At The Movies
What was the first Pixar movie?
Toy Story
What year did Facebook launch?
2004
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is Maurice Richard’s nickname?
The Rocket
What is the rarest M&M color?
Brown
In Disney's Cinderella, what are the names of Cinderella's two stepsisters?
Anastasia and Drizella
Which university did Microsoft founder Bill Gates drop out of?
Harvard
What year did the Cold War end?
1989
In what year did the Canadian men’s soccer team win gold in its first-ever Olympics?
1904
What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?
Q
What is the highest-grossing film of all time, taking inflation into account?
Gone With The Wind
What language does the word "robot" come from?
Czech ("robota" means forced labor/work)
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
New Zealand (in 1893)
How many years has it been since the Leafs won the Stanley Cup?
55...
LOL.
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
To store pocket watches
Which movie was incorrectly announced as the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Academy Awards?
La La Land
In the car industry, what does "BMW" stand for?
Bavarian Motor Works
The destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD was done by what volcano?
Mt. Vesuvius
On September 30, 1993, a major North American sports organization sanctioned a new professional Toronto team (along with one based in Vancouver) as part of its expansion into Canada. Which organization was it?
What’s the most expensive home in the world?
Buckingham Palace
In what year were the Academy Awards first presented?
1929
What does HTTP stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
What was the largest contiguous empire in history?
Mongol Empire
Back on September 5, 1914, the pitcher for the Providence team in the International League hit his first career home run, in Toronto. Who was that player, who would later become much more famous as a home-run hitter than as a pitcher?
Babe Ruth
Fun fact: Ruth pitched a one-hit shutout that day, with the final score 9-0 in favour of the visiting Providence team. The ball, which Ruth hit right out of the now-vanished Maple Leaf Stadium, went into Lake Ontario and was never retrieved.
Which country was the Caesar salad invented in?
Mexico