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100
Each spring, Ottawa celebrates this international flower festival, gifted by the Netherlands after WWII.
Hint: It features over a million blooming flowers.
What is the Canadian Tulip Festival?
100
People buy me to eat but never eat me.
Hint: I’m often round and hold tasty things.
What is a plate?
100
This fruit is fuzzy on the outside and green on the inside.
Hint: It shares a name with a flightless bird.
What is kiwi?
100
This Italian city has canals instead of roads and is known for its romantic gondola rides.
Hint: It floats!
Venice?
100
This man first walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and famously said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Hint: He was an astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
200
This plant, known for its strong scent and purple flowers, is often planted to repel mosquitoes in the summer.
Hint: It’s also used in calming oils and soaps.
lavender?
200
I’m round, I go up high, I pop with a sound. What am I?
Hint: Kids love me at parties.
What is a balloon?
200
This dessert, made of rolled oats and apples, was often served warm with a scoop of ice cream.
Hint: It has a “crispy” name.
apple crisp? 
200
This UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nova Scotia is known for its colourful houses and historic fishing village charm.
Hint: A famous lighthouse stands there.
Lunenburg.
200
This extinct creature, related to the modern elephant, roamed the Earth until about 4,000 years ago.
Hint: It had long, spiraling tusks.
What is a Mammoth? 
300
This large bird flies in a V-formation and returns to Canada each spring, honking loudly as it comes.
Hint: It’s a national symbol of migration.
Canada goose? 
300
I shrink smaller every time I take a bath.
Hint: I'm useful and bubbly.
bar of soap?
300
A favourite treat from Quebec made of deep-fried dough and shaped like a large animal foot.
Hint: It shares a name with a part of a bear.
What is BeaverTail?
300
This Rocky Mountain resort town in Alberta is known for its hot springs and stunning mountain views.
Hint: A National Park shares its name.
What is Banff?
300
This 1982 sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott features a dystopian future where synthetic humans known as "replicants" are created for off-world labor.
Hint: It’s known for its famous line, “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
What is Blade Runner?
400
This act of trimming plants helps them grow better and healthier.
Hint: It’s often done in early spring with shears.
pruning?
400
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Hint: Read the words carefully.
What is ton (backward = "not")?
400
This sweet Canadian treat is poured over snow and rolled up to eat at sugar shacks.
Hint: It’s made from maple syrup.
What is maple taffy?
400
This large clock tower is a symbol of London, England.
Hint: It rings every hour.
What is Big Ben? 
400
This mysterious region in the Atlantic Ocean is said to make ships and planes disappear.
Hint: It's named after a geometric shape.
What is the Bermuda Triangle? 
500
This spring flower folds up when it’s cloudy or at night, as if going to sleep.
Hint: Its name sounds like a musical instrument.
trumpet daffodil?
500
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Hint: It’s a play on the word itself.
What is short?
500
This sandwich spread, made from canned fish and mayo, was a common lunchbox favourite.
Hint: Often served on white bread. famous in 1980s
What is salmon spread?
500
This ancient stone circle in England is still a mystery today.
Hint: The stones stand in a ring.
What is Stonehenge?
500
This glowing streak across the night sky is a tail of burning rock entering Earth's atmosphere.
Hint: You might wish on one.
What is a shooting star (or meteor)?
