1. The Iron Horse was the nickname of what prominent baseball player?
2. What is the capital city of Australia?
3. This artist is sometimes referred to as Slowhand and a former member of The Yardbirds, Cream and Derek and the Dominos. Name the musician.
4. Who directed the movie Canadian Bacon?
5. This Canadian writer is famous for his children’s book Alligator Pie. Who is this writer?
6. This primary event was commanded by Albert Read and began in Long Island, New York and finished in Plymouth, England in May 1919. Name what took place.
7. What is the largest movie chain in North America?
8. This measures the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a scale from 0 to 14. What is this term?
9. Trip Hawkins is the founder of what video game corporation?
10. Name the east coast location that has 50 foot tides and located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

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1. Where was the first Formula 1 race?
2. What is the name of the imaginary line that separates the Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
3. This actor played roles in JFK, Cool Runnings and Wagons East. Name the actor.
4. Who was the prime minister of Canada during World War I?
5. This American writer is recognized by his poem, The Raven. Who is this poet?
6. This event occurs annually in July for seven days in Pamplona, Spain. Name the event.
7. What company is the world’s largest soft drink maker?
8. Albert Einstein is best known for this theory. Name his well-known theory.
9. This arcade game was popular in the 1980s and is one of the famous arcade games of all time.
10. This attraction borders Canada and the United States. It can generate 4.4 million kilowatts of electricity. Name the attraction.

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1. What organization is in charge of running the Olympics?
2. Name the countries that make up the G8 Summit.
3. Donnie Wahlberg was a former member of this band. Name the band.
4. Felipe Calderon is the president of what country?
5. Who is the author who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey?
6. Name the 3 major political parties in the United Kingdom?
7. Edward S. Lampert is the chairman of what large retail chain?
8. Name the process where a solid directly changes to a vapour without passing through the liquid state.
9. Alexandre Godefoy developed this electronic device in 1890 and can be found in bathrooms and saloons. Name what was invented.
10. This mascot is seen at the Quebec Winter Carnival. Name the mascot.

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1. In Major League Baseball, which pitcher won the most Cy Young awards?
2. Name the last province to join Canada?
3. Dwayne Johnson is also known as what nickname?
4. Who was the youngest president to serve the United States?
5. This American writer had her book, To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Who is the author?
6. Where was the first World Fair held?
7. What company manufactures the board game Monopoly?
8. This equipment, found in laboratories, produces a single flame and consists of a vertical metal tube connected to a gas source. Name the equipment.
9. This technology was not commercially successful until the 1980s. The technology is read by scanners and it comes in forms of lines, text and specific patterns. Name the technology.
10. In Venezuela, the world’s highest waterfall can be found. Name the waterfall.

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1. Shaquille O’Neal played for what team in his rookie year in the NBA?
2. What city would you find the Sears Towers?
3. This music television station debuted in 1981. Name the television channel.
4. Samuel De Champlain is the founder of what Canadian city?
5. The books 50 Below Zero and Mortimer are written by what successful children’s author?
6. This poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae is known to be one of the most famous poems about World War I. Name the poem.
7. This tire company uses a white animated character in its advertisements. Name the company.
8. The Canadian, Frederick Banting, is the doctor who discovered what?
9. James Gosling is a software developer who created what?
10. Koalas originate from what country?

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1. In 2000, two new NHL expansion teams entered the league. Name the two teams.
2. What is the capital city of the United States?
3. What is Curtis Jackson’s stage name?
4. This United States president Inaugural Address of “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” is said by whom?
5. This author wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Who wrote these novels?
6. Name the seaway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
7. This toymaker introduced the Barbie doll to the U.S. market in 1959. Name the toy company.
8. This is the second largest planet in our solar system. Name the planet.
9. This gaming system made its debut in North America in 1995. Name the gaming system.
10. Name the largest volcano in the world?

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