Nature
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100

This is the tallest mammal in the world.

Giraffe

100

He became the first Canadian Prime Minister in 1867

(Sir) John A. Macdonald

100

This small magnetic disk, commonly used in the 1980s and '90s, could store computer files and was famously known for its square plastic casing.

Floppy Disk

100

This is the largest organ in the human body, weighing roughly 3 to 4 pounds in an average adult.

Skin

100

This Canadian author wrote Anne of Green Gables, the beloved novel set on Prince Edward Island.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

200

Reaching speeds of around 100 km/h (60 mph) in short bursts, this is the fastest land animal.

Cheetah

200

She became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Marie Curie (Skłodowska) 

200

Before cellphones became common, this device could be carried around and used to record short messages from callers.

Pager

200

This force keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth and the planets in orbit around the Sun.

Gravity

200

This Canadian author wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel published in 1985.

Margaret Atwood

300

Standing up to about 9 feet tall and weighing more than 300 pounds, this is the largest living bird

Ostrich

300

This Italian Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinci

300

This device was commonly used in the 1980s and '90s to send a document over a telephone line to someone else's machine.

Fax Machine

300

This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.

Nitrogen

300

This Canadian author wrote The English Patient, which won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was later made into an Oscar-winning film.

Michael Ondaatje

400

Native to South and Central America, this large spider is also known as the banana spider and is considered medically significant because of its potent venom.

Brazilian wandering spider

400

This country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a gift commemorating the friendship between the two nations.

France

400

Before smartphones stored hundreds of numbers, this device was commonly kept beside the telephone to record names and phone numbers.

Address Book

400

This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.

Heart

400

Born in Saskatchewan, this Canadian author wrote Fifth Business and The Deptford Trilogy.

Robertson Davies

500

This enormous reptile, found in coastal regions of South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia, is the largest living reptile.

(Saltwater) Crocodile 

500

She wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960.

Harper Lee
500

Before downloading movies, people commonly rented these magnetic tapes from video stores to watch movies at home.

VHS Cassette 

500

This natural process allows green plants to use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce their own food.

Photosynthesis

500

This Canadian author wrote The Stone Angel, a celebrated 1964 novel about an elderly woman looking back on her life.

Margaret Laurence