Oh Canada!
This animal is on the Canadian 5-cent coin.
What is a Beaver?
These are the people who work for the Ontario Public Service to develop and deliver government programs and services.
What are public servants?
This method adds a second step, like a code or app approval, when logging in for extra security.
What is MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) or 2FA?
These tapes were commonly used to watch movies before DVDs.
What are VHS tapes?
This portable storage device replaced floppy disks and became standard in the 2000s.
What is a USB flash drive?
This Canadian city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics.
What is Vancouver?
This Ontario government office provides services like health cards, driver’s licences, and birth certificates.
What is ServiceOntario?
This type of attack uses fake emails or messages to trick people into giving personal information.
What is Phishing?
This 1990s TV show featuring Ross, Rachel, and Central Perk became a defining sitcom of the decade.
What is Friends?
This music player was marketed with the slogan “1,000 songs in your pocket.”
What is the iPod?
This NHL team has won the Stanley Cup a record 24 times since 1915.
What is the Montreal Canadiens?
This is the name of Ontario’s provincial parliamentary building.
What is the Legislative Assembly of Ontario?
This type of malware locks files or systems and demands payment to restore access.
What is Ransomware?
This handheld toy required users to care for a virtual pet.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This fantasy film series concluded in 2007 and became one of the highest-grossing franchises ever.
What is Harry Potter?
This Canadian province is the only one that is officially bilingual at the provincial level.
What is New Brunswick?
This is the process of temporarily working in another role or ministry to gain experience.
What is a secondment?
This testing method simulates real cyberattacks to find system weaknesses before attackers do.
What is Penetration Testing?
This web browser, bundled with Windows, dominated internet use in the late 1990s.
What is Internet Explorer?
This peer-to-peer internet calling service popularized free video and voice calls before being acquired by Microsoft in 2011.
What is Skype?
Canadian inventor Donald Hings created a portable 2 way radio; today it has a rhyming name.
What is a Walkie-Talkie?
This internal OPS system is used to manage HR, payroll, and employee information.
What is WIN (Workplace Information Network)?
This cybersecurity model is based on the principle “never trust, always verify.”
What is Zero Trust?
This iconic song from the 1997 film Titanic is performed by Celine Dion — contestants must name it and hum a few seconds.
What is “My Heart Will Go On”?
This Gen Z phrase, popularized on TikTok, refers to an oddly specific topic, memory, or pop culture moment that someone thinks about constantly.
What is “my Roman Empire”?