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In blackjack, saying this word causes the dealer to deal you another card.
What is Hit?
This Japanese street food consists of battered and deep-fried seafood or vegetables.
What is Tempura?
This seven-book series by J.K. Rowling follows a young wizard through his years at Hogwarts.
What is Harry Potter?
Designed by Klaus Teuber in 1995, this German game has players building settlements and cities while trading resources like wheat and ore.
What is Catan (Settlers of Catan)?
This Ontario university ranks among the world's top schools for computer science and engineering, known for a co-op program feeding nearly every major tech company.
What is the University of Waterloo?
In Texas Hold'em, this is the term for the mandatory bets placed before any cards are dealt.
What are Blinds?
This Scottish dish consists of sheep's heart, liver, and lungs minced with oatmeal, onions, and spices and cooked inside the animal's stomach.
What is Haggis?
This 1937 Tolkien novel sends a reluctant hobbit on a quest to help dwarves reclaim their mountain home from a dragon.
What is The Hobbit?
In this cooperative game, players work as specialists to treat infections and cure four diseases before time runs out.
What is Pandemic?
Founded in 1878, this is the only bilingual university in Canada's capital, teaching across two campuses in English and French.
What is the University of Ottawa?
In poker, this hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair is the fourth strongest hand.
What is a Full House?
This Indian flatbread is typically cooked in a tandoor oven and often served alongside curries.
What is Naan?
This Andy Weir novel, later a Matt Damon film, follows an astronaut who must science his way off Mars.
What is The Martian?
In this 2015 word association game by Vlaada Chvátil, a spymaster gives clues to help teammates find agents while avoiding the assassin.
What is Codenames?
Founded in 1853 in Antigonish, this small Nova Scotia university has one of Canada's highest per-capita rates of Rhodes Scholars.
What is St. Francis Xavier University?
American Roulette tables feature this extra green pocket not found on European wheels.
What is the Double Zero (00)?
This French delicacy consists of a certain kind of gastropod cooked in garlic butter and parsley, typically served as an appetizer.
What are Escargot?
Set on the desert world Arrakis, this 1965 novel follows Paul Atreides amid politics, religion, and giant sandworms.
What is Dune?
This game has players attracting birds to their wildlife preserves through card drafting and egg collection.
What is Wingspan?
Founded in 1878 in London, Ontario, this university is home to the Schulich School of Medicine and several Canadian PMs among its alumni.
What is Western University?
This card game, popular in Asia, has players betting on whether the "player" or "banker" hand will be closest to nine.
What is Baccarat?
This Middle Eastern condiment, made from ground sesame seeds, is a key ingredient in hummus.
What is Tahini?
This 1949 Orwell novel gave us terms like 'Big Brother' and 'doublethink.'
What is Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)?
Named after a fortified French city, this tile-laying game has players building landscapes and placing 'meeples' to earn points.
What is Carcassonne?
Established in 2024, this is Canada's newest university.
What is the University of Niagara Falls Canada (UNF)