Landmarks
WR Famous
On the street
Acronyms
The haus that Adam built
Innovation
100
What is the name of the 30km mountain bike trail in Waterloo?
What is the Hydrocut
100
Name the first and last names of the mayors of Kitchener and Waterloo.
Who is Berry Vrbanovic and Dorothy McCabe?
100
This street is known for the biggest St. Patricks Day party.
Ezra Street
100
GRT
Grand River Transit
100
For a "larger than life" vacation, Adam recently traveled to this desert city specifically to see the Backstreet Boys.
What is Las Vegas?
100
Starting with a small team of engineers in Waterloo, this company’s first products were made for banks and governments but it later became a global communications powerhouse.
What is Blackberry?
200
Home to Silver Lake, this is a central green space in Waterloo.
What is Waterloo Park?
200
What is the name of this Victoria Park swan?
Who is Otis?
200
This street is the only major street with a Germanic name or named for German settlers in the region; most street names are in English.
Weeeeeeeeeberr
200
DTK
Downtown Kitchener
200
If you want to distract Adam from his job, just start a conversation about this professional sports team.
What is the Toronto Blue Jays?
200
Once a major leather-processing facility, this historic Kitchener building has since been redeveloped into a multi-tenant innovation hub.
What is the Tannery?
300
What is the real name of the mountain, casually known as Mt Trashmore?
What is MacLennan Park?
300
If Onkel Hans is the life of the Oktoberfest party, his partner makes sure he never misses a stein.
Who is Tante Freida?
300
This mural-filled lane in Downtown Kitchener was named for a department store.
Goudies Lane
300
WRHN
Waterloo Regional Health Network
300
Adam and his wife celebrate their birthdays in this month (bonus points for the date).
What is April?
300
First introduced in 1983 in what is now Kitchener, this household waste management innovation was the first municipal program of its kind in Canada.
What is the Blue Box?
400
What was the original location for the clock tower in Victoria Park?
What is City Hall in Kitchener
400
Born in Kitchener and a graduate of Grand River Collegiate Institute, this NBA superstar helped lead the Denver Nuggets to their first-ever championship in 2023
Who is Jamal Murray?
400
During construction on this major street, corduroy roads were revealed beneath the surface.
What is King Street?
400
LRT
Light Rail Transit
400
While it feels like it's been a DTK staple forever, Workhaus first opened its doors in Kitchener in this specific year.
What is 2019?
400
This Waterloo Region company started in a garage in 1984 and went on to become a global leader in office productivity software before being acquired by Microsoft.
What is OpenText?
500
Name the famous "World's Longest Bar" from the 1980s and 1990s.
What is Lulu's Roadhouse?
500
One of the first Mennonite settler from Pennsylvania, he established some of Waterloo’s first industries, including a sawmill and grist mill, and built the area’s first school in 1820. Today, a popular restaurant bears his name.
Who is Abraham Erb?
500
Many of the German migrants who settled in Waterloo Region in the 18th and 19th centuries originally came from which U.S. state?
Pennsylvania
500
GRCA
Grand River Conservation Authority
500
This is the total number of Workhaus locations currently operating across Canada.
What is 13?
500
After studying engineering at the University of Waterloo, a local founder created this ice cream business known for innovative flavours and a process to extend shelf life with fewer additives.
What is Four All Ice Cream?
(Ajoa Mintah)
600
This Regina Street building produced buttons, buckles, and cufflinks before closing in 1946, was converted into an arts centre in 1994. It is rumoured to have housed a speakeasy by night during the 1920s.
What is The Button Factory?
600
Serving as Prime Minister for over 21 years, this Kitchener-born politician is the man featured on the Canadian $50 bill.
Who is William Lyon McKenzie King?
600
Before becoming the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in 1973, this was the name of the local upper-tier government.
What is Waterloo County?
600
If you are boarding a flight at the Waterloo Airport, these are the three letters you’ll see on your boarding pass and luggage tags.
YKF
600
This street, running from Duke to Church, is named for Kitchener’s first white settler and meets King Street at the corner where Workhaus stands.
What is Eby Street?
600
Born in Kitchener, this entrepreneur went on to found an iconic Canadian retail chain during the Great Depression that became a staple of shopping culture.
Walter Zeller