Which country emits the most carbon dioxide per person?
United States of America
100
What are the names of the five Great Lakes in decreasing order of size?
Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario
100
Which event in Canadian history prompted the creation of a centralized professional board for practising engineers? It is also rumoured that the remnants from this event is worn on some engineers today
Collapse of Quebec Bridge
100
What is the population of the GTA?
6 million
100
Where was the fortune cookie invented?
United States
200
Which country produces the most carbon dioxide in total each year?
China
200
Pathological condition where blood is incapable of carrying oxygen resulting in the skin turning blue in infants; can be caused by nitrate contamination of drinking water?
Blue baby syndrome
200
Name the incident that occurred in Quebec, Canada on July 6, 2013 that resulted in the death of 47 people.
Lac-Megantic rail disaster
200
What ethnicity in Toronto is the largest one outside of its original country?
Italian
The Italian population of Toronto is the largest Italian population anywhere in the world outside of Italy.
200
Complete the lyrics to Justin Bieber's song "What do you mean?"
But you wanna say no
What do you mean? Heeey
________________
But you tell me to go
When you don’t want me to move
300
What is the current level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today?
400 ppm
300
How many gallons/liters of water does it take to produce 1lb of beef?
1800 Gallons / 6000-7000 Liters
300
The Walkerton tragedy occurred in May 2000 as a result of contaminated groundwater consumption which lead to the death of 7 people and thousands more who were sick. Name the exact strain of E.coli that caused this incident.
O157:H7
300
Toronto has more _______ per capita than any other city in North America.
Golf courses
300
What is a group of unicorns known as?
A blessing
400
This treaty began in 2005 and was the first international attempt at reducing greenhouse gas emissions but did not include the U.S?
Kyoto Protocol
400
What caused the largest outbreak of water borne disease in documented United States history?
Cryptosporidium parvum
400
Name the major cause of the collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in 2013.
Corrosion
400
What does the word "toronto" mean?
Meeting place
400
How did Google, the popular search engine, get its name?
Google got its name from the world "Googol" (the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros).
500
This famous graph shows the increase of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in Earth’s atmosphere since 1958.
The Keeling Curve
500
Alum flocculation is being carried out on water with 75 mg/L as CaCO3 of alkalinity. What is the dominant form of alkalinity at a pH of 7.5?
Bicarbonate Alkalinity
500
Name the building that collapsed in Bangladesh in 2013 as a result of improper use of the intended structure that killed 1,129 people.
Savar or Rana Plaza
500
About how many times a year does the CN Tower get struck by lightning?
On average 75 times a year
500
Ouagadougou is the capital city of which African country?