Your Heritage Minutes
Etymology of Elements
From Big
To Small
100

An African American escapes to Canada along this metaphorical transport.

Underground Railroad

100

Lead

Plumbum

100

The aptly named 2nd largest mountain in the world.

K2

100

The least densely populated territory in the world, and also the largest island in the world.

Greenland

200

Sports coach James Naismith tells someone to cut a hole under the peach basket...

Basketball

200

Iron

Ferrum (will accept ferrite)

200

2nd smallest country in the world and smallest in the United Nations.

Monaco

300

He misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada

Jacques Cartier

300

Tungsten

Wolfram

400

Englishman Archie Belaney rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on this First Nations identity.

Grey Owl

400

Gold

Aurum

400

Currently and also the smallest dinosaur to have ever existed.

Bee hummingbird (will accept hummingbird)

500

Captain Colebourn is put in charge of the official mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade, naming it after his hometown and inspiring this character.

Winnie the Pooh

500

Copper

Cuprum

500

Guinness World Record holder for the world's largest tire manufacturer (think small).

Lego

500

Name either one of the three, or the group of the smallest bones in the human body.

Ossicles (malleus, the incus, and the stapes)