International Sports
This is the national sport of Cuba, despite its reputation as “America’s favourite pastime.
Baseball
A stable of any British pub, this fried two part dish is usually served with coleslaw and vinegar or a lemon
Fish and Chips
This English author wrote Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
The largest city in Canada by population is also the capital of Ontario
Toronto
This drug was rebranded by the US government in a racially motivated propaganda campaign in the 1920’s to change the colloquial from cannabis, to this.
Marijuana
This game originated in Scotland as early as the 1400s, although its iconic dimpled ball did not arrive until the 1900s. Modern critics say it’s not a sport and a massive waste of time and space.
Golf
At a Paris bakery you could ask for a chocolate croissant, but it’s better to call it this French name.
Pain au chocolat
One of Canada’s most celebrated authors, her 1985 dystopian novel “The Handmaid's Tale” was made into a Hulu TV series that debuted in 2017.
Margaret Atwood
This Newfoundland and Labrador capital shares a very similar name with a city in nearby New Brunswick. Make sure you give the right one now.
St. John's
A hallucinogenic, this drug was associated with the hippie movement and is now being researched to cure all manner of mental illnesses.
LSD
This sport is the most popular game in the world with over 3.5 billions fans.
Soccer
This staple of Italian red sauce was not introduced to Italy, or any part of the Old World, until the Colombian exchange in the 15th Century
Tomato
This author and poet wrote extensively about her depression in her only novel “The Bell Jar” under the pen name “Victoria Lucas.” She committed suicide less than a month after its publication.
Sylvia Plath
One of two provincial capitals named after Queen Elizabeth II’s great grandmother. Regina, latin for Queen, is one, this is the other.
Victoria
This drug was loved by the likes of Sigmund Freud, David Bowie, Demi Lovato, and Steven King.
Cocaine
We play this game on ice with skates, however this version, played on grass, is more popular around the world
Field Hockey
Gyros are wraps with lamb, tomato, onion, and tzaziki sauce, originating from this mediterranean country
Greece
This notable African American author won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved and was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Toni Morrison
This capital is the most recent to achieve capital status but is also one of the longest standing, used by the locals as a fishing village for thousands of years.
Iqaluit
This opiate is often cut into drugs such as heroin and cocaine, and has been linked to a rise in opiate deaths.
Fentanyl
This modern Japanese martial art, developed in the 1880’s, is derived from jujutsu and uses ones own body weight to assist with throws and take downs
Judo
In the 18th Century it referred to “scrambled eggs with cheese.” By the 1930’s it was being promoted as a national Swiss Dish, but hold the egg, add more cheese please
Fondue
This feminist philosopher died 11 days after giving birth to Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. More importantly, she wrote “A Vindication on the Rights of Women”
Mary Wollstonecraft
The creation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867, which occurred in this Atlantic capital, led to the motto “Cunabula Foederis” - “Birthplace of Confederation”
Charlottetown
A synthesized component of the hallucinogenic ayahuasca, this drug is a favourite amongst Joe Rogan fans. “That’s crazy, have you ever tried-“ this?
DMT