LITTLE RIDDLES
MOVIE CLASSICS
ENGLISH
SLANG
SLANG
MUSIC AND POP CULTURE
ANGLO-CANADIAN EXPRESSIONS & SAYINGS
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IT BEGINS WITH A 'T', ENDS WITH A 'T', AND HAS 'T' INSIDE OF IT. WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS A TEAPOT?
200
IN THIS DISNEY MOVIE, THE MAIN CHARACTER LEARNS THAT 'HAKUNA MATATA' MEANS "NO WORRIES."
THE LION KING
200
YOU COULD USE THIS WORD FOR SOMEONE WHO STRIKES YOU AS SUSPICIOUS, OR "A LITTLE OFF"
WHAT IS 'SUS?'
200
THIS FAMOUS QUEBEC SINGER, WHO WAS BORN IN CHARLEMAGNE, QUÉBEC, STATED THAT SHE HAD A TOUGH TIME WHILE IN SCHOOL
CÉLINE DION
200
IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR "DOUBLE DOUBLE," THEY’RE ORDERING THIS POPULAR COFFEE FROM (PROBABLY FROM TIM HORTONS)
WHAT IS A COFFEE WITH TWO CREAMS AND TWO SUGARS?
400
SOMETHING SO FRAGILE, THAT EVEN SAYING ITS NAME WILL BREAK IT. WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS "SILENCE?"
400
IN SHREK, SHREK SAID "OGRES ARE LIKE ______."
ONIONS
400
IF YOUR FRIEND STOPS TALKING TO YOU SUDDENLY, THEY ARE DOING THIS TO YOU.
WHAT IS GHOSTING?
400
THIS POPULAR SINGER WAS BORN IN LONDON, ONTARIO, IN 1994. HE BECAME WORLD FAMOUS WHEN HE WAS STILL ONLY A TEENAGER.
WHO IS JUSTIN DREW BIEBER?
400
WHEN SOMEONE IN CANADA SAYS THAT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS A BEAUTY (I.E. "YOU'RE A BEAUTY" OR "OH, WHAT A BEAUTY"), THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN.
WHAT IS ADMIRATION OR APPRECIATION?
600
YOU SEE ME ONCE IN A MINUTE, TWICE IN A MOMENT, BUT NEVER IN A THOUSAND YEARS. WHAT AM I?
THE LETTER 'M'
600
IN THIS 2004 FILM, A SOCIALLY AWKWARD TEEN BECOMES UNEXPECTEDLY POPULAR THANKS TO HIS DANCE MOVES, AND HELPS HIS BUDDY BECOME CLASS PRESIDENT
WHAT IS NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004)?
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̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶'̶6̶-̶7̶'̶
THIS IS WHAT YOUR BUDDY IS ASKING FOR IF THEY ASK FOR A 'FIVER, A TENSKY, OR A TENNER'
$5 / $10
600
THIS 1973 PINK FLOYD ALBUM FEATURES A PRISM ON ITS COVER AND IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
WHAT IS "THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON"
600
YOU ARE IN THIS KIND OF PLACE IF YOU ARE IN A 'GREASY SPOON'
WHAT IS A 'DINER?' (OR A RESTAURANT THAT IS SIMPLE, TASTY, AND NOT TOO EXPENSIVE)
800
I CAN FLY WITHOUT WITHOUT WINGS, I CAN CRY WITHOUT EYES. WHEREVER I GO, DARKNESS FOLLOWS. WHAT AM I?
A CLOUD.
800
THIS FRENCH-CANADIAN FILM DIRECTOR (FROM GENTILLY, QC) DIRECTED DUNE (2021) & INCENDIES (2010)
DENIS VILLENEUVE
800
THIS SLANG WORD, STARTING WITH AN 'H__' CAN REFER TO SOMEONE WHO IS UNINTELLIGENT, UNCOOL, OR (IN HOCKEY) NOT TOUGH OR TALENTED. CAN ALSO BE USED FOR YOUR BUDDY.
WHAT IS A 'HOSER?'
800
THIS 2025 HIT SONG WAS INSPIRED BY A CHARACTER FROM THE SHAKESPEARE TRAGEDY HAMLET
"THE FATE OF OPHELIA" BY TAYLOR SWIFT
800
THIS IS WHAT SOMEONE MEANS IF THEY TELL YOU TO 'GIVE'R,'--AS IN THE SENTENCE "JUST GIVE'R, BUD" OR "JUST KEEP GIVIN'ER"
WHAT IS TO WORK HARD, OR TO KEEP ON GOING?
1000
I SPEAK WITHOUT A MOUTH AND HEAR WITHOUT EARS. I HAVE NO BODY BUT I COME ALIVE WITH WIND. WHAT AM I?
WHAT IS AN ECHO?
1000
IN TITANIC (1997), ROSE THROWS THIS VALUABLE ITEM INTO THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE MOVIE.
THE 'HEART OF THE OCEAN' (NECKLACE)
1000
THIS SLANG TERM, STARTING WITH A 'U___' REFERS TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT IS "OLD, 'WASHED UP', OR UNCOOL"
WHAT IS 'UNC'?
1000
THIS CANADIAN BAND WAS STARTED IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WHILE ITS MEMBERS WERE FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2017, THE LEAD SINGER, GORD DOWNIE, SADLY PASSED AWAY. THIS IS ALSO ONE OF DIEGO'S FAV. BANDS
WHO IS THE TRAGICALLY HIP? FAVOURITE TRACK IS PROBABLY "SOMETHING ON"
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YOU ARE DOING THIS IF YOU 'HANG A LENNY' OR 'HANG A RICKY'
WHAT IS TURNING LEFT OR TURNING RIGHT?