Potpourri
Canadiana
Literature
Geography
Science
100

On a Monday in 1959, she legally changer her name to Tuesday.

Tuesday Weld

100

What is a Newfoundlander drinking when he has a "mug up"?

Tea

100

This author wrote “Pride and Prejudice.”

Jane Austen

100

Known as the “Eternal City”

Rome

100

The study of life is known as this.

Biology 

200

Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.

Butter chicken

200

What was mined in Canada for the first time in 1998?

Diamonds

200

“To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.

Hamlet

200

This city is the capital of Australia. 

Canberra

200

Einstein is renowned for this theory  

The theory of relativity

300

What original term for a hockey face-off is alleged to have been changed due to frequent mispronunciation? 

Puck-off

300

Whose 1999 retirement was the subject of a Ken Danby painting titled "The Great Farewell"?

Wayne Gretzky's

300

He is known for his horror novels, including “Carrie” and “The Shining".

Stephen King

300

This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.

The Louisiana Purchase

300

This is the term for when a solid turns directly into a gas

Sublimation

400

This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

400

What city is home to the Assiniboia Downs Racetrack?


Winnipeg

400

“The Trial” and “The Metamorphosis” are works by this Czech author.

Franz Kafka

400

What nation's capital lies on the shores of the Indus River?

Pakistan's

400

Newton is famous for this law of motion.

The law of universal gravitation

500

This national dish of Spain is a rice dish typically made with saffron and seafood.

Paella


500

What Due South and Red Green Show regular wrote, directed and starred in John and the Missus?

Gordon Pinsent

500

This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.

The Iliad

500

This is the longest wall in the world

The Great Wall of China

500

In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object

Mass