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100

This Old Country Market on Vancouver Island draws crowds for this attraction.

What are goats on the roof?

100

This English novelist is known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

Who is Jane Austen?


100

The largest and longest beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

What is Long Beach

100

In which TV show can you see a group of scientists including Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter?

Big Bang Theory

100

A mushroom (Lentinula edodes) native to East Asia, having an edible golden or dark brown cap.

What is Shiitake?

200

This incredibly soft wool is made of the downy winter undercoat produced by goats.

What is cashmere?

200

This Norse explorer is described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland.

Who is Erik the Red?

200

A series of deep, polished pools carved naturally into this southern Vancouver Island river’s bedrock formed as a result of glacial action during the last ice age.  

What are the Sooke Potholes

200

The only mammal capable of unassisted flight

What are bats?

200

 His song "Perfect", reached number one in the US, Australia, and the UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017.

Who is Ed Sheeran?

300

His leaping ability earned him a nickname that inspired a popular line of footwear.

Who is Michael Jordan

300

This American actor is known for his roles in Beetlejuice (1988) and DC Comics superhero Batman.

Who is Michael Keaton

300

This major league baseball team resides at the Kingdome. 

Who are the Seattle Mariners?

300

A solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.

What is a cylinder?

300

Mischievous, annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts. Often used in plural.

What are Shenanigans?

400

This formidable athlete is the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

Who is Serena Williams?

400

Born in 1940, this English singer, songwriter and musician gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist his world famous band.  

Who is John Lennon

400

The white variant of this bear is most common on three islands in British Columbia (Gribbell, Princess Royal, and Roderick), where they make up 10–20% of the population.

What is the Kermode bear?  

or

What is the Spirit bear?

400

Aristotle considered this one of the three main modes of persuasion.

What are (either) logos, ethos or pathos.

400

Mollusks such as clams and oysters, and crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.

What are shellfish?

500

In this famous Norwegian folktale, three brothers try to cross a bridge and avoid getting eaten by a hungry troll.  

Who are the "The Three Billy Goat's Gruff"

500

The princess of the planet Alderaan commands a Rebel base and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's cataclysmic superweapon, the Death Star.

Who is Leia?

500

The Japanese launched a surprise attack on this US Nabal base.


What is Pearl Harour?

500

The number of planets in our our solar system that have moons.

What is 6?

500

Meat, especially beef, chicken, or lamb, that is marinated, roasted slowly on a spit, and cut in thin slices, often wrapped in pita bread and served with various vegetables and tahini sauce.

What is Shawarma?

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