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100

This Canadian singer, born in Montreal, is known for hits like Hallelujah and Suzanne, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1981.

Leonard Cohen

100

Which Canadian Prime Minister repatriated the Constitution in 1982?

Pierre Trudeau

100

Mount Maunganui is a sacred Māori site in New Zealand a is a dormant example of what land feature?

A volcano

100

Capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador?

 St. Johns

100

This coin was phased out of circulation in 2013.

The penny

150

This Canadian Prime Minister, known for his legendary leadership during the 1960s, introduced Canada's universal healthcare system.

Lester B. Pearson

150

The ’80s were a time for female leaders, including Corazon Aquino, who became the first woman president of this Southeast Asian island nation?

Philippines

150

This city is home to the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz?

Emerald city

150

Missouri’s major city on the Mississippi River?

St. Louis

150

This mail-order retail giant and use of the "wish book" was a fixture in Canadian households for generations before closing its last stores in 2018

Sears

200

This Canadian comedian, originally from Saskatchewan, became internationally famous as the host of The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s.

Mort Sahl?

200

A 1986 disaster saw the explosion of this nuclear power plant in the Ukraine?

Chernobyl

200

What 1964 film features the song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”?

Mary Poppins

200

Largest city in Brazil?

Sao Paulo

200

This type of telephone, popular in Canadian households before the 1980s, required users to "dial" by turning a circular dial.

rotary-dial telephone

250

This Canadian musician, known for the song Summer of '69, gained international fame and became synonymous with Canadian rock in the 1980s.

Bryan Adams

250

In 1982, it became illegal worldwide to hunt these large marine mammals?

Whales

250

What long-running British soap opera is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield?

Coronation Street

250

U.S. city across the border from Tijuana, Mexico?

 San Diego, California

250

Before widespread cable, Canadians often adjusted these on their TVs to improve reception.

Antenna ("Rabbit Ears")

300

This iconic Canadian singer-songwriter, known for The Circle Game and Big Yellow Taxi, became a fixture of the folk music scene in the 1960s.

Joni Mitchell

300

A famous tune of 1985, “We Are the World” helped raise funds to fight famine and poverty in this African nation?

Ethiopia

300

This Supreme Court decision in 1973 legalized abortion nationwide and remains one of the most controversial in U.S. history.

Roe v. Wade

300

Formerly known as Leningrad?

St. Petersburg, Russia

300

This Canadian bus service, which connected remote towns and cities, was one of the main transportation modes in the pre-Interstate era but faded after the 1980s.

Greyhound Canada