Palindromes
The only day in the 21st century that remains a palindrome, regardless of what date format you swear by.
02/02/2020 (February 2, 2020)
Proponents of this political ideology “advocate” for apathy or antipathy towards politics
Apoliticism
He was in charge when the Halifax Explosion happened - thankfully, rather far away from the incident itself!
In 1843, Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked forerunner of the machine that always seems to be broken at McDonald’s.
Ice cream maker
A three time NBA MVP winner who dazzled the league with his magical playing ability, this player shocked the world with his HIV announcement
Magic Johnson
Sold by Honda, this car was the fourth-most stolen vehicle in Canada in 2022
Civic
Cottagecore enthusiasts would most likely be fans of this political ideology, which is centered on the preeminence of subsistence agriculture, egalitarianism, and small growth
Agrarianism
He was PM when Canada became a founding member of NATO
Louis St. Laurent
Ada Lovelace was the first (in the 1840s) to conceive this finite set of instructions for processing on a computer, now an integral concept in computing.
Algorithm
This 1973 NFL MVP winner is one of two players to win the award while not making the playoffs. He was also the owner of a White Ford Bronco
OJ Simpson
This watercraft, often intended for one person, gets its name from the Greenlandic word for ‘boat’.
Kayak
DAILY DOUBLE
Transcendentalism
Our flag changed to the maple leaf flag, and he was in charge to see it
Lester B. Pearson
Despite her role in the confirmation of this essential biological molecule in 1953, Rosalind Franklin went unrecognized throughout her lifetime and was overlooked for the Nobel Prize.
DNA
This multi time NBA MVP winner was also featured in the 1980 movie, Airplane!
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
You do not want to get on a school bus driven by this character from The Simpsons, who is proud of his record of “fifteen crashes and not a single fatality”.
Otto/Otto the bus driver/Otto Mann
The fundamentals of this Argentinian political movement arising out of the 20th century are social justice, economic independence, and political sovereignty
Peronism
The Canadian Pacific railway, then the longest in the world, was completed during this Prime Minister’s tenure
John A. Macdonald
Originally titled ‘The Landlord’s Game’, this friendship-endangering game was conceived by Lizzie Magie in 1904 as a critique of capitalism.
Monopoly
DAILY DOUBLE
Joe DiMaggio
This southern Indian language spoken by more than 35 million people is one of a handful of languages whose name is a palindrome.
Malayalam
Named after the head of state of a once powerful European empire, this political ideology advocates for the integration of church and state in a matter that the church is subordinate to the ruling authorities
Caesaropapism
This PM was leading Canada when the Toronto Blue Jays won their second World Series in a row
Kim Campbell
This high-strength material used in personal armour and puncture-resistant bike tires was the brainchild of Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1964.
Kevlar
This Hart Trophy winner from Mitchell, Ontario reportedly died of a broken heart while in hospital after he sustained multiple fractures of his left leg during a game against the Chicago Black Hawks
Howie Morenz