| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 13 07:48PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free). > Official flower: wild rose. > Official mineral: petrified wood. Alberta; Saskatchewan > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. New Brunswick; Nova Scotia > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. British Columbia > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). PEI; Nova Scotia > 5. Official flower: blue flag iris. > Official bird: snowy owl. > Official tree: yellow birch. Yukon > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. Nunavut > 7. Official bird: common loon. > Official tree: eastern white pine. > Official mineral: amethyst. Ontario > 8. Official flower: western red lily. > Official animal: white-tailed deer. > Official mineral: potash. Manitoba; Saskatchewan > 9. Official flower: prairie crocus. > Official animal: plains bison. > Official fish: walleye. Alberta; Manitoba > 10. Official flower: mountain avens. > Official animal: Arctic grayling. > Official mineral: diamond. Alberta; Yukon > With only 5 lakes to consider, answers may repeat. > 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would > be one big lake. Name them both. Michigan and Huron > 2. Off the shores of Lake Huron, in Huron County, is the largest > salt mine in the world. Near what Ontario town is it found? Kitchener > 4. Our Lake Ontario isn't the only one. There's also an Ontario > Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water > but methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on? Titan; Callisto > 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US? Michigan > 6. The biggest Great Lake, Lake Superior, is also the youngest. > Within 2,000 years, how old is it? 10000; 15000 > 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from > industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities > with metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one? Ontario; Erie > 8. As noted by Longfellow and Lightfoot, what is the Chippewayan > name for Lake Superior? Gitchegumee > 9. In 1915 at the Chicago docks, what part did the steamer Eastland > play in Great Lakes history? Rolled on its side, causing greatest loss of life > 10. How many crew were lost when the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald > sink in 1975? 15; 16 Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 13 11:27PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free). > Official flower: wild rose. > Official mineral: petrified wood. Ontario > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. Newfoundland and Labrador > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. British Columbia > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). Prince Edward Island > 5. Official flower: blue flag iris. > Official bird: snowy owl. > Official tree: yellow birch. Quebec > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. Yukon > 7. Official bird: common loon. > Official tree: eastern white pine. > Official mineral: amethyst. New Brunswick > 8. Official flower: western red lily. > Official animal: white-tailed deer. > Official mineral: potash. Manitoba > 9. Official flower: prairie crocus. > Official animal: plains bison. > Official fish: walleye. Alberta; Saskatchewan > 10. Official flower: mountain avens. > Official animal: Arctic grayling. > Official mineral: diamond. Northwest Territories > With only 5 lakes to consider, answers may repeat. > 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would > be one big lake. Name them both. Michigan, Huron > 4. Our Lake Ontario isn't the only one. There's also an Ontario > Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water > but methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on? Titan > 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US? Michigan > 6. The biggest Great Lake, Lake Superior, is also the youngest. > Within 2,000 years, how old is it? 8000 > 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from > industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities > with metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one? Ontario > 8. As noted by Longfellow and Lightfoot, what is the Chippewayan > name for Lake Superior? Gitche Gumee > 9. In 1915 at the Chicago docks, what part did the steamer Eastland > play in Great Lakes history? some kind of disaster/collision/sinking (don't remember the details) > 10. How many crew were lost when the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald > sink in 1975? 22 -- Dan Tilque |
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