British Columbia
What is the largest city in British Columbia?
Vancouver
The Amazon rainforest is located in which continent?
South America
Which is the only food that can never go off or go bad?
Honey
In which European city was the first organized marathon held?
Athens
Who is Scotland’s national poet?
Robert Burns
Fruit is a well known export from the Okanagan Valley. What new export has become important in the 21st century?
Wine- Okanagan Wines won several awards in wine competitions in Europe in the late 2000's. Oliver, a small town in the South Okanagan is known as the Wine capital of Canada.
Sloths can be found in jungles in South and Central America. Approximately how many hours do sloths spend sleeping per day?
20 hours per day
Which fruit has the richest source of antioxidants?
blueberries
Where is the Sun not visible for 186 days a year?
The North Pole
Which sport originated in Scotland – Rugby, golf or football?
Golf
What city has the world's largest hockey stick?
Duncan - Duncan (population approximately 5,500) acquired the hockey stick from the 1986 exposition in Vancouver. It is 205 feet long and weighs 61,000 lbs!
Most tigers live in the jungles in which part of the world? (continent)
Asia
What bean originating in East Asia is used for making oil, miso, and tofu?
Soybean
What country is made up of 6852 islands?
Japan
Law dictates that Scottish whisky must be matured for a minimum of how many years to become an official whisky?
3 years
There are a lot of bears in British Columbia, including grizzly and black bears. What percentage of North America's grizzly bears can you find here?
25%
The Amazon rainforest spans how many countries and territories?
9
What country is the largest producer of bananas?
India
How many countries are there in Africa?
54
What is the national animal of Scotland?
the Unicorn
Which of these was the name of a large part of what we now know as British Columbia in the 1800s?
New Caledonia - Fur traders took control of a large amount of mainland B.C. and the area was known as New Caledonia until 1858
In the early days, how did European explorers travelled through tropical jungles?
By boats through the rivers
Which country invented ice cream?
China
Which country shares borders with 14 countries but only has one time zone?
China
What is the most populated city in Scotland?
Glasgow