The Olympics
Healthy Living
What sport is this?
The Human Body
Nova Scotia Sports
100

The 2020 Summer Olympics were supposed to be held in this city

Tokyo, Japan

Losing team: 2 squats

100

It is recommended that children aged 6 to 17 get at least ___ minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity

60 minutes per day

Losing team: 3 second run on the spot

100

This sport involves sliding stones on ice toward a target area

Curling

Losing team: 2 calf raises

100

The adult human body has this many bones

206

Losing team: 3 jumping jacks

100

This sports facility is located in Halifax and has a greater capacity for spectators than any other facility in Nova Scotia

Scotiabank Center

Losing team: 2 push-ups

200

At this Olympic games, Canada won more gold medals than any other competing nation for the first time ever

Vancouver 2010 (14 gold medals) 

Losing team: 4 squats

200

A simple equation to measure your maximum age-related heart rate is _____

220 - age

Losing team: 5 second run on the spot

200

This sport is considered to be Canada's national summer sport

Lacrosse

Losing team: 4 calf raises

200

The normal human body temperature range is __

36.5 to 37.5 degrees celsius

Losing team: 5 jumping jacks

200

These 3 Nova Scotians finished in the top 10 in points during the 2018-19 NHL regular season

Sidney Crosby, Brad Marchand, Nathan MacKinnon

Losing team: 4 push-ups

300

This olympic athlete has won a total of 23 gold medals, the most by one athlete all-time.

Michael Phelps

Losing team: 6 squats

300

Canada's food guide (2019) categorizes foods into these 3 different groups

Fruits & Vegetables, Protein, Grains

Losing team: 10 second run on the spot

300

This sport involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting ice tracks in a sleigh

Bobsleigh

Losing team: 6 calf-raises

300

Muscles can be categorized into these three different types

Smooth, cardiac, skeletal

Losing team: 10 jumping jacks

300

This Nova Scotian professional sports team was founded in 2019 and plays in the National Lacrosse League

Halifax Thunderbirds

Losing team: 6 push-ups

400

This city is hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing, China

Losing team: 8 squats

400

It is recommended that you allow about ____ before you exercise after having a main meal, such as breakfast or lunch. 

3 hours

Losing team: 12 second run on the spot

400

This sport which will make it's debut at the 2024 Olympics, is a style of street dancing, typically to hip-hop or funk music

Breakdancing

Losing team: 8 calf raises

400

This body system is responsible for regulating a range of bodily functions through the release of hormones

Endocrine system

Losing team: 15 jumping jacks

400

This Nova Scotian gymnast became the 2nd person under 25 to receive the Order of Nova Scotia in November of 2018. 

Ellie Black

Losing team: 8 push-ups

500

This individual achieved the most medals won by a Canadian athlete in a single winter olympic games in Torino in 2006

Cindy Klassen

Losing team: 10 squats

500

Roughly __% of children aged 5 to 17 meet the recommended amount of physical activity per day

37.6% (anything between 35-40% is correct)

Losing team: 15 second run on the spot

500

This sport is comprised of five different events, three of the events involve pistol shooting, fencing and horse riding. 

Modern Pentathlon

Losing team: 10 calf raises

500

During digestion, this organ makes enzymes which are responsible for breaking down sugars, fats and starches

The Pancreas

Losing team: 20 jumping jacks

500

It was the year ____ the last time that Nova Scotia hosted the Canada Winter Games

2011

Losing team: 10 push-ups