BRITISH TV
Most of the action in this British costume drama was filmed at Highclere Castle.
Downton Abbey
These colorful meringue cookies are sandwiched with a sweet filling.
Macarons
The Jazz Age. The Roaring Twenties. A time of affluence and hedonistic youth is featured in this 1974 film starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
The Great Gatsby
Can you name the classic Canadian novel about the life of 11-year-old orphan-girl who is sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings who originally want to adopt a boy to help out on the farm?
Anne of Green Gables
Mi casa es su casa. Hint: casa = house
My house is your house.
In the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, how does Hyacinth pronounce and spell her last name?
She pronounces her last name “Bouquet,” even though it is spelled “Bucket.”
What is the difference between an apéritif and a digestif?
They are both alcoholic drinks. The apéritif is served before the meal to stimulate appetite; the digestif is served after the meal and is traditionally believed to aid digestion.
The Great Depression. The Dust Bowl. The relentless search for work, a better life, and human dignity is a key theme in this 1940 film starring Henry Fonda.
The Grapes of Wrath
This Canadian from Ontario won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times.
Alex Trebek
Más vale tarde que nunca. Hint: tarde = late; nunca = never
Better late than never.
Which British period drama follows veterinarian James Herriot and his colleagues in the Yorkshire Dales?
All Creatures Great and Small
This French mixed vegetable stew, featuring eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, etc., is also the name of a fictional movie rodent who dreams of becoming a chef.
Ratatouille
The investigation and fall of a corrupt America president and the staff who supported him is chronicled in this 1976 film starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
All the President’s Men
He was the longest-serving prime minister of Canada in the 20th century.
Pierre Trudeau (Note: Pierre is the correct Trudeau here, not his son Justin.)
Cuando se cierra una puerta, se abre una ventana. Hint: cierra = closes; abre = opens
When one door closes, another one opens. (There are often small differences between languages. The literal translation of the Spanish version of this saying is “When a door closes, a window opens.”)
In The Vicar of Dibley, what is the first name of the female vicar played by Dawn French?
Geraldine
The name of this baked French egg-based dish, which can either be served as a savory main dish or as a sweetened dessert, means “inflated” or “puffed.”
Soufflé
This film, directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of one German industrialist who, after witnessing the cruel inhumanity of the Nazis, attempts to save as many Jews as he can.
Schindler’s List
Canadians Frederick Banting and Charles Best made up one of the most famous pairs in medical history. However, in 1923, only Banting and another colleague received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of this diabetes drug.
Insulin. Best was not nominated for the Nobel, probably because of his status as a graduate student. The oversight angered Banting, who split his prize money with Best. Nearly fifty years later, the Nobel Committee admitted that omitting Best from the prize was a mistake.
Matar dos pájaros de un tiro. Hint: matar = kill; pájaros = birds
Kill two birds with one stone.
Which hit NBC workplace comedy starring Steve Carell was adapted from an original British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant?
The Office
This traditional Provençal fish soup, which originated in the port city of Marseille, contains at least three kinds of fish: red rascasse, sea robin, and European conger. It can also include urchins, mussels, crab, octopus and other sea foods, along with vegetables such as leeks, onions, celery, potatoes, and so on.
Bouillabaisse
This 2016 film chronicles the Cold War space race and features a small group of women most people have never heard of whose mathematical contributions were critical to America’s successful journey to the moon.
Hidden Figures
On October 13, 2021, this 90-year-old Canadian actor was part of the crew in Blue Origin’s second sub-orbital human spaceflight, along with Blue Origin’s creator and well-known “Trekkie” (Star Trek fan), Jeff Bezos.
William Shatner
No todo lo que brilla es oro. Hint: brilla = shines or glitters; oro = gold
All that glitters is not gold.