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What is the scientific term for the “little brain” at the base of the brain that coordinates movement and balance?
What is Cerebellum?
is responsible for balance, movement, and coordination.
100
What is the largest island in the world?
What is Greenland?
100
which country won the most medals at the Calgary winter Olympics?
What is USSR?
Gold Medals - 11
total medals - 29
100
How many wives did King Henry VIII have?
What is Six?
100
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
What is Seven?
The sequence of the colors of a rainbow never changed, always running in the same order. The idea that there are seven colors in a spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (ROYGBIV)
200
What is the fear of clowns called?
What is Coulrophobia?
You are not alone. Coulrophobia, or the fear of clowns, is a widely acknowledged phenomenon. Studies indicate this fear is present among both adults and children in many different cultures. Yet it is not well understood due to a lack of focused research.
200
Which provincial capital is known as the "City of Gardens"?
What is Victoria?
Victoria's equable climate has also added to its reputation as the "City of Gardens". The city takes pride in the many flowers that bloom during the winter and early spring, including crocuses, daffodils, early-blooming rhododendrons, cherry and plum trees. Every February there is an annual "flower count" in what for the rest of the country and most of the province is still the dead of winter.
200
What animal’s milk is pink?
What is Hippo?
he colour of the milk of the Hippopotamus is pink due to two different kinds of acid secreted by the animal:- Hipposudoric Acid and Norhipposudoric Acid. Hipposudoric Acid is red, also called Blood Sweat, but it is neither blood nor sweat. Whereas Norhipposudoric acid is orange in colour
200
Which company developed the first commercially available computer mouse?
What is Xerox?
In 1981, Xerox adapted the Alto mouse into a controller for its graphical user interface called “Star.” This was the first commercially marketed mouse.
200
How many Judges are there in the Supreme Court?
What is Nine?
The Supreme Court of Canada consists of nine judges, including the Chief Justice of Canada, who are appointed by the Governor in Council and all of whom must have been either a judge of a superior court or a member of at least ten years' standing of the bar of a province or territory.
300
The Davis Strait separates Baffin from what larger island?
What is Greendland?
300
Which provincial capital is known as "The Gateway to the North"?
What is Edmonton?
300
In the early 20th century, a soft drink named “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda” was known for containing lithium. Which company later acquired this beverage and transformed it into a popular lemon-lime soft drink we know today?
What is Coca-Cola Company?
And they changed its name to 7-Up Lithiated Lemon Soda (7-up). There are various explanations for the name 7-Up. Some claimed that there are (or were) seven ingredients in 7-Up.
300
A French Canadian meat pie dish originating from the province of Quebec, usually made with minced pork, veal or beef and potatoes.
What is Tourtiere?
300
What did the British Parliament abolish on March 25, 1807?
What is Slave Trade?
The Act of Parliament to abolish the British slave trade, passed on 25 March 1807, was the culmination of one of the first and most successful public campaigns in history. Web resources on the history of the British slave trade.
400
Which sport has a tournament called March Madness?
What is Men's Basketball?
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams that compete in seven rounds for the national championship. The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when (you guessed it) only four teams are left.
400
In the original Roman calendar which month was March?
What is First?
Martius or mensis Martius ("March") was the first month of the ancient Roman year until possibly as late as 153 BC. After that time, it was the third month, following Februarius (February) and preceding Aprilis (April).
400
What department store issued its first mail order catalog in 1884, a first for Canada?
What is Eaton's?
400
What virus hit American shores on March 11, 1918?
What is Spanish Flu?
Despite its name, researchers believe the Spanish flu most likely originated in the United States. One of the first recorded cases was on March 11, 1918, at Fort Riley in Kansas. Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions created a fertile breeding ground for the virus.
400
At the Confederation, Canada consisted of which four provinces?
What are Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia?
500
What did the Norsemen name Newfoundland?
What is Vinland?
Vinland was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eriksson, about 1000 AD.
500
In March 1991, whose murder was caught on camera that led to mass riots in LA?
Who is Rodney King?
These suspicions seemed to be confirmed by a videotape shot on March 3, 1991, by a man who watched police officers brutally beat Rodney King, an African American motorist who had been pulled over for speeding after an eight-mile chase.
500
Which Dutch painter was born in March 1853 and known for his piece named “The Yellow House”?
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
500
the Anticosti, Madeleine, and Prince Edward Island lie in which body of water?
Gulf of St. Lawrence?
500
Which president was shot (not fatally) on March 30, 1981?
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
In April 2021, our nation marked the 40th anniversary of the attempt to assassinate President Ronald Wilson Reagan. On March 30, 1981, President Reagan and his Secret Service detail were departing from a midday speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. when a lone gunman opened fire.