Toronto Facts
Name 4/5 of the universities located in the GTA
OCAD University
University of Toronto
Toronto Metropolitan University
Tyndale University
York University
A bunch of people fight over a giant orange bouncy ball, taking turns trying to throw it through a circle attached to a square, which is nailed to a wall. Points only matter if they land from certain places, and sometimes the ball gets stolen mid-bounce.
Basketball
Dog, Cat, Elephant, Ape, Rose
Rose (category is animal)
A line or sequence of people or things awaiting their turn
Queue
October 9th, 2022
Friendsgiving
Kennedy is the furthest east station on line 2, what is the 20th most east station on line 2?
Ossington
Twenty-two people chase a round object across a large patch of grass, but they’re not allowed to touch it with their hands. If they manage to kick it past someone standing in front of a net, everyone loses their mind for a minute
Carrot, Potato, Lettuce, Tomato, Spinach
Tomato (category is vegetables)
Dividing thoughts or feelings into different sections or categories.
Often used to organize ones life
Compartmentalize
February 1st, 2019
Ice Skating at Nathan Phillip Square
2020
Two or four people awkwardly whack a fuzzy yellow ball back and forth over a net, sometimes for hours. If they hit it too far, they lose; if they hit it too soft, it stops. There’s a lot of yelling random words like "love" that mean nothing related to the actual game
Tennis
Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, Uracil
Thymine or Uracil (Category can be nitrogenous bases found on DNA or RNA)
A Greek dip made of yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and herbs
Tzatziki
August 11th, 2020
Wasaga Trip
Name the six areas Toronto was originally made of (which is why we're called the 6ix)
Old Toronto, York, North York, East York, Etobicoke, Scarborough
You use a metal stick to smack a tiny ball. Most of the time, the ball ends up in not going far, but somehow this is still fun. The goal is to use fewer swings than your friend to avoid existential dread.
Golf
Sparks, Galaxy, Chargers, Sharks, Suns
Suns (Category: California Sports Teams)
Process of transplanting organs from one species to another
Xenotransplantation
July 27th, 2023
Barbie Movie
How many professional sports teams are located in Toronto (and name all of them)
5 (Raptors, Blue Jays, Argonauts, Leafs and Toronto FC)
So there’s a pitcher who throws the ball, and the batter tries to hit it as far as possible. The fielders are spread out in a giant circle, waiting to catch the ball or throw it back to stop the running. The score seems to go up randomly based on... running which can go on for days.
Cricket
Einstein, Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Bohr, Hawking
Hawking (Category: Contributors to Quantum Mechanics)
Fear or phobia of long words
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
November 30th, 2018
IB De-stress Night