CN History
Cybersecurity
IT Trivia
International Food
Florida Man
Railroading
100

In this year, CN Parliament passed legislation to incorporate the Canadian National Railway Company Limited

What is 1919?

100

This cybersecurity principle involves limiting functions to reduce the risk of any one individual commiting fraud or errors.

What is segregation of duties?

100

When the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard, it has this nomenclature.

What is an ID 10 T problem?

100

This fermented cabbage dish is common in Korea.

What is Kimchi?

100

Deputies searching a florida business were alerted that a wanted criminal was hiding here when his phone started ringing.

What is in the ceiling?

100

Railroads earning at least $943,898,958 are known as this.

What is a Class 1 railroad?

200

In this year, CN was privatized.

What is 1995?

200

This major mobile carrier recently disclosed that nearly all customers' call history and SMS communications were accessed by unauthorized individuals.

What is AT&T?

200

When trying to reach a webpage and file isn't found, you will receive this error.

What is a 404 error?

200

This dish of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy is a signature of Quebec cuisine.

What is poutine?

200

A Florida man was arrested in New York after video captured him doing this from the top of a 20 story Manhattan building.

What is throwing lawn chairs?

200

This is a more common term for a railway sleeper.

What is a railroad tie?

300

In this year the CN tower was completed and the US celebrated its bicentennial.

What is 1976?

300

This software services supplier to auto dealers was hit by a ransomware event and forced the dealers back to paper processes.

What is CDK?

300

This common name for a once common error screen on Windows machines indicated a terminal error, requiring a restart.

What is the Blue Screen of Death?

300

This dish of sheep's heart, liver, and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, and spices, is traditionally cooked in a sheep's stomach.

What is haggis?

300

After repeatedly refusing to respond to police when asked his name, this Florida man drew a go to jail card after finally claiming this as his name. 

What is Mr. Monopoly?

300

This railway is the longest in the world, and it shares its name with an American progressive metal rock band founded by Paul O'Neill.

What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?

400

This individual designed the CN logo which was unveiled in 1960.

Who is Allan Fleming?

400

In May the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security published a bulletin warning attendees and participants to be wary of cyber attempts surrounding these.

What are sporting events?

400

Sergey Brin cofounded this company.

What is Google?

400

This dumpling-like dish is made of unleavened dough and filled with meat, cheese, potatoes, or other fillings.

What are perogies or vareniky?

400

This 66 year old Florida man learned that he wasn't eligible to receive social security payments because he didn't have this.

What is U.S. citizenship?

400

Crushed stones placed under the railway track are known as this.

What is a ballast?

500

In the 1930s CN expanded its horizons into passenger air, establishing Trans-Canada Airlines which was renamed in 1965 to this.

What is Air Canada?

500

In May, this computer manufacturer experienced significant data exfiltration when an attacker set up partner accounts in the company's portal, likely impacting 49 million customers.

What is Dell?

500

This layer of the TCP/IP model is the only one that doesn't have a correspondingly named layer in the OSI model.

What is the Network Access Layer?

500

This staple food of the Congo is made from cassava root that is dried, pounded, and sieved to make a flour, which is then cooked with water to form a thick paste.

What is fufu?

500

A Florida man was swimming in a lake when he lost this.

What is his arm to an aligator attack?

500

This country has no railway track and is known for fishing, geothermal energy, blue hotsprings, and Northern Lights.

What is Iceland?

600

In 1939 with WWII looming, CN and CP each hosted half of a patriotic tour for this monarch.

Who is King George the VI?

600

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency was compromised through a VPN made by this company, after telling other government agencies to shut them down.

What is Ivanti or Puse Secure?

600

This programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems, is known for its slogan "write once, run anywhere."

What is Java?

600

This dessert, whose name means "milk pie" in Greek, is made of layers of phyllo pastry, filled with a custard of eggs, milk, and semolina, and soaked in a syrup of honey and lemon.

What is galaktoboureko?

600

Florida man arrested for stealing $400 in products from Walmart including this.

What is cheese or What is bug spray? (either question is correct)

600

This is the North American standard gauge or distance between the inner edges of the two rails on a track.

What is 4 foot 8 1/2 inches?

700

This tunnel constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway and opened in 1891 connected Ontario to Michigan until its replacement in 1994. It was the first  full-size underwater tunnel linking two countries and was the longest in the world when completed.

What is the St. Clair Tunnel?

700

In August last year, Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, called out the poor track record of this major software supplier who recently disclosed a major breach of executive accounts.

What is Microsoft?

700

This cryptographic protocol provides secure communications for much of the internet.

What is TLS or Transport Layer Security?

700

This dish, whose name means "cooked salad" in Arabic, is a cold dish of cooked vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, onions, and garlic, seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and spices.

What is zaalouk?

700

Florida man arrested after fight with girlfriend outside a Walmart over this.

What is a Honey Bun pastry? (Pastry at all is acceptable)

700

Richard Trevithick was known for this.

What is inventing the first steam locomotive?