Games
Which classic board game has you climbing ladders to victory and sliding down snakes into shenanigans?
What is Snakes and Ladders? The game originated in ancient India.
What large, pointy structures in Egypt were built as royal tombs?
What are Pyramids? The first was built around 2780 BC by architect Imhotep and was a step pyramid.
In which province is the oldest church in Canada located?
What is Québec? It is the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec, located in Quebec City.
What is the smallest ocean (by area) in the world?
What is the Arctic Ocean? It is only about 1.5 times the size of the United States.
“Wild Rose Country” has appeared on this Province's license plates since 1973.
What is Alberta?
In which whodunit board game do you sleuth your way to solving a dastardly murder?
What is Clue? The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim, where the crime took place, and which weapon was used.
In the 1963 film Cleopatra, who stars in the title role?
Who is Elizabeth Taylor? The budget for her costumes was over $190,000.
In the world of business, what does TSX stand for?
What is the Toronto Stock Exchange?
What colour is absinthe?
What is Green? The spirit absinthe is also generally green, though some are clear.
From 1952-1970 this Territory's license plate's slogan was “Land of the Midnight Sun”
What is the Yukon? “Home of the Klondike” was from 1971-77, and “Klondike” is the slogan from 1978-present.
During the 1960s and ’70s, this playground toy was popular among girls for games like double Dutch.
What is jump rope (skipping rope)? Because girls were often excluded from school sports, jump rope was a form of exercise they could enjoy.
What process was used to embalm the dead in ancient Egypt?
What is Mummification? The practice took 70 days and was completed by special priests.
What is older: The Canadian Pacific Railway or the Trans-Canada Highway?
What is the Canada Pacific Railway?
The world’s longest coral reef is located off the coast of what nation?
What is Australia? The Great Barrier Reef is 1,429 miles (2,300 km) long and contains over 600 types of coral.
The current license plate slogan for this Province is “Land of Living Skies.”
What is Saskatchewan? Saskatchewan got this name “because its citizens have the largest and longest un-interrupted view of the wind system known as the jet-stream.
In which doodling board game do you sketch away while your team tries to decode your artistic masterpieces?
What is Pictionary? A charades-inspired word-guessing game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc.
What river was of vital importance to the ancient Egyptian civilization?
What is the Nile? The river is split into three branches: the White Nile, Blue Nile, and Atbara River.
What Ontario city is nicknamed "Steeltown"?
Which major tennis tournament did star athlete Serena Williams win while pregnant with her first child?
What is the Australian Open? It was her 23rd Grand Slam victory.
Currently this Province (as well as NFLD) have no slogan on their license plates.
What is New Brunswick? (simply “New/Nouveau Brunswick”). The tagline “Picture Province” was used until 1972 and 2009 to 2011 saw the short-lived “Be…in this place”
“newest racquet sport,” which shares its name with a deli snack.
What is pickleball? The sport was invented by Joel Pritchard, Barney McCallum, and Bill Bell, who were seeking to create a family game.
Archaeologist Howard Carter and his team discovered the tomb of which pharaoh in 1922?
Who is King Tut? It was the most intact pharaoh’s tomb discovered and took a decade to catalog fully.
In addition to a lion, what mythological creature does the coat of arms of Canada also feature?
What is a Unicorn? The coat of arms also features the Canadian motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare, which translates to “from sea to sea.”
Micheline Bernardini modeled the first of what fashion item?
What is a bikini? The creator had trouble finding a model willing to wear such a controversial garment
This Province had briefly used “Canada’s Happy Province" as its slogan.
What is Newfoundland?