HERITAGE MOMENTS
RIDDLES
SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER
NOVA SCOTIA
APPS
100

BETWEEN 1840 AND 1860 MORE THAN 30 000 ENSLAVED PEOPLE CAME SECRETLY FROM AMERICA FOR FREEDOM. THEY CALLED IT THIS....

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 

100

What is always in front of you but can't be seen?

The future

100

True or False: There are 360 degrees in a circle.

TRUE

100

_______ is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world.

Peggys Cove

100

This is a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs, and post links to news or other interesting content on the web, chat live, and watch short-form video.

Facebook

200

WHAT DISASTER WAS THIS IN REFERENCE TO, "SHES LOADED BOYS! YOU GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! FULL OF EXPLOSIVES!"  

HALIFAX EXPLOSION

200

 Sam and Sally have four daughters. Each of their daughters has one brother. How many children do Sam and Sally have in total?

Five

200

Not a quadrilateral?

A. Square

B. Rectangle

C. Triangle

C. TRIANGLE



200

Get creative with your souvenir kite and decorate it with memories from your day at _____________ National Historic Site in Beddeck. 

Alexander Graham Bell

200

When gathering ideas for the classroom, to see other craft projects people have made, you can create a "board" on this app and save all those project you want to save. 

What is PINTEREST

300

WHAT CHARACTER WAS THIS IN REFERENCE TO?

"STRONG. BUT BY DAY HE IS A MILD MANNERED REPORTER, GLASSES YOU KNOW, SECRECT IDENTITY"


SUPERMAN

300

What has one head, one foot, and four legs?

 A BED 

300

If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, it arrived at... ?

What is 3:50pm?

300

 This is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and a steamship: the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913. It can be found on the Halifax waterfront.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

300

The best way to read newspapers and magazines on your mobile phone or tablet and you can get on for free with your ECRL card!

PressReader

400

THE FIRST WOMAN LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN CANADA 

Jennie Trout

400

Two fathers and two sons are in a car, but there are only three people in the vehicle. How?

The group consists of a grandfather, a father, and his son

400

The number of seconds in 5 minutes.

300

400

The Nova Scotia tartan was designed by Bessie Murray back in 1953. It is comprised of 5 colours: blue and white for the sea, greens for the forests, red for the royal lion on the Arms of Nova Scotia, and _____ for the province’s historic Royal Charter.

GOLD

400

This App can be used for searches, but also to create images of a description the user inputs bringing creativity to all new levels using AI. 

What is Bing

500

WHO SAID IT?  "MADAM SPEAKER TAKE IT FROM ME NICE MEN DON'T WANT TO VOTE!"

Nellie McClung

500

There are two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

THE LETTER R 

500

3 forms of matter.

What is Gas, Solid, Liquid

500

No point in Nova Scotia is more than _____ from the sea.

60KM

500

____ is the only app from a Chinese company to see this level of success in international markets. And that’s despite being banned from countries including India

TikTok