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To be very easy.

What is a piece of cake?

200

What year did World War I begin?

What is 1914?

200

This Canadian rock band, fronted by Gord Downie, was beloved across the country.

What is The Tragically Hip?

200

What is the name of the fictional African country ruled by T'Challa, the Black Panther?

What is Wakanda?

400

To avoid dealing with the main point of an issue.

What is to beat around the bush?

400

This global economic downturn of the 1930s had devastating effects on employment and trade worldwide.

What is the Great Depression?

400

This style of hop originated in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s.

What is hip hop?

400

This animated film, set in Canada, features two moose named Rutt and Tuke and a bear cub named Kenai.

What is Brother Bear?

600

To be in a difficult or awkward situation.

What is to be between a rock and a hard place?

600

This event in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.

What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?

600

What is a hippophile?

What is a person who loves horses?

600

What is the name of the spaceship piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga?

What is the Millennium Falcon?

800

To reveal a secret, often unintentionally.

What is to let the cat out of the bag?

800

This major pandemic, occurring between 1918 and 1920, resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people worldwide, including many in Canada.

What is the Spanish Flu?

800

This movement had a significant impact on culture, influencing music, fashion, art, and social attitudes in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The Hippy Movement

800

This musical film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, tells the story of aspiring artists in Los Angeles.

What is La La Land?

1000

To be very expensive.

What is to cost an arm and a leg?

1000

This pivotal battle during World War II, fought in the Soviet Union, is often seen as a major turning point on the Eastern Front.

What is the Battle of Stalingrad?

1000

A legendary creature with the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a horse.

What is a hippogriff?

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This Canadian director has helmed films such as Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune.

Who is Denis Villeneuve?

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