing.
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Mastiffs, Pomeranians, and pugs are all examples of these animals, often called “man’s best friend.”
What are dogs?
Dogs were among the first animals domesticated by humans, with evidence suggesting this relationship began more than 10,000 years ago.
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Ireland is the second-largest island of this continent, after Great Britain.
What is Europe?
Ireland is known as the “Emerald Isle” because of its famously green landscapes and abundant rainfall.
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Passed by the British Parliament and given royal assent by Queen Victoria on March 29, 1867, this act came into effect on July 1, creating the Dominion of Canada.
What is the British North America Act?
It is now known as the Constitution Act, 1867 and remains one of the foundations of Canada’s Constitution.
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These tubers make up more than one-quarter of all vegetable crops grown in Canada, measured by weight.
What are potatoes?
Prince Edward Island is one of Canada’s potato-producing provinces and is often called the “Potato Province.”
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She became Canada’s first person of colour to serve as Governor General in 1999.
Who is Adrienne Clarkson?
Adrienne Clarkson was born in Hong Kong and came to Canada as a child refugee during the Second World War. Before becoming Governor General, she was well known as a journalist.
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Unlike most male deer, musk deer and Chinese water deer lack antlers and instead have these long, fang-like teeth.
What are tusks?
The “tusks” of these deer are actually enlarged canine teeth, used mainly by males for fighting and displaying dominance.
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Popular in medieval Ireland, this ancient drink is made by fermenting honey with water.
What is Meade?
Mead is often considered one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages, with evidence of honey-based fermented drinks dating back thousands of years.
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On March 22, 1894, Governor General Lord Stanley awarded this trophy for the first time to a Montreal AAA hockey team after their 3–1 victory over Ottawa.
What is the Stanley Cup?
Lord Stanley donated the trophy in 1892, originally calling it the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup.
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Peas, lima beans, navy beans, and corn are examples of this part of a plant.
What are seeds?
A single corn cob can contain hundreds of kernels, and each kernel is a separate seed capable of producing a new corn plant.
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This Canadian author, known as the “master of the contemporary short story,” won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote the collection For the Love of a Good Woman.
Who is Alice Munro?
Many of her stories are set in small-town Ontario and explore ordinary lives with remarkable emotional depth.
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When one of these mammals is born, it begins life with a six-foot drop from its mother to the ground.
What is a giraffe?
A newborn giraffe calf can stand and walk within a few hours of birth, an important survival skill because giraffes face predators such as lions.
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The Great Famine of 1845 to 1852 was caused by a blight that destroyed this important crop, a staple food for many Irish people.
What are potatoes?
The Great Famine led to the deaths of about one million people and caused another million or more to emigrate, including many to Canada.
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On March 31, 1889, this iconic tower opened in France, becoming a symbol of the city.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The Eiffel Tower was designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel and was originally criticized by some French artists and writers who disliked its appearance.
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Though low in calories, carrots contain more natural sugar than most vegetables, with the exception of these root vegetables.
What are beets?
Carrots get their orange colour from beta-carotene, a nutrient the body converts into vitamin A, which supports vision and immune function.
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Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France helped found Ville-Marie in 1642, the settlement that became this major Canadian city.
What is Montreal?
She co-founded Montreal and later established the one of the first hospitals in North America.
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A pride of these mammals usually includes one to four males along with several females and their young.
What are lions?
Female lions usually do most of the hunting, often working together to bring down prey.
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Bogs cover about one-sixth of Ireland’s land area and have traditionally provided this fuel made from partially decayed plant material.
What is peat?
For centuries, Irish households cut and dried peat, also called turf, to use as a source of heat.
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March 17th, 461 AD marks the death of this patron saint of Ireland.
Who is Saint Patrick?
The shamrock became associated with him because legend says he used its three leaves to explain the Christian Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit).
400
Avocados, tomatoes, and corn are vegetables that are botanically this.
What are fruits?
Botanically, a fruit develops from the flower of a plant and usually contains seeds. The U.S. Supreme Court even ruled in 1893 that tomatoes should be treated as vegetables for trade purposes.
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This Canadian physician and astronaut became Canada’s first woman in space and the world’s first neurologist to conduct experiments in space.
Who is Dr. Roberta Bondar?
She flew aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery in 1992 and conducted research on how the human body responds to microgravity.
500
A baby panda and a baby hyena are both called this.
What is a cub?
Giant panda cubs are born extremely small compared with their mothers, weighing only about 100 grams at birth.
500
Inspired by a 1951 debate about the fastest game bird in Europe, this famous reference book was first published in 1955.
What is the Guinness Book Of World Records?
Sir Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, was involved in creating the idea for the book.
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Born on March 14, 1879, this German-born physicist developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein’s birthday, March 14, is celebrated by many as “Pi Day” because the date is written as 3/14, matching the first three digits of the mathematical constant π.
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This green vegetable’s name comes from an Italian word meaning “the flowering top of a cabbage plant.”
What is broccoli?
Broccoli was introduced to North America by Italian immigrants in the early 20th century and later became a widely grown commercial crop, especially in regions with cooler growing seasons.