About the People in the Room
Name all universities and programs people have/are attending.
Sabrina - Waterloo/Laurier - Math and Business; Anthony - Waterloo - Electrical Engineering; Marianne - Université de Montreal - Biochemistry; Fouad - Université de Montreal - Microbiologie, Fouad - Université de Montréal - Master en Endocrinologie Moléculaire; Tracy - Commerce - Mcgill, Tracy - Concordia - MBA; Jad - McGill - Agriculture; Daniel - Queens - Political Science, Daniel - Windsor - Law
How many reindeer does Santa have?
Eight: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
AB
On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?
Nitrogen
In what year did Canada become a country?
1867
What did Doris want to be growing up? (Doris cannot answer)
Translator
The celebrated “Christmas Truce” temporarily halted fighting during what war?
WW1
Say Merry Christmas in 3 different languages other than english.
How many inches are in a foot?
12
Canada's "Big Five" banks are all based in Toronto. They are Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and what fifth bank?
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
1967, Lebanon
What do children typically get in their stockings if they’re on the Naughty List?
A lump of coal
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
What are the three states of matter
Solid, liquid, gas
1) Name Each Province's capital
2) Name each Territory's capital
1) PEI - Charlottetown, Newfoundland - St. John's, Nova Scotia - Halifax, New Brunswick - Fredericton, Québec - Quebec city, Ontario - Toronto, Manitoba - Winnipeg, Saskatchewan - Regina, Alberta - Edmonton, British Columbia - Victoria,
2) Nunavut - Iqaluit, Northwest Territories - Yellowknife, Yukon - Whitehorse
Name Every person's Instagram handle in this room.
Sabrina: sabrina.berbari, Anthony: anthony.berbari, Fouad: fhab1, Tracy: trafas1, Jad: jmoore899, Daniel: irradient, Doris: sirod_, Marianne: lieseldoolittle
When was the first Christmas tree put up at Rockefeller Center? Must be within 10 years.
In December 1931, workers at the Rockefeller Center construction site put their money together for a 20-foot Christmas tree because they were thankful to have jobs during the Great Depression. The men decorated the tree with handmade garlands, streamers and ornaments made from tin cans
In which country Adolph Hitler was born?
Austria
What is the area of a right triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4?
8
Name the last 4 Prime ministers of Canada (including the current one).
Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, Jean Chrétien
How many Actuarial Exams has Sabrina written and what are they called?
3:
FM - Financial Mathematics
P - Probability
FAM - Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics
Astronauts broadcast which Christmas song from space in 1965?
“Jingle Bells” became the first song played in space when, on 16 December 1965, it was broadcast during NASA's Gemini 6A space flight.
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Solve this quadratic equation and provide the single root.
x² - 2x + 1 = 0
x = 1
Often considered the largest collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America, what is the name of the "spirited" and alliterative 13-acre area in Toronto located east of downtown?
Distillery District