History
This "unsinkable" ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg
What is the Titanic?
The star closest to Earth
What is the Sun?
The largest ocean on Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The plural of "mouse"
What is mice?
The number of legs on a spider
What is 8?
This ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza
Who are the ancient Egyptians?
The planet nicknamed the "Red Planet"
What is Mars?
Montreal sits on an island in this river
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The part of speech that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
The two colours on the Canadian flag
What are red and white?
In 1969, he became the first person to walk on the Moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The gas plants absorb from the air to make food
What is carbon dioxide?
The largest country in the world by area
What is Russia?
A word that reads the same backward and forward, like "racecar"
What is a palindrome?
The number of players a hockey team has on the ice, including the goalie
What is 6?
The year Canada became a country through Confederation
What is 1867?
The hardest natural substance on Earth
What is a diamond?
The highest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings, like "their" and "there"
What are homophones?
The animal shown on the Canadian nickel
What is a beaver?
Canada's first Prime Minister
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
The number of bones in an adult human body
What is 206?
The capital of Australia (hint: it's not Sydney!)
What is Canberra?
A comparison saying one thing is another, like "the classroom was a zoo"
What is a metaphor?
The number of squares on a chessboard
What is 64?