Oh Canada!
Happy Holidays
General Trivia
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The Office
100

The indigenous people of Canada’s Arctic region.

Who are the Inuit?

100

In holiday tradition, this is what people get who have been bad instead of presents.

What is coal?

100

This is what "www" stands for.

What is world wide web?

100

The amount of IBM CICs in North America.

What is 5?

100

Calgary’s energy scene is powered by these two oil and gas giants—each boasting the largest number of Calgary CIC workers.

What is Suncor and Cenovus?

200

 This Canadian city hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.

What is Calgary?


200

We associate the holidays with snow and cooler temperatures but this continent has a different weather experience.

What is Australia?

200

This programming language shares its name with a type of coffee.

What is Java?

200

The most patents IBM has filed in a year.

What is 13,151? 

200

It’s not quite lunch, not quite a meeting, but it’s everyone’s favorite Thursday office tradition.

What is Thursday bites?

300

The longest river in Canada.

What is the Mackenzie River?

300

The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree is said to have originated in this European country during the 16th century.

What is Germany?

300

The gas most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.

What is nitrogen?

300
The year IBM's supercomputer, Watson, won competed and won a game of Jeopardy.
What is 2011?
300

The client innovation studio can be found at this location in the IBM calgary office.

What is the Innovation Centre?

400

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted in this year.

What is 1982?

400

The term “Yuletide” originated from an ancient celebration marking this seasonal event. 

What is the winter solstice?

400

These letters can't be found in the days of the week and the months of the year?

What are K, Q, X, Z

400

Out of Canada's provinces, this is the only one without an IBM office.

What is Prince Edward Island?

400

This company is responsible for the office management of the IBM Calgary building.

What is CBRE?

500

The Blackfoot name for Calgary translates to this phrase.

What is “Elbow” or “where the Bow bends”?

500

The first depiction of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh appeared in a poem published in this century.

What is the 19th century?

500

The world’s largest desert, by area.

What is Antarctica? (it's a cold desert!)

500

This product was the first swipe of a UPC/barcode.

What is a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum.

500

This month in 2025 had the highest office space utilization, and at this percentage.

What is September and at 81%

(half points if month or percentage is correct, full points if both are correct)

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