American Presidents
Aided by his 6-foot-4-inch height, which U.S. president won an estimated 300 wrestling matches?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Gerald Ford
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
d) John F. Kennedy
a) Abraham Lincoln
A famous 1855 poem by Walt Whitman begins, “I sing the body” what?
Electric
In which city would you find Canada's largest shopping mall?
Edmonton, Alberta
Which is a meaning of the word 'ambience'?
a) Laziness
b) Brightness
c) Atmosphere
d) Fragrance
c) Atmosphere
Which contemporary medical TV drama was partly inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes?
a) Grey's Anatomy
b) House, M.D.
c) Scrubs
d) Doogie Howser, M.D.
b) House, M.D.
Which word does NOT contain a 4 letter body part?
a) Chairman
b) Merchandise
c) Approaching
d) Eggbeaters
d) Eggbeaters
In his book 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship, which artist described a process for waking himself just after falling asleep to harness his dreams for art?
a) Norman Rockwell
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Rembrandt
c) Salvador Dali
Which Founding Father invented a swimming aid at the age of 11, decades before creating bifocal glasses and the lightning rod?
Benjamin Franklin
A famous passage from the Bible,the Twenty-third Psalm begins with the line “The Lord is my” what?
Shepherd
Canada's nickname has which two words before "North"?
a) Great Big
b) Great White
c) Big Bold
d) Strong Free
b) Great White
Which is the closest in meaning to IMPETUOUS?
a) Nasty
b) Hasty
c) Testy
d) Musty
b) Hasty
What is the name of the magical school in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
A bit of folk wisdom warns that when you point a finger at someone, how many fingers are pointing back at you?
Three
Before publishing her first memoir in 1969, which author would sing and dance under the name Miss Calypso?
a) Maya Angelou
b) Toni Morrison
c) Harper Lee
d) Margaret Atwood
a) Maya Angelou
As the saying goes, "Those who don't know history are destined to" what?
Repeat it.
In 2018, the Canada's national anthem was changed from "True patriot love in all thy sons command" to "True patriot love ___"
In all of us command
Which phrase means 'impromptu'?
a) In the mire
b) Off the cuff
c) On the wagon
d) Outside the square
b) Off the cuff
Who is the popular children's television character known for his yellow skin and catchphrase "D'oh!"?
Homer Simpson
How many vowels are in the word “beautify”?
4
Raised in a slave-owning family in Missouri, which author was a lieutenant in a Confederate militia for two weeks?
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) Mark Twain
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) William Faulkner
b) Mark Twain
What was the famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln that began with the line "Four score and seven years ago"?
The Gettysburg Address
Who was Canada's first prime minister?
Sir John A Macdonald
The tagline to WHICH 2008 film starring Robert Downey Jr was: 'This Summer: Heroes Aren't Born. They're Built'?
a) Marathon Man
b) Rain Man
c) Spider Man 3
d) Iron Man
d) Iron Man
How many nouns are in the following sentence? “The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad”?
3
Which author survived a train wreck, helping to rescue others from the wreckage before retrieving an early manuscript of Our Mutual Friend?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Walt Whitman
c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
d) Herman Melville
a) Charles Dickens
According to Newton's third law of motion, "For every action, there is" what?
An equal and opposite reaction.
Which Great Lake is not in Canada?
Lake Michigan
In the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, the character Groot famously repeats only what one line?
In Roman numerals, what is LII plus XX?
LXXII
Which artist was once suspected of stealing Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911?
a) Jackson Pollock
b) Frida Kahlo
c) Vincent van Gogh
d) Pablo Picasso
d) Pablo Picasso
A popular Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with” what?
A single step
Who was Canada's longest serving prime minister?
a) Pierre Elliott Trudeau
b) Sir Wilfrid Laurier
c) William Lyon Mackenzie King
d) John A Macdonald
c) William Lyon Mackenzie King, 21 years
What was the name of the coffee shop in the hit TV show Friends?
Central Perk
What breaks as soon as you say it?
Silence
Pointillism, a painting technique involving tiny dots of color, was pioneered by what French artist?
a) Claude Monet
b) Henri Matisse
c) Georges Seurat
d) Edgar Degas
c) Georges Seurat
A motivational slogan shared by the English government in preparation for WWII encouraged civilians to "Keep calm and" what?
Carry on
Which Canadian prime minister was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace?
Lester B Pearson
What is the longest-running Broadway show?
The Phantom of the Opera
Which province was the last to join Canada in 1949?
Newfoundland and Labrador
Mickey Mouse almost went by a different name. What was it?
Mortimer Mouse
Another name for an eggplant, tomato and courgette stew is WHAT?
a) Ratatouille
b) Ratetouille
c) Rattatouile
d) Ratatuille
a) Ratatouille
Before marrying Prince Harry, what law-themed show was Meghan Markle an actress on?
Suits
What was the name of Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz?
Toto