Animal Kingdom
Which bird can fly backward and upside down?
What is a hummingbird.
What popular team sport was invented in Canada in 1891?
What is basketball.
It was created by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, who was looking for an indoor game to keep his students active during the winter.
Which classic character shrugs off society to live on a raft with an escaped slave named Jim?
Who is Huckleberry Finn.
What do you call a massive feline?
What is a fat cat.
Where in the world is the Taj Mahal located?
Where is Agra, India.
Which mammal species has the longest gestation period, lasting nearly two years?
What is the African elephant.
(Its pregnancy lasts roughly 22 months.)
How did a Montrealer change the way we travel across continents?
Who is Sir Sandford Fleming.
He was a Canadian railway engineer, invented the system of worldwide Standard Time zones in 1876, which helped synchronize railway schedules across the globe.
Which fictional detective lives at 221B Baker Street in London?
Who is Sherlock Holmes.
What do you call a comical rabbit?
What is a funny bunny.
Where in the world is the driest place on Earth?
Where is the Atacama Desert in Chile, South America.
What is the only continent on Earth where bees are not found?
What is Antarctica.
What is the iconic Canadian winter vehicle developed in Valcourt, Quebec?
What is the snowmobile. (famously known as the Ski-Doo).
It was invented in the 1930s by Joseph-Armand Bombardier, who revolutionized winter transportation.
Which Shakespearean character pretends to be crazy to avenge his father's murder?
Who is Hamlet.
What do you call a massive truck?
What is a big rig.
Where in the world are the Galápagos Islands located?
Where is Ecuador.
It is located in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 km off the South American coast.
Which mammal is famous for spending most of its life upside down in trees?
What is the sloth.
(Their claws act like automatic hooks, allowing them to hang with zero effort.)
What life-saving medical discovery was made in Toronto in 1921?
What is Insulin.
Discovered by Dr. Frederick Banting, Charles Best, and their team at the University of Toronto, this breakthrough transformed Type 1 diabetes from a terminal illness into a manageable condition.
Which Charles Dickens orphan famously asks, "Please, sir, I want some more"?
Who is Oliver Twist.
What is a terrifying bad dream?
What is night fright.
Where in the world is the largest country by land area?
Where is Russia.
Which spans across both Europe and Asia and includes 11 time zones.
Which sea creature is known to use tools, like rocks, to crack open shells?
What is the sea otter.
(They often store a favourite rock in a loose pocket of skin under their arm.)
How did Canadians make the world of space exploration possible?
What is inventing the Canadarm.
Developed by SPAR Aerospace and the National Research Council of Canada, this famous robotic arm was used on space shuttles for decades to deploy, capture, and repair satellites.
Which Jane Austen heroine misjudges Mr. Darcy before eventually falling in love with him?
Who is Elizabeth Bennet.
What is a piece of stolen kitchen equipment?
What is a hot pot.
Where in the world would you find Napoleon Bonaparte Airport?
Where is Ajaccio.
Which is the capital of the French island of Corsica.