COCKTAILS
CANADIAN CONNECTION SPORTS
TOYS
MEDICAL
RANDOM TRIVIA
100
What popular Rum cocktail takes its name from the Tahitian word for “good” or “excellent”, but was actually invented in Oakland, California in 1944?
MAI TAI
100
What’s the nickname for the University of Toronto’s sports program (as well as the title of a 1999 football flick)?
VARSITY BLUES
100
Which geometric drawing device now made by Hasbro was first sold in 1965?
SPIROGRAPH
100
What "S" word means the body's severe and overactive inflammatory response to infection, which can be a life-threatening medical emergency?
SEPSIS
100
What two letters are worth the maximum 10 points in a regulation Scrabble bag?
Q AND Z
200
A GIBSON MARTINI IS TRADITIONALLY GARNISHED WITH WHAT?
A PICKLED WHITE ONION
200
Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor named?
James Naismith
200
What toy was once banned in Japan because the motion of operating the toy was considered indecent?
HULA HOOP
200
Which medical specialty deals with conditions that cause inflammation in the bones, muscles, and organs?
Rheumatology
200
LAUGHING GAS SCEINTIFIC NAME
NITROUS OXIDE
300
Also known as a vodka buck, what drink is traditionally served in a mug made of what metal whose name derives from the Latin word “cuprum”?
A MOSCOW MULE IN A COPPER MUG
300
What famous baseball player hit his first professional homer in 1914 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Park?
BABE RUTH
300
When Barbie broke up with Ken in 2004, she was briefly paired with what other B-doll, a surfer from Australia? GIVE FAMILY NAME FOR AN EXTRA PT.
BLAINE GORDON
300
From a Latin word that can mean "changing" or "diverse," what 9-letter "V" word is the medical term for chickenpox?
VARICELLA
300
Titan is one of the few moons in the solar system known to have an atmosphere of any substance. Around which second-largest planet does Titan revolve?
SATURN
400
Similar to a Manhattan but with Scotch whiskey instead of bourbon or rye, what classic cocktail is named after a Scottish hero of the 17th century?
ROB ROY
400
IN 1946, JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYED FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AAA AFFILATE IN QUEBEC. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TEAM?
MONTREAL ROYALS
400
Jack Odell founded what brand in 1953, whose miniatures were invented because his daughter's school only allowed toys small enough to fit inside the namesake container?
MATCHBOX
400
what radiological technique is abbreviated as a “CT scan?”
Computed Tomography
400
Commonly used in horse racing and first used in 16th-century England, what measurement is equivalent to one-eighth of a mile or 220 yards?
FURLONG
500
IN THE MOVIE COCKTAIL, BRIAN FLANAGAN PLAYED BY TOM CRUISE FALLS IN LOVE WITH JORDAN MOONEY IN JAMAICA. WHO PLAYED JORDAN?
ELIZABETH SHUE
500
"Plasti-Goop" is poured into a mold, which is then heated in a trademark "Thingmaker" to make a collection of bugs and insects: this describes what alliterative Mattel toy that dates back the 1960s?
CREEPY CRAWLERS
500
Who doesn't have a "soft spot" for babies? What "F" word is the medical name for the diamond-shaped gap between the cranial bones of a newborn infant, also known as the "soft spot?"
FONTANELLE
500
Also known as potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension, what measurement of the difference in electric potential between two points is named for an Italian physicist?
VOLTAGE