Rain or Shine (Meteorology)
Back in the 70's
For The (Canadian) Birds
Spanish Speaking Countries
Geography
100
This type of cloud is typically white, fluffy, and associated with fair weather
What is a cumulus cloud?
100
This long-running sketch comedy show premiered on NBC in 1975 and launched the careers of many comedians.
What is Saturday Night Live?
100
This bird is known for its loud, distinctive “caw” and intelligence, often found across Canada scavenging in cities and forests.
What is the Common Raven?
100
This landlocked South American country is known for the Andes Mountains and Lake Titicaca.
What is Bolivia?
100
This island nation in the Indian Ocean is known for its unique wildlife, including lemurs.
What is Madagascar?
200
This atmospheric layer contains most of Earth’s weather and extends from the surface up to about 12 km
What is the troposphere?
200
This disco group released the 1977 soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever, helping define the sound of the late 1970s.
Who are the Bee Gees?
200
This large wading bird, commonly seen in wetlands and along Canadian lakes, has a long S-shaped neck and a strikingly curved bill.
What is the Great Blue Heron?
200
This South American country includes the Galápagos Islands, known for their role in Charles Darwin’s research
What is Ecuador?
200
This sea, the world’s saltiest large body of water, borders Jordan and Israel.
What is the Dead Sea?
300
This scale is commonly used to classify the strength of tornadoes based on damage caused.
What is the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale
300
This 1979 revolution led to the establishment of an Islamic republic and reshaped Middle Eastern politics.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
300
This striking northern owl, known for its white feathers and yellow eyes, is a symbol of Canada’s Arctic wildlife.
What is the Snowy Owl?
300
This Caribbean nation shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
What is the Dominican Republic?
300
This Pacific island country, known for its Ring of Fire volcanoes, is composed of over 7,000 islands.
What is the Philippines?
400
This phenomenon occurs when warm, moist air rises rapidly into cooler air, often producing thunderstorms.
What is convection?
400
This rock band released the album Rumours in 1977, one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Who is Fleetwood Mac?
400
This bird, often seen in Canadian grasslands, is famous for its “sky dance” during mating season.
What is the Greater Prairie-Chicken?
400
This Central American country, known for its many volcanoes, adopted the U.S. dollar as its official currency in 2001.
What is El Salvador?
400
This sea, the world’s largest inland body of water by surface area, is bordered by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan.
What is the Caspian Sea?
500
This boundary forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front, often producing widespread precipitation.
What is an occluded front?
500
This joint U.S.–Soviet space mission in 1975 symbolized a thaw in Cold War tensions.
What is the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project?
500
This rare bird, considered Canada’s fastest, nests on cliffs in the Arctic tundra and can reach speeds over 300 km/h in a dive
What is the Peregrine Falcon?
500
This African nation is the only country on the continent where Spanish is an official language.
What is Equatorial Guinea?
500
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia and runs through western Russia
What are the Ural Mountains?