Alphanumerics
This droid first appears in a scene on a Rebel ship boarded by the Empire with his companion R2-D2.
C-3PO
In 2016, this social media platform launched Stories amid claims that it copied functionality from its competitor.
The Canadian one dollar coin has this bird right on the centre
Loon
57, 75, or 88, the number with which California leads the nation in Fortune 500 companies
57
This song is often brought up in memes that circulate in November, showcasing Mariah Carey in a block of ice that slowly breaks as she sings, “it’s tiiiime!”
All I Want for Christmas is You
This non-caffeinated, lemon-lime soft drink is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. The origins of its name are unclear with some saying it comes from the number of ingredients while others say it’s a reference to the atomic mass of lithium, which the drink originally claimed to contain.
7UP
This simple yet frustrating mobile game from 2013 involved tapping the screen to navigate a bird between obstacles. Its popularity ended abruptly when the creator removed it from app stores.
Flappy Bird
This province has the smallest population, but the highest population density
Prince Edward Island
This Bay Area city shares its name with Michigan’s second-most populous county
Oakland
Mariah Carey is second all-time in #1 hit songs, only trailing this band, who has 20 all-time #1 hits.
The Beatles
This disease was declared a pandemic in 2020 and led to widespread lockdowns and rapid vaccine development.
COVID-19
In 2016, millions of people roamed public spaces using this mobile app to capture virtual creatures placed by augmented reality technology.
Pokémon Go
Canada’s largest export comes from these types of sands, but not the kind you would find at the beach
This “spicy” university has called Malibu its home since 1972
Pepperdine University
Mariah holds the Guinness World Record for the highest note hit by a human after reaching a G#7 while singing this often-exaggerated anthem.
Star-Spangled Banner
This is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel, single-seater cars. The cars featured in these races are the world's fastest regulated road-course racing cars.
Formula 1
Beginning in late 2010, a series of pro-democracy protests swept across multiple countries in North Africa and the Middle East, fueled by the influence of social media on political activism.
Arab Spring
The original flavour of this Canadian “dinner” favourite is the most popular, but you might find your neighbour making one of the three cheese, spicy cheddar, or alfredo varieties
Kraft Dinner
A 1969 oil spill in this Southern California channel was one of the incidents that inspired the first Earth Day
The Santa Barbara Channel
Mariah married this former star of the Nickelodeon show All That, capping off an engagement that lasted a whopping five days.
Nick Cannon
This American company is known for innovations like adhesive notes and N95 respirators, and its name is derived from the merger of several mining firms.
3M
In January 2010, this Caribbean nation experienced a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 event near its capital city, causing massive destruction and a humanitarian crisis.
Haiti
Canada hasn’t brought the Stanley Cup back home since 1993, when this team won the cup for the 24th time
Montreal Canadiens
80% of California’s water is used for agriculture, and most of it comes from the State Water Project and this river
Colorado River
One of Carey’s albums, E = mc2, is named after one of Albert Einstein’s most famous equations, which dictates that energy equals mass times this quantity squared.
Speed of Light