Canadian Inventions
This essential kitchen appliance, used to cook food quickly with electromagnetic waves, was co-invented by Canadian engineer Dr. Percy Spencer.
What is the microwave oven?
This U.S. state is famous for its Grand Canyon.
What is Arizona?
In medieval times, people believed that this vegetable could cure baldness — if rubbed on the head.
What is an onion?
This part of your body is the only one that can’t heal itself.
What is a tooth?
In Switzerland, it’s illegal to do this after 10 p.m. in an apartment — especially if it involves water.
What is flush the toilet?
This mobile communication device, once wildly popular, was developed by a Canadian company.
What is the BlackBerry smartphone?
This Asian country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun."
What is Japan?
In ancient Rome, flamingo tongues were considered this.
What is a delicacy? (Yes, they were gourmet snacks for the elite.)
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere — and no, it’s not oxygen.
What is nitrogen?
In Florida, it’s illegal for unmarried women to do this on Sundays.
What is skydive?
This sports-related invention, essential for winter fun, was created by a Canadian dentist in 1905.
What is the hockey goalie mask?
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
Napoleon was once attacked by a horde of these fluffy creatures during a hunting trip.
What are rabbits? (His men released too many — and they charged him instead of running away!)
This part of your body has no blood supply — it gets oxygen directly from the air.
What is the cornea?
In Milan, Italy, it’s technically illegal to be in public without doing this — unless you’re at a funeral or hospital.
What is smile?
This popular board game, involving global domination, was invented by a Canadian in the 1950s.
What is Trivial Pursuit?
This South Asian country is home to the ancient city of Petra, carved into rose-red cliffs.
What is Jordan?
In 18th-century England, pineapples were so rare and expensive that people did this with them.
What is rent them as party decorations?
This planet rotates so fast that a day lasts only about 10 hours.
What is Jupiter?
In Victoria, Australia, it’s illegal to change a light bulb unless you are one of these.
What is a licensed electrician?
This medical breakthrough, discovered by Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1921, changed the lives of people with diabetes.
What is insulin?
This national park in the Northwest Territories is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the world’s largest beaver dam.
What is Wood Buffalo National Park?
In 1386, a pig in France was put on trial and executed for this crime.
What is murder? (It allegedly killed a child and was tried like a human.)
This animal can survive in space, boiling water, freezing cold, and even radiation.
What is a tardigrade (or water bear)?
In Denmark, before starting your car, you are legally required to do this.
What is check for children under the car?