Superstitions & Traditions
In major international hockey tournaments, Canadians sneak this item under centre ice to bring good luck
Loonie
The Olympic Games have been cancelled five times due to world wars, but only postponed once (in modern history) due to this world event
COVID-19
This cleric solves the alarmingly high number of murders in a small English town
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Mr. Monopoly
This method of execution, named after the doctor who came up with the idea, was meant to be a humanitarian way to execute everyone in a quick and equal manner
Guillotine
In Acadia, Ireland, and other Catholic cultures, one would hang this item on a clothing line if you needed good weather the next day
Rosary
“Cool Runnings” is loosely based off the real debut of the Jamaican national bobsled team who competed at these Olympics in 1988.
Calgary
Andy Sandberg plays Detective Jake Peralta in a sit com set in this NY borough
Brooklyn
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Ronald McDonald
This food is named after an English earl who, allegedly, liked it because it allowed him to eat with one hand and continue gambling with the other
Sandwich
In some various European and Asian cultures, if somebody gives you a knife, you must give them this in return, or else the friendship will be “cut”
Money
The “Miracle on Ice” was played at the 1980 Games in this location, where the US team beat the Soviet in the Cold War hockey game.
Lake Placid
Benoit Blanc is the southern gentleman detective in this new murder mystery movie series first released in 2019
Knives Out
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This rubber boot is named after a British general and later prime minister known for his military campaigns
Wellingtons
In Russia, you must always give an odd number of flowers to a living person, as an even number of flowers is reserved for this ritual
Funeral
At the 2024 Olympics, Celine Dion marked her return to performing by singing this iconic French singers song form the top of the Eiffel Tower
Edith Piaf
This professor is Doyle’s detective’s formidable nemesis, and is called “the Napoleon of Crime” in one story
Moriarty
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Gritty (Philadelphia Flyers)
This is a peaceful refusal to buy from, work with, or use an entity, named after a British land worker in Ireland who refused to lower high rents for farmers.
Boycott
In Lithuanian tradition, doing this musical act inside is calling the devil.
Whistling
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, this Alabama-born athlete was the most successful athlete at the Games, challenging Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy at his own Olympics
Jesse Owens
Dorothy L. Sayes created this aristocratic detective, first debuting in Whose Body? In 1923.
Lord Peter Wimsey
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Miga, Quatchi, Sumi & Mukmuk (2010 Olympics)
This instrument is named after its Belgian inventor, who made several improvements on the bass clarinet before turning to this instrument, with a single-reed mouthpiece and a conical brass body.
Saxophone