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1. The Great Sphinx of Giza (in Egypt), carved about 4,600 years ago.
2. Harry Wasyluk, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, invented the green garbage bag.
3. Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut.
4. NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement
5. The math equation for the area of a rectangle is L x W.
6. The smallest province is Prince Edward Island.
7. Three oceans surround Canada: The Atlantic Ocean, to the east; the Pacific Ocean to the west; and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
8. S.S.R. = Sustained Silent Reading
9. Day 2, Day 4, Day 6.
10. Four provinces joined Confederation in 1867: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.
TRIVIA QUIZ #2
1. 24 cm�
2. Newfoundland
3. You know your number...
4. 80%
5. hot summers, cold winters
6. 139 years old. Canada will be 140 years old July 1st, 2007.
7. If you answered 23, give yourself 100 bonus points. If you answered anything over 60, you have a detention for life.
8. Il fait du soleil.
9. If you get this one wrong, all I can say is� DUH!!!
10. Canada, Chile. CCFTA stands for Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
Trivia Quiz #3
1. The lime green square is a figure, polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square.
2. Its perimeter is 10 cm; its area is 6.25 cm�. (It measures 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm.)
3. 48 minutes
4. If you answered Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr, you have an amazing memory -- give yourself 100 bonus points! If you answered IMAX Corporation, it's acceptable; give yourself 1 point. And if you answered James Earl Jones or Tom Cruise, I will cry.
5. lunch!
6. He played the violin. (It was Christmas Eve [Dec. 24], so he played a Christmas carol, O Holy Night, on his violin.)
source: Canada Heirloom Series, Volume IV http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume4/volume4.htm
7. Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan.
8. 23
9. Mt. Logan in Yukon Territory (5,959 metres)
10. If it's 6 p.m. in Toronto, it's 3 p.m. in Vancouver.
Trivia Quiz #4
1. Asia
2. twelve (12)
3. basketball
4. No, the jam won't fit.
The container's volume is 840 cm� (8 cm x 7 cm x 15 cm).
1 L = 1000 mL, the same volume as 1000 cm�,
so the container is too small.
5. Rinaldo was very happy to get the delicious jam,
noun verb adverb adjective verb adjective noun
because he had no food in his cupboard.
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6. Setting = when and where the story takes place.
7. red
8. Lemony Snicket
9. Violet, Klaus, Sunny
10. 5. :-)
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