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100
How far away is the sun from earth
93 000 000 million miles away
Even light, which travels so quickly that we cannot even see it move, takes eight minutes to get from the sun to earth.
100
On April 2, 1975, this Canadian landmark became the tallest freestanding structure tower in the world till 2009.
The CN Tower approached completion in March 1975, when Olga, the giant Sikorsky helicopter, flew into the city to lift the 39 pieces of the antenna into place. The CN Tower was finished on April 2, 1975, opening to the public on June 26, 1976. At 553 metres (1,815 feet), it would remain the tallest freestanding structure in the world until surpassed by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa in 2009.
100
The instrument is sometimes known as a fiddle
the violin
is a wooden chordophone in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument in the family
100
This tall landmark was suppose to be taken down after the 1889 World's fair
what is the Eiffel tower in Paris
100
The Galapagos Islands were studied by which famous English Naturalist, who wrote the important works On the Origin of Species
Who is Charles Darwin
200
True or False : flies are able to crawl on the ceiling, because their feet are made of super glue.
false: A fly has foot pads that are covered in tacky glue.
200
This person wrote "In Flanders Field", but died the following winter due to pneumonia.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
200
True or False: the flute is part of the woodwind group
true
200
This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA
What is France
200
What instrument does Nelly our resident play every morning after gym class
The piano
300
Which of Newton’s Laws state that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?’
Third law
300
What year did we stop using the penny
Feb 4th 2013
300
These peoples originally made drums from hides of animals and carved wood.
What are Indigenous peoples
300
Name the four presidents that make up Mount Rushmore
- Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln
300
Had pirates known about this vitamin, then they wouldn’t have suffered from scurvy. What vitamin is this
What is Vitamin C
400
How many elements are there in the periodic table
118
400
What year did Canada get her own flag
February 15th 1965 - also celebrated as flag day
400
Gordon Lightfoot
400
Name three highest mountains in the world
What are Mount Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, and Annapurna.
400
This Canadian Bird lives for up to 30 years, nests in the same area year after year and after raising their young fly to the Atlantic ocean for the winter
What is the loon
500
This person discovered penicillin, which made it one of the most important discovery in medical science
Alexander Fleming
500
Who was the first peoples to land on Canada's coast
The Vikings in 1000 AD
L’Anse aux Meadows, which is part of Newfoundland’s Viking Trail.
500
Name two different types of guitars
Acoustic, Archtop. fretless, classical flattop
500
What threes countries has the most fresh water in the world?
Brazil, Canada and Russia
500
This continent is home to many species of flora and fauna that is endemic to its country
what is Australia
600
This famous Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, discovered
- Craters and mountains on the Moon. The Moon's surface was not smooth and perfect as received wisdom had claimed but rough, with mountains and craters whose shadows changed with the position of the Sun.
- The phases of Venus.
- Jupiter's moons.
- The stars of the Milky Way
Who is Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
600
Name all the great lakes
Huron, Erie, Ontario, Michigan, Superior
600
How many keys on a standard piano
There are 88 keys on a standard piano : includes 7 octaves plus an additional 3 keys below the bottom C. The contemporary piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys with one octave equal to 7 white keys and 5 black keys
600
Name three longest rivers in the world
- Nile River: The longest river in the world.
- Amazon River: Second longest and the largest by water flow.
- Yangtze River: The longest river in Asia.
- Mississippi-Missouri. USA
- Yenisei. Russia to the arctic ocean
600
Can you name the Country that Valerian was born in.
What is Uganda
700
Many of us believe that the average human has 5 senses, but that’s not actually true. What two other senses do we have that are often left unknown to most people
Vestibular and proprioceptive senses
proprioceptive
Informs the brain of the relative position of certain body parts to others
Vestibular
Informs the brain of a person’s position in space
700
This first recorded discovery happened on August 12, 1884, by Joseph B. Tyrrell what province and what was discovered ?
What is Alberta and what are dinosaurs
Alberta has dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous Period, or more specifically, primarily from the last 15 million years of the age of the dinosaurs (about 66-81 million years ago). Fossils of all kinds are found throughout the geological history of the Earth.
700
Name two of five types of instruments
Percussion
Wind
Wood Wind
Keyboard
String
700
How many states share a border with Canada and can you name them
13
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska
700
The famous climbers that scaled Mount Everest
Who is Edmund Percival Hillary and his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
But was he?
During the 1924 British expedition, the largest and most prepared at the time to summit the mountain, George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappeared during a summit attempt – giving birth to one of mountaineering’s enduring mysteries.
800
Name the two substances that make up bronze
tin and copper
800
This provincial area of land is the oldest in Canada for camping, hiking and wilderness watching. It's current size is of about 7,653 square kilometres (2,955 sq mi). It is 1.5 times bigger then Prince Edward Island.
What is Algonquin Park
Algonquin Provincial Park is located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Ontario. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada, and definitely one of the most popular in Ontari
800
Name three famous Canadian singers
Who is Celion Dion, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Anka, Anne Murray
800
Name the 7 continents and 5 oceans
Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica
Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe
Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Arctic
800
Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician
Hippocratic Oath