1 - The airport on Toronto Island is named for what famous Canadian aviator and war hero?
2 - Council recently voted to create safety zones of reduced speeds within 150 metres of what four elementary schools? (Name two for one point)
3 - To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, what now famous landmark was built in Paris in 1889?
4 - The late Wilma McNeill crusaded tirelessly to have what day be made into a statutory holiday?
5 - After water, what is the most consumed beverage worldwide?
6 - What is Ontario’s largest freshwater island?
7 - If you were to stretch out your digestive system, how long would it be? a) 3 metres b) 9 metres c) 15 metres
8 - What book is subtitled, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up?
9 - What subatomic particle orbits the nucleus of an atom and has a negative charge?
10 - In honour of his death in 1931, all non-essential lights in the U.S. were turned off for one minute?
- Tom St. Amand (column # 286)
ANSWERS: 1 - Billy Bishop, 2 - Errol Road, Rosedale, P E. McGibbon, and St. Michael’s; 3 - Eiffel Tower; 4 - Remembrance Day; 5 – Tea; 6 - Manitoulin Island; 7 - b) 9 metres; 8 - Peter Pan’ 9 – Electron; 10 - Thomas Edison.