Double Meanings
The equipment you swing in baseball or a flying mammal.
What is a bat? Think twice before aiming a baseball at a mammalian bat. Some species are covered under the Endangered Species Act, and most provinces have laws against killing bats.
Giving one of these at a wedding reception that’s short and/or entertaining.
What is a toast or a speech? Short and/or funny is the goal, but most wedding toast speakers drone on, and they don’t always land a punchline understood by most of the guests.
The Carmanah Giant holds the record as being Canada's tallest this.
What is tree? The Carmanah Giant is a monumentally tall Sitka spruce tree located in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, standing at approximately 95 to 96 meters.
Mr. Rogers sings the tune “It’s a Beautiful Day in the [Place].”
What is neighbourhood? This is the opening song to his show Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood.
This actor is known for his ’80s role as Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum, P.I.
Who is Tom Selleck? Selleck’s ’stache is so well known that he once joked it has its own Hollywood agent.
A long-legged bird or a tall construction machine.
What is a crane? It’s the tallest flying bird, and it can grow up to six feet tall.
Folding this bedding item.
What is a fitted bedsheet? To fold it, hold the sheet inside out with the shorter side at the top, tuck one corner into another, and repeat with the other corners until you form a rectangle. Then, smooth it and fold it. How you fold it from here depends on its size, but now, you have a flat sheet to work with.
This novel sees Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert adopt and orphan named Anne.
What is Anne of Green Gables? Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl Anne Shirley sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings.
Generally marketed toward and worn by men, this is the opposite of perfume.
What is cologne? Though anyone of any gender can wear it depending on personal preference.
Since 1967, the mascot for these chips-in-a-can has sported his signature plump mustache.
What are Pringles? He’d been known as merely Mr. P until a pair of college students dubbed him Julius Pringles in 2006 on an unofficial Wikipedia page.
To fasten or secure something with a clasp or belt OR to bend, warp, or completely collapse under heavy weight or pressure.
What is buckle?
Doing this on key by blowing air through your lips.
What is whistling? Research reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science surprisingly suggests that whistling on key is easier than singing on key. There’s one catch; you must be able to whistle, and some people can’t do it.
This city hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.
What is Calgary?
This is the category of least problematic tumors.
What is benign? They’re slow growing, noncancerous tumors.
This Spanish surrealist painter is often noted for his eccentric mustache, which he wore twirled and upturned.
Who is Salvador Dalí? He opened the Dalí Theatre-Museum in his hometown of Figueres in 1974; he is buried under its stage.
To officially approve, authorize, or allow an action OR to impose a penalty or economic boycott to stop an action.
What is sanction?
Riding with another person on one of these.
What is bicycle built for two or tandem bike? It requires excellent communication between t he two riders, and the bike is heavier, so it’s harder to steer. Finally, it requires more strength and endurance than riding solo.
This TV Sitcom is set in the fictional town of Dog River Saskatchewan.
What is Corner Gas? The sleepy Saskatchewan town of Dog River is in the middle of nowhere, and the residents like it that way just fine. Brent's the guy who owns the only gas station around, and it happens to be attached to the only coffee shop.
This word describes a supreme leader or an independent nation.
What is sovereign?
As a noun, sovereign refers to a supreme ruler or monarch (like a king or queen). As an adjective, it describes a nation that possesses supreme power and operates independently from outside control.
Known for roles as the Stranger in The Big Lebowski (1998) and as Virgil Earp in Tombstone (1993), this actor’s mustache is as iconic as his deep voice.
Who is Sam Elliott? Elliott’s trademark mustache is full and droopy.
Watchful care, supervision, or management of a process OR an accidental omission, mistake, or slip-up.
What is an oversight?
Seeing one of these where the sunlight reflects a second time inside the raindrop, thus, creating a fainter arc.
What is a double rainbow? A double rainbow happens when sunlight reflects twice inside water drops, creating a second, fainter arc with the colours reversed.
In 1980 this 22-year-old was invested into the Order of Canada.
Who was Terry Fox? Terrance Stanley Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.
By law, this type of wine must come from this specific region in northeastern France.
What is champagne? Legally and strictly speaking, only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can be called "Champagne".
This “Purple Rain” singer is known for his thin, neat mustache.
Who is Prince? He was known to change up his facial hair at times, but his look with a barely-there mustache is probably his most iconic.