Intermediate Practice Pack #12 Flashcards
What figure of speech, meaning an obvious exaggeration, takes its name from the Greek for “throwing beyond?”
hyperbole
What continent is attached to the northwestern portion of Asia?
Europe
Its meaning is “done without any preparation, such as a speech.” Spell “extemporaneous.”
E X T E M P O R A N E O U S
Muezzins traditionally issue the calls to prayer from what tower attached to their mosque?
minaret
Found in Russia, which is Europe’s largest lake?
Lake Ladoga
What is North America’s largest lake?
Lake Superior
Found on a South American border, which is the world’s highest major lake?
Lake Titicaca
On a Cartesian plane, in what quadrant could we find the point (-4, 3)?
II (or 2)
What is the slope of a line parallel to the line 2y = -6x + 32?
-3
What is the midpoint of the line segment joining (-1, 1) and (5, 5)?
(2, 3)
What is the distance between the point (4, -3) and the origin?
5
What animals are studied by ornithologists?
birds
What “rockin’” bird is, in North American, a species of true thrush?
robin
What bird is also the name of Toronto’s MLB team?
blue jay
The “great” species of what family have the largest wingspans of any extant bird?
albatross (or Diomedeidae)
Name the two lowest lakes of the Great Lakes system – those with the water level closest to the sea level.
Lake Ontario and Lake Erie
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “windcheater?”
windbreaker (prompt on jacket)
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “nappy?”
diaper
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “draughts?”
checkers
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “paraffin?”
kerosene (or alkane)
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “pram?”
(baby) carriage or stroller
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “trunk call?”
long distance (call)
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “lift?”
elevator
What is the Canadian equivalent of the British term, “lorry?”
truck
What is the name of the yellowish fluid part of the blood in which the blood cells float?
plasma
What is the common name of an erthrocyte?
red blood cell
The femoral artery carries blood into what part of the body?
leg (or thigh)
Name the first James Bond movie.
Dr. No
The city of Nanaimo is on what island?
Vancouver (Island)
In physics, what term refers to when one object vibrating at a given frequency causes another to vibrate?
resonance
Which Canadian writer created the fictional town of Mariposa?
Stephen Leacock
What is the name of the RCAF aerobatic flight demo team that flies out of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan?
Snowbirds (or 431 Air Demonstration Squadron)
What major league football team represents Denver, Colorado?
Broncos
Name the artist who spent four years painting the fifty yard long ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michaelangelo
In which Scottish city was Sir John A. Macdonald born?
Glasgow
My name is associated with a part of the human body. My mother was a Nereid and my father was the king of the Myrmidons. Though I sometimes chose to sit parts out, I fought in the Trojan War. In later versions of my story, I was killed by Paris who wounded me in my vulnerable heel. Who am I?
Achilles
What figure of speech is exemplified by the statement, “She sailed across the room?”
metaphor
What figure of speech is exemplified by the statement, “The jovial moon smiled benignly down at us?”
personification
What figure of speech is exemplified by the statement, “The furrow followed free?”
alliteration
What family name is shared by TV characters Abraham, Marge, Maggie, Lisa, Bart, and Homer?
Simpson
What kind of facility does Homer Simpson mainly work for?
nuclear power plant
On what arboreal street is the Simpson family home located? You’ll also find the Flanders family there.
Evergreen Terrace
The Simpson family was created by what cartoonist in the 1980s?
Matt Groening
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
What is Spain’s capital city?
Madrid
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
Of what country is Lisbon the capital?
Portugal
Who wrote the 1980 song “Nine-to-Five?”
Dolly Parton
What colour flag is displayed in auto racing when conditions are too dangerous to continue a race?
red
Bobbing for apples, carving pumpkins, and trick-or-treating are all traditional activities during what October celebration?
Halloween
In Toronto, what stadium is just west of the CN Tower?
Rogers Centre (accept Skydome)
How many lines are there in a limerick?
five
Who created the female detective Miss Marple?
Agatha Christie
Which Scottish explorer first discovered the “Disappointment River” which was later renamed for him?
Alexander Mackenzie
Which 18th century document divided the British province of Canada into Upper and Lower Canada?
Constitutional Act (1791)
What fantasy heroine plays croquet using flamingos and hedgehogs?
Alice (in Wonderland)
While stuck in the White Rabbit’s house, which creature, the Rabbit’s gardener, does Alice kick through the chimney?
Bill (the Lizard)
The Mad Hatter asks Alice to explain why what flying creature is like a writing desk?
raven
The Duchess’s baby turns into what animal when it is given to Alice?
pig
Name the Canadian actor that starred in Crazy Stupid Love, The Big Short, and La La Land.
Ryan Gosling
Name the Canadian actor that starred in The Proposal, Green Lantern, and Deadpool.
Ryan Reynolds
Name the Canadian actor that starred in Steve Jobs, The Interview, Neighbours, and This is the End.
Seth Rogen
Name the Canadian actor that starred in Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and This is the End.
Michael Cera
The idea for me was conceived in the 1810s and I was completed in 1832. Construction began in 1826 and it’s estimated that up to 200 men, largely Irish labourers, worked on me, many of whom died of malaria. I was constructed because the War of 1812 made ship travel on the St. Lawrence River a dangerous proposition. I stretch from Kingston to Ottawa and I remain a popular skating destination. What am I?
Rideau Canal
In the Olympics, men’s wrestling comes in two flavours, Greco-Roman and what?
freestyle
Howie Morenz was a Montreal Canadiens superstar. When he died, his funeral was held in what building?
(Montreal) Forum
What 1973 movie was about the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle?
The Day of the Jackal
A simile using what carnivore is the title of a 1982 Duran Duran hit?
Wolf
Its positive counterpart has a large statue in New York City’s Financial District, but what animal signifies a poor stock market?
bear
If the month of March comes in “like a lion,” how does it go out?
(like a) lamb
What gold rush is associated with Dawson City?
Klondike (or Yukon) Gold Rush
What two-word phrase refers to zero degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian (or Greenwich Meridian)
What song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1961 after being featured in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?”
Moon River
Two ten-letter ‘A’ words denote the Biblical end times. Name either.
Armageddon or apocalypse
What is the ancient belief that heavenly bodies influence terrestrial affairs?
astrology
Lima is the capital of what country?
Peru
What is the more common “national” name of the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System that was used aboard the Space Shuttle?
Canadarm
What African reptile with a rhyming name is the second-largest extant reptile in the world, behind its saltwater cousin?
Nile Crocodile
What “ballistic” term refers to individual items in a list, often marked with a dash or dot?
bullet (point)
What is the name of an opening in the planet’s surface through which magma and ash escape?
volcano
What Olympic sport consists of fencing, freestyle swimming, show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country?
(modern) pentathlon
The sternocleidomastoid (pronounced “stir-no-clade-oh-mast-oid”) is primarily responsible for rotating what body part to the side?
head (or neck)
In which sport might I bump, serve, and spike?
volleyball
Which Frenchman first sculpted the bronze statue called “The Thinker?”
Rodin
