Shot in BC
John Cena plays a peace-obsessed antihero in this HBO Max series, whose first season filmed action-packed scenes around Metro Vancouver including Cloverdale and Surrey.
What is Peacemaker?
Originating from the southern island of Kyushu, Vancouver marked the first expansion for this Ramen chain outside Japan, followed by Seattle and New York.
What is Ramen Danbo?
In 2018, this Vancouver bus route was measured as the busiest in all of Canada and the United States, carrying nearly 56,000 passengers on an average weekday. [What was the original route for this bus]
What is 99 B-Line? [UBC to Lougheed mall)
This province is Canada's only officially bilingual province.
What is New Brunswick?
English and French have had equal legal status since 1969.
The word "Volkswagen" translates to this in English — reflecting the original mission to build an affordable car for ordinary German families.
What is People's Car (Folk's Wagon)?
Professor X and mutants roam in this franchise. Specifically, this 2009 prequel film used Buchanan Tower at UBC as an African fortress in Lagos, Nigeria.
What is X-Men Origins: Wolverine?
In 1987, Starbucks opened one of its very first locations outside of Seattle here in Vancouver. The original store was located at this landmark transit hub. [Old name for this transit hub]
What is Waterfront Station? [the old CPR Station]
This bus route passes by a particle accelerator facility located at UBC. [Name this facility]
What is the 49? (TRIUMF Centre)
This downtown intersection includes stores like Lululemon, L'Occitane, Roots, Adidas, and Arc'teryx
What is Robson st. & Burrard st.?
Ferruccio Lamborghini originally founded his company to build these machines — and only started making sports cars because he was unhappy with the clutch on his personal Ferrari.
What are tractors?
This 2024 FX series set in 1600s was actually filmed almost entirely in BC — from Ucluelet's Wya Point beach to a harbour set built at a closed sawmill in Port Moody. It won a record-breaking 18 Emmy Awards in a single season.
What is Shogun?
This Vancouver restaurant chain's punny name hints at its menu of Afghani, Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine — draws long queues on Main Street
What is East is East?
This bus route connects UBC to another post-secondary institution with an accredited undergraduate engineering program.
What is 25?
A 90-minute ferry connects Canada to a non US-country? [What is this place?]
What is France?
(French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
Rivian spun off two companies in 2025. One focuses on micromobility, the other on industrial AI.
What are Also, Inc. and Mind Robotics?
The Camp Half-Blood set for this Disney+ fantasy series was built at Minaty Bay near Britannia Beach on the Sea-to-Sky Highway — the same location used for the fishing village of Ajiro in Shōgun and the town of Jackson in The Last of Us.
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
From a shoutout in New York Times to being named one of the best new bars in Canada, this speakeasy(X) in Vancouver requires you to place a bet on a particular horse(Y).
What is Bagheera and King Louie ?
Built in 1982 and opened to the public in 1983, this is the oldest station in the entire SkyTrain network. Before regular service began, it served as a 1km free demonstration ride for the public.
What is Main Street–Science World? (Expo Line)
The Nine O'Clock Gun is a 1,500-pound naval cannon in Stanley Park that has fired every night at 9 PM since 1898. In 1969, UBC Engineering students stole it and sent a ransom note to the Vancouver Sun demanding the mayor donate $100 to this charity.
What is BC Children's Hospital?
Rivian was originally founded under this name in 2009, borrowing from the name of founder RJ Scaringe's father's engineering company in Florida. [The company went through a second name before settling on Rivian.]
What is Mainstream Motors? [Avera Automotive]
In this DC film, the protagonist works aboard a crab fishing boat called the Debbie Sue, and comes ashore in Ucluelet, BC — where a school bus at the corner of Main Street and Helen Street triggers childhood flashbacks.
What is Man of Steel?
One of the last remaining vestiges of Kitsilano's hippie movement of the 1960s and 70s, this restaurant has served exclusively vegetarian food for decades and is open 365 days a year.
What is The Naam?
TransLink operates this seasonal bus service in summer, providing dedicated bicycle capacity from Bridgeport Station to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal for cyclists wanting to explore the islands.
What is Route 900?
The southern-most point of mainland Canada, extending further south of the northern border of California.
What is Point Pelee [National Park]
The Volkswagen Wolfsburg factory has been producing a branded food product since 1973, giving it an official VW part number (199 398 500 A). In 2019, more units of this product were sold than actual cars.
What is the Volkswagen currywurst (sausage)?