Apr
6th

Mind Quest Trivia #5

  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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Apr
6th

Terry Fox

April 12, 1980

Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope begins on the Atlantic coast of St John’s, Newfoundland.

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Mar
30th

Mind Quest Trivia #13

  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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Mar
30th

Microsoft

April 4, 1975

Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

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