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This HBO fantasy series, based on George R.R. Martin's novels, ran from 2011 to a controversial 2019 finale.
What is Game of Thrones?
This is the number of squares on a chessboard.
What is 64?
On December 6, 1917, Halifax was devastated by this catastrophic event, caused by a collision between two ships in the harbour.
What is the Halifax Explosion?
Debuting in Japan as 'Pocket Monsters,' this franchise was designed to simulate the childhood joy of collecting and trading insects.
What is Pokémon?
Famous for his theory of relativity and wild hair, this scientist is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This 2010 Adele ballad became one of the best-selling singles ever and launched her to global stardom.
What is "Rolling in the Deep"?
This is the total number of dots when adding up all six faces of one die.
What is 21?
Haligonians nickname this neighbouring city across the harbour 'the dark side.
What is Dartmouth?
This Italian plumber debuted in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong.
Who is Mario?
This English scientist's 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This 2012 music video by South Korean artist Psy was the first to hit one billion YouTube views.
What is Gangnam Style?
This is the number of seconds in an hour.
What is 3,600?
This Halifax Harbour island served as an immigrant quarantine station and is rumoured to hide tunnels linking to the Citadel.
What is George's Island?
In Minecraft, these green exploding enemies are the game's most iconic and feared mob.
What is a Creeper?
Formulated in 1965, this law predicted transistor counts on microchips would double roughly every two years.
What is Moore's Law?
This viral 2014 challenge involved dumping ice water on your head to raise awareness for a degenerative neurological disease.
What is ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)?
This is the number of time zones in Russia, making it the country with the most in the world.
What is 11?
Located in Halifax's north end, this shipyard is Canada's largest naval shipbuilder and a key National Shipbuilding Strategy contractor.
What is Irving Shipyard?
In this 2020 social deduction game, players try to identify the 'impostor' aboard a spaceship.
What is Among Us?
This scientist's 1687 work, the Principia, laid out his three laws of motion and founded classical mechanics.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This whistleblower leaked classified NSA surveillance documents to the press in 2013, sparking global privacy debate.
Who is Edward Snowden?
This is the speed of light in kilometres per second, rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.
What is 300,000?
This Halifax-born physician and politician was a Father of Confederation and the first Premier of Nova Scotia.
Who is Charles Tupper?
This 1986 Nintendo game introduced players to Link and the land of Hyrule.
What is The Legend of Zelda?
This physicist's thought experiment involves a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed, illustrating a paradox in quantum mechanics.
Who is Erwin Schrödinger?