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100

Another word for millennials.

What is Gen Y?

100

This famous Montreal boulevard divides the city into east and west.

What is St. Laurent Boulevard?

100

The French word for watermelon.

What is melon d'eau?

100

This beautiful Canadian city sits on the west coast, and is recognized as the 3rd largest city in Canada by population.

What is Vancouver?

100

The value of ‘x’ in the equation:

 2x + 6 = 14

What is 4?

200

The most popular social network worldwide in 2024, with over 3 billion monthly active users.

What is Facebook?

200

The Olympic Stadium was built for this special event.

What is the 1976 Summer Olympics?

200

The spelling of the Québécoise dish made of fresh-cut french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.

What is P-O-U-T-I-N-E?

200

The largest mall in Canada, and 6th largest in the world, is found in this Western Canadian city.

What is West Edmonton Mall?

200

The formula for calculating the area of a circle.

What is Pi times radius squared?

300

The best selling video game of all time with over 500 million copies sold.

What is Tetris?

300

This is Canada's largest church.

What is St. Joseph's Oratory?

300

The name of the accent used in the following examples: à, è, ù

What is l'accent grave?

300

Canada is bordered by three oceans.

What are the Pacific, Atlantic and Artic Oceans?

300

The value of "c" in the equation: 

3(5c + 6) - 15 = 33

What is 2?

400

Most people who are colour blind have difficulty telling the difference between which two colours?

What is red and green?

400

An average of 1 million people use this Montreal service every single day, Monday to Friday, making it the busiest in Canada.

What is the Montreal Metro?

400

The French word for common slang spoken in Quebec.

What is joual?

400

This city is the only fortified city in North America with its original walls still intact. 

What is Quebec City?

400

Parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division from left to right, and addition and subtraction from left to right.

What is the order of operations in math?

500

These two body parts never stop growing throughout your life.

What are your ears and nose?

500

One of Montreal's prior Indigenous names, and also the name of a well-known Montreal borough. 

What is Hochelaga?

500

The meaning behind the expression "Lâche pas la patate!"

What is "Don't give up!"?

500

Canada's two national sports.

What are hockey and lacrosse?

500

This branch of mathematics deals with points, lines, angles, and surfaces.

What is geometry?