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National Director: Paul Russell
Editors: Stephen Finlay, Nicole Novakovics , Colleen O’Reilly and Ryan Vickers
National Co-ordinators: Daniel Hill , Eric Novakovics & Frank Russell
Teacher Advisors: Patricia Beecham-Cooper & Chris Zarski
Researchers:
Sean Bromilow :Montreal
Len Bonifacio: Edmonton
Gerry Buccini: St. Albert
Ian Campbell: Winnipeg
Bill Davis: Upper Coverdale
Justin Fedor: Edmonton
Jonathan Fuller: Toronto
Jenny Gu : Toronto
Mathew Hill : Buffalo
Elizabeth Jewlal : London
Brandon Judd: London
Clinton Kam : Burnaby
Brian Mckenzie: Pinawa
Mark Miheijevic: Burlington
Matt Morrissette:Brandon
Zach Pace: Buffalo
Alex Ryu : Welland
Gary Serviss: Petawawa
Stephanie Shena:Toronto
Tom St. Amand : Sarnia
David Walter: Toronto
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40-POINT SNAPS FART TO ROUNI) ONE
1. The film Nowhere Boy focuses on the early life of what popular music legend?
JOHN LENNON
A.
2. How many U.S. fluid ounces make up an American pint?
SIXTEEN (16)
A.
3. The Bay of Chaleur separates Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula from which Canadian province?
NEW BRUNSWICK
A.
4. What kind of animal is a Cottontail?
RABBIT
A.
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION--MATH
5.20 is what%ofl6?
125
A.
6. 2400 millilitres how many hectolitres?
.024
A.
7. 18 metres = how many decimetres?
180
A.
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION--ANALOGIES
Analogies show relationships between two words. Gien a set ofords, determine the missing ord,
8. Moon is to earth as carth is to....
SIN
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9. Finger is to hand as toe is to
FOOT
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10. Glass is to break as paper is to....
TEARORRIP
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1 1. Temperature is to thermometer as humidit is to
IIYGROMEI ER
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40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE. is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.
PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.
12. Who is the leader of the federal cabinet?
A.
STEPHEN HARPER (PRIME MINISTER)
PART TWO: The remaining questions all deal with the present federal cabinet.
13. Who holds the post of Minister of Justice?
A.
ROB NICHOLSON
14. Who is the Heritage Minister?
A.
JAMES MOORE
15. Who is the Minister of Industry?
A.
TONY CLEMENT
20-POINT SPECIAL
SCIENCE
16. Centigrade degrees are today referred to as Celsius degrees. What name. taken from a famous British
physicist, refers to Degrees Absolute?
A.
KELVIN
80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION
NEGATIVE PREFIXES
Here is an ASSIGNED QUESTION in which each member of each team is assigned a ten-point question. If you
miss your question, then your counterpart on the opposing team will have a chance at it for ten points.
Each of the following words can be made negative with the addition of a prefix. You are to spell correctly the
prefix used for the word you are given.
TEAM A
17. Expensive.
A.
IN
18. Legal.
A,
IL
i. Possible,
A.
IM
20. Responsible.
A.
IR
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21. Attention.
A.
IN
22. Union.
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NON or DIS
23. Contented.
A.
DIS
24. Satisfied.
A.
DIS
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION
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CANADIAN HISTORY
25. Two provinces joined Confederation in 1905. Name one.
A.
ALBERTA OR SASKATCHEWAN
26. In what year did British Columbia enter Confederation?
A.
1871
27. Which Canadian province is the home of the Haida people?
A,
BRITISH COLUMBIA
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO END THE ROUND
28. Who wrote the novel “Gulliver’s Travels”?
A.
JONATHAN SWIFT
29. What is the state capital of California?
A.
SACRAMENTO
30. What television show follows the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815?
A.
LOST
31. What highway crosses Canada from sea to sea?
A.
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND TWO
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO START ROUND TWO
32. Who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War?
A.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
33. Name the most abundant fossil fuel in the world.
A.
COAL
34, What is the scenic drive along the Cape Breton coast?
A.
CABOT TRAIL
35. Which fictional super-hero spy marries a woman named Teresa (Tracy) Draco?
A.
JAMES BOND
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40-POINT WHO AM I? QUESTION
36. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correct1.
CLUE A: I began my scientific career in Paris. researching the magnetic properties of different kinds of steel.
WII() AM I?
CLUE B: Poland’s capital cit’.. Warsaw. is my birthplace. WHO AM I?
CLUE C: In 1911.1 received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. I. WHO AM 1?
CLUE D: In 1903, my husband and I received the Nobel Prize in physics for our research into radioactivity.
WHO AM I?
A.
JAM MARIE CURIE
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION--LITERATURE
37. What character of ancient mythology roams for 10 years before finding his way home?
A.
ODYSSEUS OR ULYSSES
38. Which Scottish author wrote the classic tale of “Ivanhoe”?
A.
SIR WALTER SCOTT
39. What red-headed character of Canadian literature grows up on Prince Edward Island?
A.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.
PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.
40. Which Canadian province has the longest coastline?
A.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
PART TWO: All remaining questions go to the team who successfully answered Part 1. All questions deal with
the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER
41. What is the traditional principal catch of Newfoundland fishermen?
A.
COL)
42. What do we call the regional. coastal fishing villages of Newfoundland?
A.
OUTPORTS
43. Name the narrow body of water found between Newfoundland and Labrador.
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STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE
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40-POINT OPEN QUESTION--FOOD
44. An old expression states that when a man goes out to work he goes to “Bring home the.,.” Hint: I might eat this
for breakfast.
A.
BACON
45. Dolmades are appetizers sered in Greek restaurants. They are made from seasoned rice rolled up in marinated.
edible leaves. What type of leaf is preferred?
A.
GRAPE
46. Rotini, penne and linguine are all types of what food staple?
A.
PASTA
47. Sirloin. ribeye and porterhouse are cuts of what type of meat?
A.
BEEF (or STEAK)
40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END ROUND TWO
48. In biology, what term refers to a light-sensitive layer at the back of the eyeball?
A.
RETINA
49. Who is author Theodore Geisel better known as?
A.
DR. SEUSS
50. Who succeeded Augustus as Emperor of the Roman Empire?
A.
TIBERIUS
51. French political prisoners were kept on which notorious island off the coast of South America?
A.
DEVIL’S ISLAND
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND THREE
40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND THREE
52. The port of Churchill is in what province?
A.
MANITOBA
53. What kind of polygon is a stop sign?
A.
OCTAGON
54. What poet, author of The Waste Land, said “1 have measured out my life with coffee spoons”?
A.
T.S. ELIOT
55. Which European country’s national flag is comprised of three horizontal stripes of red, yellow and redand
incorporates a coat of arms?
A.
SPAIN
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION=HOMOGRAPHS
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and different origins. Given the
meanings, identi the following homographic words
56. “Mast of a ship” or “a type of mineral”.
SPAR
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57. “Delay” or “covered with tar”.
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TARRY
58. “Method of fishing” or “a being in Scandinaian folklore”.
A.
TROLL
59. “Clean a hole” or “500 sheets of paper”.
A.
REAM
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION
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HOCKEY TERMS
60. To hit an opponent with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice is called what?
A.
CROSS-CHECKING
61. Three goals by a single player in a game is referred to as what?
A.
HAT TRICK
62, A two-line pass is one wa of being called what?
A.
OFFSIDE
63. Skating three strides or more and crashing into an opponent is illegal and calls for a penalty. What is it
called?
A.
CHARGING
40 POINT WHAT AM I? QUESTION
64. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.
CLUE A: Due to a shipwreck, I was first claimed for the English Crown in 1609. Today I am administered by a
British Royal Governor and an Assembly. WHAT AM I?
CLUE B: I am an isolated group of 181 islands of coral formation. WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: I am in the western Atlantic Ocean just east of the Carolinas. WHAT AM I?
CLUE D: I am a major resort area serving over haifa million visitors a year. WHAT AM I?
A.
I AM BERMUDA
20-POINT OPEN QUESTION--SCIENCE
65. What is considered the most likely shape of The Milky Way?
A.
SPIRAL
66. What is the name used to describe the process of a caterpillar changing into a moth or butterfly?
A.
METAMORPHOSIS
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION CAPITAL CITIES
Identif’ the jurisdiction of each of the following capital cities,
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67. Santa Fe
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NEW MEXICO
68. Kuala Lumpur
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MALAYSIA
69. Port-au-Prince
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HAITI
70. Fredericton
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I 00-POINT S\APOI T TO FINISH THE GAME
71. What is the dominant language of international business?
A. ENGLISH
72. In the I 950s. xhat revolutionar\ leader took po’Aer in Cuba?
A.
FIDEL CASTRO
73. Name the larva. especially of a butterfl or moth. xhich resembles a fluffy vorm.
A.
CATERPILLAR
74. What do the initials R.A.F. stand for?
A.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
75. In hat province is Canada’s highest waterfall?
A.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
76. What meat dish, with its mashed potato crust, has a name that sounds like a staple for a rural orker?
A.
SHEPHERD’S PIE
77. Which Canadian Prime Minister began and ended his term in 1984?
A.
JOHN TURNER
78. What is the name of the imaginary line across the football field on which the ball is “put into play”?
A.
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
79. To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?
A.
ECUADOR
80. On the farm, what does a Catskirmer operate?
A.
TRACTOR (ANY MACHINE WITH CATERPILLAR TREADS)
END OF GAME
TIE-BREAKERS IF NEEDED
1. Give another name for the wapiti. found in Jasper and Banff. Alberta?
A.
ELK
2. On which island was Napoleon born?
A.
CORSICA
3, Which sign of the Zodiac is related to March l”?
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PISCES
4. In hat province .ould I tind the Seen Sisters Waterfalls?
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MANITOBA
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