North Bay History
Nipissing University
Lake-rs
2020s Music
Science
100

This famous group of five were born in Corbeil in 1934, but are strongly associated with North Bay and brought lots of tourism to the area.

Who are the Dionne Quintuplets?

100

These are Nipissing University's school colours.

What are blue & green?

100

Of the Great Lakes, it is the only one entirely in the USA.

What is Lake Michigan?

100
The most streamed song on a single day, this Taylor Swift & Post Malone song had 25 million streams on April 19, 2024.
What is Fortnight?
100

It's the closest planet to the sun in our solar system.

What is Mercury?

200

There is a monument for this French explorer in town because the site of North Bay was part of a canoe expedition through to what is now Mattawa.

Who is Samuel de Champlain?

200

Nipissing has this many residence buildings for students to live in when going to school here.

What is 4?

200

He was the last Los Angeles Laker to win Finals MVP, winning it in 2020.

Who is LeBron James?

200

This former Disney Channel star won Best New Artist in 2022 because of the success of her debut album Sour.

Who is Olivia Rodrigo?

200

First used in 1928, this is the machine used to detect ionizing radiation.

What is a Geiger Counter?

300

The Omischil Sports Complex is named after Steve Omischil, who was an Olympian in this sport.

What is Ski Jumping?

300

Nipissing University became it's own university in this year - the same year as Bill Clinton being elected President of the United States.

What is 1992?

300
It's the biggest non-Great Lake in Canada, even though it has Great in it's name plus a common Canadian animal.

What is Great Bear Lake?

300

She's won Record of the Year in 2020 & 2021, with both songs produced by her brother.

Who is Billie Eilish?

300

This is the oath to do no harm that physicians take, which is named after an ancient Greek physician.

What is the Hippocratic Oath?

400

The North Bay Battalion moved to town in the 2013-2014 season, moving from this southern Ontario town.

What is Brampton?

400

Nipissing gave an honorary Doctorate of Music to this famous three-person Canadian rock band in 2013. We bet your parents are fans!

Who are Rush?

400

This movie is based on the gold medal winning US Men's Ice Hockey Team from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

What is Miracle?

400

The most streamed song on Spotify that has been released in the 2020s is this song from a former One Direction member.

What is As It Was by Harry Styles?

400

This is the blood type that makes you a universal donor.

What is O-Negative?

500

This acronym for an aerospace tracking system stationed in North Bay is for military defense but also tracks Santa's journey every Christmas.

What is NORAD?

500

Nipissing started as a teachers college in 1909, and this was the ordinary name that the school was called.

What is the North Bay Normal School?

500

Known as a sea, this is the world's largest lake and borders Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.

What is the Caspian Sea?

500

This famous singer is a bit of a nepo-baby: her aunt is the voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons.

Who is Sabrina Carpenter?

500

This is the study of mushrooms and fungi.

What is mycology?