Crosswords
Fresh Air Activity
Toronto
Maple Leaf/ves
Four Years
100

Crossword clues are typically presented in these two categories.

What are "ACROSS" and "DOWN"?

100

Un triathlon est typiquement compose de ces trois sports.

Quelles sont la natation, le cyclisme et la course à pied?

100

First Canadian Place, the tallest habitable building in Toronto, is much shorter than this tallest building in the city.

What is the CN Tower?

100

This arena served as home ice for the Maple Leafs for 68 years.

What is Maple Leaf Gardens?

100

This sporting event has taken place every four years since 1924, except when it occurred in 1992 and 1994.

What are the Winter Olympics?

200

This famous US newspaper once referred to crossword puzzles as "a sinful waste" and refused to publish any for 20 years.

What is THE NEW YORK TIMES?

200

This is the term for the main pack of cyclists in a road race.

What is a peloton?

200

This is the colour of a typical TTC streetcar.

What is red?

200

Ceci est le nombre de points sur la feuille d'érable (pas la tige) qui se trouve sur le drapeau canadien.

Quel est onze?

200

Cet évènement sportif a eu lieu chaque quatre ans depuis 1930 et le prochain occasion sera le deuxième à avoir lieu en Asie.

Quel est le Coupe du monde de football?

300

NYT crossword editor Will Shortz graduated from Indiana University with a degree in this field of study.

What is enigmatology, or the study of puzzles?

300

This Canadian province is home to two places claiming to be the Canoe/Canoeing capital of the world.

What is Ontario? (Peterborough and Atikokan)

300

This CFL team has played in Toronto since 1873.

What are the Argonauts?

300

The Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup in this decade.

What are the 1960s?  (YES, THAT'S THE LONGEST CURRENT DROUGHT IN THE NHL)

300

This is the number of times four years fits into a score (of years).

What is five?

400

Un mot-croise a été publie dans un journal pour la premiere fois dans cette décennie.

Quelles sont les 1910?

400

This many National Parks are in the province of Ontario.

What is five?

400

Ce nombre de villes en Amerique du Nord sont plus populeuses que Toronto.

Quel est trois?

400

The Maple Leaf is an international train service that has been making runs between Toronto and this US city since 1981.

What is New York City?

400

This is one of two people defeated for the US presidency by Barack Obama.

Who is John McCain or Mitt Romney?

500

Crossword devotees and constructors are also called this (conveniently) 15-letter word.

What are cruciverbalists?

500

Rounded to the nearest five, Canadians have won the Boston Marathon's Open division this many times.

What is fifteen? (actually seventeen)

500

This city was incorporated as the City of Toronto in 1834.

What is York?

500

This defenseman and eventual businessman has played the 2nd most games as a Leaf: 1,185.

Who is Tim Horton?

500

This will be the next year that is divisible by four but not a leap year.

What is 2100?

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