Oh Canada!
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"It's Just a Phrase, Mom!"
Who Cut the Cheese?
100

In 1965, Canada adopted a new national flag featuring a stylized version of this tree leaf, replacing the old Red Ensign.

What is the maple leaf? 

100

This toy that spins and balances on a point was popularized in the 1950s with the slogan “It’s tops!”

What is a top?

100

This phrase meaning “very easy” refers to something simple to eat.

What is “a piece of cake”?

100

This mild, orange-coloured cheese originally from England is commonly used in sandwiches and melts easily.

What is cheddar?

200

This Canadian invention, first demonstrated in 1876, allows voice communication over long distances using electrical signals.

What is the telephone? 

200

This toy introduced in the 1950s consists of a plastic hoop you spin around your waist.

What is Hula Hoop?

200

This phrase meaning “to reveal a secret” involves letting a four-legged pet out of a container.

What is “let the cat out of the bag”?

200

This cheese is known for its holes, which are actually formed by gas bubbles during aging.

What is Swiss cheese?  

300

With roughly 1,200 shops and restaurants spanning more than 30 kilometers of walkways, this Canadian city is home to PATH, the world’s largest underground shopping complex

What is Toronto?

300

This board game where you buy properties like Boardwalk was invented during the Great Depression and originally called “The Landlord’s Game.”

What is Monopoly? 

300

This phrase meaning “to do something impossible” involves animals flying.

What is “when pigs fly”?

300

This Italian cheese, often served with tomatoes and basil, is traditionally made from buffalo milk.

What is mozzarella?

400

Formed in 1999, this Canadian territory was created to give greater self-governance to the Inuit population.

What is Nunavut?

400

This toy consisting of building blocks was created in Denmark in 1932.

What is LEGO? 

400

This phrase meaning “to start over” comes from cleaning a writing surface.

What is “wipe the slate clean”?

400

This cheese from the Netherlands is named after a city and is known for its smooth, slightly sweet taste.

What is gouda? 

500

Discovered in 1921 at the University of Toronto, this life-saving treatment for diabetes later earned a Nobel Prize.

What is insulin?

500

This 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by a Hungarian professor became a worldwide sensation.

What is Rubik’s Cube? 

500

This phrase meaning “to agree reluctantly” comes from biting something hard.

This phrase meaning “to agree reluctantly” comes from biting something hard.

500

This pungent Italian blue cheese is often used in sauces and dressings.

What is gorgonzola?