Toronto
When did Scarborough and Mississauga become part of Toronto?
1998
What liquid did Romans use as mouth wash because of the presence of ammonia in it?
Urine
What is the only nationality mentioned in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
French
What war lasted for 116 years?
The 100 years war
What president is responsible for the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What year was the CN Tower opened?
1976
How much time passed between the invention of cans and can openers?
48 years
How were composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin related?
They were brothers
What nation was led by Casimir the Great?
Poland
What President was baptized during his first presidential year?
Eisenhower, baptized Presbyterian
The Allen was originally meant to extend south to the Lakeshore but was halted and altered in what year?
It was cancelled in 1971 due to public opposition citing environmental concerns.
What was the first building in the world to have more than 100 floors?
Symphony Number 9 in E minor is popularly known as the 'New World Symphony'. Who composed it?
Antonin Dvorak
Which Canadian Prime Minister introduced the Maple Leaf national flag?
Which president was the only one before and since to have been unanimously elected?
George Washington (1789)
This posh neighbourhood used to be an enclave for hippies in the 1960s and 70s
Yorkville
What notorious incident prompted the founding of youtube?
Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's breast at the superbowl halftime show in 2004.
What did Freddie Mercury attribute his enhanced vocal range to: Larger lungs, lots of Practice, Extra teeth, or genetics?
Extra teeth. Mercury was born with four extra teeth and attributed his enhanced vocal range to this. He refused to have his teeth fixed, fearing it would affect his vocal ability.
Who succeeded Anthony Eden as Prime Minister in 1957?
Harold Macmillian
Many people think that the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" comes from the Bible, but it is in fact a line from this former President.
Benjamin Franklin
The Grange (Yonge/Dundas)
What item was banned by the U.S. government in 1943 due to a paper shortage?
Sliced bread (Among other reasons, sliced bread required twice as much wax paper as unsliced bread.)
What Broadway musical is a modern day adaptation of Puccini's "La Boheme"?
Whose remains were thrown into the Seine River on May 30, 1431?
Who first said, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on"?
Abraham Lincoln