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100

This toxic plant, of the genus aconitum, is also called monkshood after the shape of its petals.

What is wolfsbane?

100

This André Alexis novel tells you right at the outset that fifteen characters will die by the end of the book.

What is Fifteen Dogs?

100

This beloved basement pub, which hosts an entire bookshelf of poetry, shares its name with a British shorthair cat.

What is The Manx?

100

The cover art for this 2009 song features Shakira in a cage.

What is She Wolf?

100

This Defence Against the Dark Arts professor carries a dark secret, and knows more than he lets on about protagonist Harry Potter's past.

Who is Remus Lupin?

200

This rodent, indigenous to North America, is also known as the "barking squirrel" for its distinctive call.

What is a prairie dog?

200

This 1902 novel is perhaps the best-known of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books.

What is The Hound of the Baskervilles?

200

This Berlin street food diner, which started on Bank Street, now has a location in Kanata.

What is Wolf Down?

200

This 1982 Duran Duran song wasn't as popular when it was released as it is today, and only gained fame after MTV put the music video into its rotation.

What is Hungry Like The Wolf?

200

With her pink hair and bubbly personality, this werewolf is the polar opposite of her roommate, Wednesday Addams.

Who is Enid?

300

This genus of plants, nutritious but bitter-tasting, shares its name with a fictional French "gentleman thief".

What is lupine?

300

This turn-of-the-century Jack London novel tells the tale of a wolf dog in the Yukon during the gold rush.

What is White Fang?

300

This Canada-wide chain features Korean street food covered in crusted potatoes, fried ramen, or as a sweet treat.

What is Chungchun Rice Dog?

300

This tamed wolf of a song appears on Pink Floyd's 1977 album, Animals.

What is Dogs?

300

When this teen werewolf lost the love triangle in this supernatural saga, he instead imprinted on the protagonist's daughter.

Who is Jacob Black?
400

This carnivorous sea snail feasts on mussels and barnacles, and its shell was once coveted in the British Isles for its scarlet dye.

What is a dog whelk?

400

This 10th century Old English epic poem tells the story of the titular hero's battle against the monster Grendel.

What is Beowulf?

400

While this ice cream shop takes its name from a Chinese stir fry dish, its Hintonburg location is covered in cats.

What is Moo Shu?

400

While this song wasn't originally by Elvis Presley, his 1956 recording is the most widely known.

What is Hound Dog?

400

This Japanese animated white wolf is actually a three-hundred year old goddess, and looks after all her children in the forest.

Who is Moro?

500

This hardy evergreen shrub shares its name with a yappy breed of lapdogs, but is actually named after the desert region of Mexico to which it is indigenous.

What is Chihuahuan sage?

500

One of the great opuses of the beat generation, this longform poem begins "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness..."

What is Howl?

500

A Canadian-owned grocery chain featuring a big cat in its name and as its mascot, its headquarters are on Walkley Road in Ottawa.

What is Giant Tiger?

500

This 1978 Warren Zevon song includes two members of Fleetwood Mac on its instruments.

What is Werewolves of London?

500

The main character of MTV's Teen Wolf is loosely based on the protagonist of the 1985 film of the same name.

Who is Scott McCall?

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