AMTC Questions – Week 1
Please try and answer these without assistive technology!
1.
What’s the medical term for low blood sugar? Hypoglycemia
2.
What star other than the sun is closest to the earth? Proxima Centauri
3.
What are the two top selling spices in the world? Pepper, Mustard
4.
What is the most widely eaten fish in the world? Herring
5.
What do doctors look at through an ophthalmoscope? Eye
6.
What nation produces two thirds of the world’s vanilla? Madagascar
7.
When and where was the worst earthquake in history, killing 830,000? China, 1556
8.
What is the tallest Mountain on Earth? Mauna Kea, Hawaii (33, 480 ft)
9.
What three terms are represented in Newton’s second law of motion F = ma? Force,
Mass, Acceleration
10.
Which planet spins the fastest? Jupiter (10 hrs)
11.
What is the hottest temperature ever record on earth and where?
12.
Which planet spins the slowest? Venus – 243 earth days
13.
What’s removed from water in the process of desalination? Salt
14.
What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592? Gallelio
15.
Which country gave the USA the ‘Statute of Liberty?
16.
What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.? Zero
56.7 – Death Valley
France
17.
What tree gives us prunes? Plum
18.
How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico? – Five. Florida, Texas, Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana
19.
What is the name of the world’s highest water fall? Angel Falls
20.
What’s the only metal that’s not a solid at room temperature? Mercury
21.
What’s the common name for a cubic decimeter? Litre
22.
How long is a “day” on the sun? 27 days to rotate @ equator
23.
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? Spiral
24.
In Greek mythology, who is the god of the winds and king of the mythical, floating island
of Aiolia? Aeolus
25.
After Board Walk and Park Place, what is the next most expensive property in the game
Monopoly? Pennsylvania
26.
The Pitcher Plant is the provincial flower of which province? Saskatchewan
27.
Canada is a bilingual country, but what is the only officially bilingual province? New
Brunswick
28.
What oceans border Canada? Arctic, pacific, atlantic
29.
When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem? 1980 (1967)
30.
Whose face is on the Canadian hundred-dollar bill? Robert Borden
31.
What is the largest lake wholly in Canada? Great Slave Lake
32.
How much pressure do the strings in a grand piano exert on the frame? 30 Tons
33.
What is the oldest surviving musical instrument? Flute
34.
What was the first rock-n-roll song to hit #1 on the charts? Rock Around the Clock