THIS IS JEOPARDY
With Your Host... Mr. Quarrie
Jeopardy History of Cambridge Roads and Highways Niagara Falls Location Factors The Seaway Potpourri 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
One of the founding fathers of Cambridge Facts100
William Dickson Absalom Shade A 100
The year that Cambridge became a city
1973 A 200
Flat bottom boats used for transportation on the Grand River
Arks A 300
The original name of Preston
Cambridge Mills A 400
Besides Cambridge, name one other name that was considered for the new city
Trillium City Amalgam Galtonia A 500
The reason that Galt was founded on the Grand River B 100
Water power B 100
Almost all auto assembly plants in Ontario are located on:
Major highways (400 series) B 200
Type of company that would need to locate near a raw material B 300
Food Processing Sawmills B 300
The reason why Stelco and Dofasco are located where they are B 400
Vast quantities of water are needed for cooling when producing steel Water Transportation Vast quantities of water are needed for cooling when producing steel B 400
What the Toyota site in Cambridge was before the auto plant was built
A sod farm B 500
The highway that divides Cambridge into two halves
401 C 100
The two highways that meet at the Delta in Cambridge
8, 24, C 200
Give the three street names for highway 8 as it passes through Cambridge
Dundas Street, Coronation Boulevard, and King Street
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
The three street names for highway 24 as it passes through Cambridge
Water Street, Hespeler Road, and Queen Street C 400
Toyota liked the site in Cambridge because of the 401 which would provide them with a quick link to their plant in Kentucky, via this highway C 500
I-75 C 500
Name three types of fruit grown on the Niagara Peninsula D 100
Peaches, Cherries, Grapes, Plums, … D 100
The approximate distance in kilometres that Niagara Falls has retreated since its creation
11 kilometres D 200
Niagara Falls is actually flowing over this feature D 300
The Niagara Escarpment D 300
When the glaciers melted and the land “bounced” back up again
Isostatic Rebound D 400
The softer layers of rock of the Niagara Escarpment are sandstone and shale, but the harder cap rock is… D 500
Dolomitic Limestone D 500
Locks that resemble a flight of stairs
Flight locks E 100
Locks that allow travel in two directions
Twin locks E 200
The number of the lock that we visited on our field trip
Number 3 E 300
A large ship carrying this cargo would be charged the smallest fee for going through the locks
Grain/Wheat E 400
The exact number of metres that a ship is raised or lowered by the Welland Canal
99 metres E 500
The shallowest Great Lake F 100
Lake Erie F 100
What Cambridge, Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph are known as F 200
The Technology Triangle The Golden Triangle The Technology Triangle F 200
Highly industrialized area at the Western end of Lake Ontario
Golden Horseshoe F 300
The hydro power plant on the American side of the Niagara River
Robert Moses F 400
The term for the large “saucer-like” geological formation that forms the Niagara Escarpment
Geosyncline F 500
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