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This is the name of the tournament held every year to determine the national champion in NCAA men’s basketball.
What is March Madness?
This novel, which was adapted into a TV show, follows the life of a brilliant chemist in the 1960s, who uses her scientific knowledge in unexpected ways, including hosting a cooking show.
What is Lessons in Chemistry?
This muscle group — including the quads, hamstrings, and calves — does most of the work while running.
What are the legs?
In this classic game, players race to buy and trade properties, with the goal of bankrupting their opponents.
What is Monopoly?
Before becoming a popular spot for craft beer and Italian cuisine, this Ottawa restaurant was originally a church located on Preston Street.
What is Pub Italia?
This item is awarded to the winner of The Masters, symbolizing their victory at the prestigious golf tournament.
What is a green jacket?
This Ottawa-based university offers one of the top Geography programs in Canada, with a focus on urban planning, environmental studies, and GIS.
What is Carleton University?
This is the total distance, in miles, of a standard marathon
What is 26.2 miles?
This strategy game involves placing pieces on a grid to capture your opponent's pieces, and the goal is to capture the opponent's king.
What is Chess?
Opened in 1996, this Ottawa arena in Kanata is home to the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
What is the Canadian Tire Centre?
Auston Matthews, the star forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs, wears this jersey number
What is #34?
The element with the symbol Fe is better known as this metal.
What is iron?
This essential post-run activity helps prevent tight muscles and can aid recovery
What is stretching?
This game, where players attempt to guess a secret word or phrase based on a drawing, is often associated with art and creativity.
What is Pictionary?
This co-founder of Little Victories Coffee Roasters—known to many regulars simply as “Andy”—helped bring high-end, third-wave coffee to Ottawa.
Who is Andrew (Andy) Bassett?
Charlie Sheen plays a character named Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn in this 1989 comedy about a struggling baseball team.
What is Major League?
This is the process by which cells divide to make two identical copies.
What is mitosis?
Runners often reduce their mileage in the weeks before a marathon in this strategic phase
What is tapering?
In this cooperative board game, players must work together to stop outbreaks and save the world, a theme that felt all too familiar in 2020.
What is Pandemic?
Home to many embassies and 19th-century architecture, this neighbourhood sits just east of downtown Ottawa.
What is Sandy Hill?
This artist performed alongside Shakira at the Super Bowl 54 halftime show in 2020, marking one of the most iconic duos in Super Bowl history.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
This actor plays Sheldon Cooper, the brilliant but socially awkward physicist on The Big Bang Theory...his last name is close to mine!
Who is Jim Parsons?
This 3-word term describes the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during intense exercise.
What is VO2 max?
In Settlers of Catan, this piece of the game, when placed at the right moment, provides the player with two additional victory points and can be awarded to the player with the longest continuous road.
What is the "Longest Road" card?
Once a separate city, this Ottawa neighbourhood is known for its francophone roots, riverside location, and a reputation that’s a little… sketchy.
What is Vanier?