Q 01/05

Which baseball legend hit his first professional home run in 1914 at an island ballpark on Lake Ontario?

A) Ty Cobb

B) Honus Wagner

C) Babe Ruth

D) Tris Speaker

Answer · why

C) Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was a young pitcher for the visiting Providence Grays when he cleared the wall at Hanlan's Point in Toronto. It was the only home run he eve...

Q 02/05

The Toronto Islands in Lake Ontario hold North America's largest urban community living without which everyday thing?

A) Schools

B) Shops

C) Fences

D) Cars

Answer · why

D) Cars

Cars are kept off the islands, which sit just offshore from downtown Toronto and are reached by ferry. The chain's 15 islands also shelter the city's ...

Q 03/05

Which landmark near the Lake Ontario shore in Toronto was the world's tallest free-standing structure from 1975 to 2007?

A) Skylon Tower

B) CN Tower

C) Sky Tower

D) Reunion Tower

Answer · why

B) CN Tower

The CN Tower held the record for 32 years, until Dubai's Burj Khalifa passed it. The letters stand for Canadian National, the railway company that bui...

Q 04/05

Which American state has shoreline on four of the five Great Lakes, missing only Lake Ontario?

A) Michigan

B) Wisconsin

C) Indiana

D) Illinois

Answer · why

A) Michigan

Michigan's four-lake border gives it the longest freshwater coastline of any US state, about 3,288 miles. Lake Ontario lies too far east to touch it.

Q 05/05

Lake Ontario has the smallest surface of the five Great Lakes, but it beats larger Lake Erie on which measure?

A) Surface elevation

B) End-to-end length

C) Maximum width

D) Water volume

Answer · why

D) Water volume

Water volume is where Lake Ontario wins: it holds about 1,640 cubic kilometres against Lake Erie's 480, more than three times as much in a smaller foo...