📡 “Oh, CBC!”
This CBC comedy, co-created by Eugene and Dan Levy, swept the Emmys and put a small town on the map.
What is Schitt’s Creek?
This tool, typically referred to using a two-letter acronym, have quickly become a favourite buzzword in government strategy documents and tech pitches.
What is AI (artificial intelligence)
This long-running show features contestants surviving on an island and voting each other off.
What is Survivor?
This BC-born singer told us she was “like a bird” in her Grammy-winning 2000 debut.
Who is Nelly Furtado?
This is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.
What is Earth?
This investigative journalism program has been exposing scams and shady practices since 1972.
What is Marketplace?
This slang term is used to describe something that’s just okay or underwhelming.
What is mid?
In this popular streaming show, singles sightlessly seek love in pods.
What is Love is Blind?
This pop-punk princess from Napanee, Ontario, made waves in 2002 with Complicated.
Who is Avril Lavigne?
Ironically, this is the name for the fear of long words.
What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
This long-running CBC news program has been delivering the day’s top stories since 1954.
What is The National?
This corporate phrase means to revisit a topic later, often used to delay decisions.
What is circle back?
Premiering in 1992, this MTV show is considered the first romance and social experiment reality series, placing young adults in a shared living space to capture unscripted drama.
What is The Real World?
This Canadian pop star asked us to “call her maybe” in her 2012 breakout hit.
Who is Carly Rae Jepsen?
This mythical creature is the national animal of Scotland.
What is a unicorn?
This period detective drama set in early 20th-century Toronto has become a global hit.
What is Murdoch Mysteries?
Vaguely defined as having confidence or possessing coolness, this word (which also refers to the free promotional material handed out at conferences/events) dominated the world in the late 2000s.
What is swag?
Premiering in 1989, this police ride-along show is considered the longest-running reality TV series in U.S. history.
What is Cops?
This Ottawa-born crooner made teenage hearts swoon in the 1950s with hits like Diana and Put Your Head On My Shoulder.
Who is Paul Anka?
This common condiment was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.
What is ketchup?
This satirical news show, airing since 1993, pokes fun at Canadian politics and current events.
What is This Hour Has 22 Minutes?
This exclamation, often shouted while throwing something, became a viral expression of excitement or energy in the 2010s.
What is yeet?
This long-running Canadian hidden camera show, known for its silent pranks and global reach, has been making people laugh since 2000.
Just for Laughs: Gags?
This Montreal poet and singer-songwriter gave us the haunting ballad Hallelujah.
Who is Leonard Cohen?
This animal’s fingerprints are so similar to humans’ that they’ve confused crime scene investigators.
What is a koala?