Geography
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This Norwegian artist painted The Scream.
Who is Edvard Munch?
This Japanese dish typically consists of vinegared rice with raw fish.
What is sushi?
These famous gardens, located just outside Victoria, attract visitors year-round for their floral displays.
What are Butchart Gardens?
He is credited with inventing the practical incandescent light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This massive 1937 anti-war mural by Picasso depicts the bombing of a Basque town.
What is Guernica?
This Italian pasta dish is made with a rich meat and tomato sauce.
What is spaghetti Bolognese?
This hilltop mansion, built for coal baron Robert Dunsmuir, is now a museum and historic site.
What is Craigdarroch Castle?
This Scottish-born inventor patented the first practical telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This South American river is the largest by volume of water.
What is the Amazon River?
This early Renaissance painter created The Birth of Venus.
Who is Sandro Botticelli?
This Spanish dish combines rice, saffron, seafood, and sometimes chicken.
What is paella?
Victoria has this type of public transportation that runs through downtown and is known for its charm.
What are streetcars or trolley buses?
The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in this year.
What is 1903?
This region around the Pacific Ocean is known for frequent earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
This Pop Art pioneer created the Campbell’s Soup Cans series.
Who is Andy Warhol?
This Korean side dish is made from fermented cabbage and spicy seasonings.
What is kimchi?
Victoria’s waterfront is home to colorful floating homes and restaurants, collectively known as this.
What is Fisherman’s Wharf?
Alexander Fleming discovered this antibiotic in 1928.
What is penicillin?
This line of longitude at 0 degrees passes through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This Baroque artist painted The Night Watch.
Who is Rembrandt van Rijn?
This beet-based soup is popular in Russia and Eastern Europe.
What is borscht?
This deep-water terminal at Victoria’s southern tip is used for cruise ships and ferry access.
What is Ogden Point?
This inventor improved the steam engine in the 18th century, powering the Industrial Revolution.
Who is James Watt?