Intermediate Tournament Pack #14 Flashcards
In which Scandinavian country would I find Bergen?
Norway
Who was the first European explorer to sail down the St. Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
Name the tallest man-made structure in Canada.
C.N. Tower (or Canadian National Tower)
Which animated movie featured a cricket and a cat called Figaro?
Pinocchio
Which Norman leader won the Battle of Hastings?
William (I or the Conqueror or the Bastard)
What Italian artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What queen was beheaded during the French Revolution?
Marie Antoinette
What was the full English name of Hitler’s Nazi party?
National Socialist German Workers Party
By 1921, Hitler had become the undisputed leader of this party. By which title did he become known?
Fuehrer
In November of 1923, the party attempted a failed coup known today by what name?
(Munich) Beer Hall Putsch
By the end of January of 1933, Hitler attained what new title as leader of Germany?
Chancellor
Ichthyology is the study of what group of organisms?
fish
What type of fish is the Disney animated character “Nemo”?
clownfish
What is the largest fish in the world?
whale shark
Flounders, soles, turbot, and halibut are all known by what name that describes their body shape?
flatfish
Olympic ski jumpers are scored partly based on the event’s K-point. What two distances are used for ski jumping K-points, in the normal and large hill?
90 metres and 120 metres (or K90 and K120)
What is the greatest common factor of 3 and 5?
1
What is the greatest common factor of 12 and 30?
6
What is the greatest common factor of 26 and 65?
13
What is the greatest common factor of 85 and 102?
17
What is the greatest common factor of 2 and 22?
2
What is the greatest common factor of 14 and 56?
14
What is the greatest common factor of 24 and 84?
12
What is the greatest common factor of 61 and 97?
1
It means an enforced isolation: spell ‘quarantine.’
Q U A R A N T I N E
It is a sort of three-dimensional shape: spell ‘polyhedron’.
P O L Y H E D R O N
It’s a musical instrument: spell ‘calliope’.
C A L L I O P E
Name the award given to the player judged most valuable during the NHL playoffs.
Conn Smythe (Trophy)
Which military figure was known as “Old Blood and Guts”?
(General George) Patton
Of which country is Quito the capital?
Ecuador
The flag of Alberta has the province’s coat of arms on a field of what colour?
(Alberta) blue
On which planet in our solar system could one have found the Great Dark Spot?
Neptune
What popular series of books and films is set in the fictional nation of Panem?
Hunger Games
To which mammal family do the mink, marten and skunk belong?
weasel (or Mustelidae)
What is the hottest desert in Africa?
Sahara
I used the U.S. Navy to ensure that Panama gained independence from Colombia and secured the right
to build the Panama Canal. I received the Nobel Peace Prize for my mediation in the Russo-Japanese War. During the Spanish-American War, I led the regiment of volunteers known as the Rough Riders. I was the 26th
President of the United States following the assassination of President McKinley. Who am I?
Theodore Roosevelt
On December 14, 1911, who became the first person to reach the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
On December 11, 1936, what English monarch abdicated the throne?
Edward VIII
On December 1, 1918, what country gained its independence from Denmark?
Iceland
Sir John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister of what federation?
Canada
What was the biggest city in Canada when the federation was created in 1867?
Montreal
Who chose Ottawa as the capital?
Queen Victoria
The old Lower Canada became what province?
Quebec
What is the surface area of a cube with side length equal to 2 cm?
24 square cm
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with length of 4 units, width of 5 units, and height of 6 units?
120 cubic units
Suppose I have a cube. If I add the number of vertices and faces, and then I subtract the number of edges, what number will I be left with?
2
How many faces does an octahedron have?
8
In geometry, what do we call a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the centre?
sphere
Which of the Great Lakes does not touch Canada?
Michigan
Health Canada notes that what element helps produce red blood cells and transport oxygen, and is found in both heme (pronounced “heem”) and non-heme varieties?
iron
What is the principle resource of Russia’s Sakhalin Island?
oil
Who has portrayed Wolverine in the most films in the X-Men series?
Hugh Jackman
What chess piece always stays on the same colour square throughout the game?
Bishop
What do you call the large pack of riders racing together behind a smaller lead group in the Tour de France?
peloton
What NHL player won the 2015 Ted Lindsay Award, William Jennings Trophy, Hart Trophy and Vezina
Trophy?
Carey Price
WICKED is the acronym for the name of the evil organization in what series of books?
The Maze Runner
What does the acronym WICKED stand for?
World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department
Name the author of the “Maze Runner” series.
James Dashner
What actor plays Thomas in the first two “Maze Runner” movies?
Dylan O’Brien
In 1968, physiologist Kenneth Cooper popularized what exercise term, beginning with A, that is meant to
improve cardiovascular health?
aerobics
What word, originally an Italian surname, came in 1961 to refer to people who hound celebrities in order to
photograph them?
paparazzi
This word referred to someone who was always clumsy, often unable to do the simplest of tasks. Beginning
with a “K,” what is the word?
klutz
Most people suffer from what condition after they have been on a lengthy trip, and often crossing several
time zones, usually by air travel?
jet lag
I am located at the border of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The first Europeans to explore me were fur traders. My Old Faithful geyser erupts about every 35 to 120 minutes. In 1872, I was established as America’s first national park. What am I?
Yellowstone (National Park)
What would I call mathematical equations involving terms of the second order?
quadratic
What sum do I get if I add the square of five to the square root of 81?
34
What is the currency used in Greece?
euro
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
According to Homer, what city did the ancient Greeks attack to recapture the beautiful Helen?
Troy
What is the largest of the Greek islands?
Crete
What is the name of the home planet of Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks?
Naboo
Semantics is the study of what?
meaning
What single word refers to a person whose first language is English?
anglophone
What series of movies features the bumbling characters Pintel and Ragetti?
Pirates of the Caribbean
On which raft did Thor Hyerdahl sail from Peruto Polynesia?
Kon-Tiki
The Egyptian god Thoth had the head of what wading bird?
ibis
In the Harry Potter series, what do you call a child of two magicians who cannot do magic?
squib
What is the common term for diluted acetic acid?
vinegar
Which dancer of stage and screen once had his legs insured for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars?
Fred Astaire
What is the only country to have a coastline on both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
South Africa
What is the only South American country to havea coastline on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean
Sea?
Columbia
What object, discovered in 1799, would become instrumental in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Rosetta Stone
Name the island that is the native home of lemurs.
Madagascar
What fictional business can be found down at the end of Lonely Street in an Elvis Presley song?
Heartbreak Hotel
