POP CULTURE
Which animated TV family lived in the Stone Age town of Bedrock and became a 1960s hit?
The Flintstones
Which golfer has won the most major championships in men's golf history?
Jack Nicklaus
Which battle in 1917 is considered one of Canada’s most significant military achievements during WWI?
Vimy Ridge
What is the tallest mountain range in the world?
The Himalayas
This range has more than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of 7200 meters above sea level
It’s the world’s tallest land animal whose young is known as a calf
A Giraffe
Which event in 1969 drew hundreds of thousands of music fans to a muddy farm in New York?
Woodstock
Steve Yzerman is a Detroit sports icon in which sport?
Hockey
Which year did Canada officially become a dominion within the British Empire?
1867
What continent is also a country?
Australia
A newborn kangaroo is the size of what fruit?
Grape
Which toy craze from the 1950s had kids spinning a plastic ring around their waist?
The Hula Hoop
Although James Naismith was teaching in Massachusetts in the U.S. at the time he invented a popular sport, he was a native Canadian who had only recently moved to the U.S. What sport did Naismith invent in 1891?
Basketball
Who was the first woman in Canada to be appointed to the Senate?
Cairine Wilson
Which country has the highest population in the world?
India
The population is 1.42 million people
The age of a lion can be determined by its …
Nose
Which 1942 film set in a Moroccan city starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman?
Casablanca
Arguably the second-most popular in the world after soccer, what lucky sport has defensive positions named gully, silly mid-off, and deep mid wicket?
Cricket
Named for the railway company that built it, what 1,815-foot-tall communications and observation edifice is the tallest structure in Toronto?
CN Tower
Which country has the most pyramids in the world?
Sudan
Sudan has the most pyramids in the world, with roughly 200 to 255 known pyramids, surpassing Egypt’s 118–140
About the size of a billiard ball, the eye of this bird is the largest of any land animal.
An ostrich
Which singer from New Jersey became famous for “Big Girls Don’t Cry” with The Four Seasons?
Frankie Valli
Which athlete has won the most Olympic gold medals in history?
Michael Phelps
He has won 23 gold medals
Which Canadian Prime Minister played a key role in the creation of the United Nations in 1945?
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Where is the world’s largest desert located?
Antarctica
covering approximately 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles)- it is classified as a polar desert.
How many teeth can an alligator have over its lifetime?
Up to 3000