Alberta
Spices
Board Games
Finance Acronyms
Newfoundland
100

This X-Men character calls Cold Lake, AB home.

Wolverine.

100

Native to India, this spice has been used as an anti-inflammatory for hundreds of years.

Turmeric.

100

The highest-scoring word you can open with in this board game is "muzjiks" (it's a Russian peasant).

Scrabble.

100

EPS

Earnings Per Share

100

These were painted different colours so that ships could see them through the fog.

Houses.

200

Instead of a key to the city, honourees in Calgary receive this piece of apparel.

White Cowboy Hat.

200

Victoria Becham.

Posh Spice.

200

This board game's name comes from the Swahili word for "build."

Jenga

200

D/E

Debt to Equity

200

Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in this year.

1949

300

Thank Calgarians for inventing this alcoholic drink that had the world "clam"ouring for more.

Caesar.

300

The most widely used measurement of a chile’s heat.

Scoville Units.

300

The longest match of this Hasbro board game lasted 70 days.

Monopoly

300

ETF

Exchange Traded Fund

300

There are more of these per square foot on George Street in St. John’s than anywhere else in Canada.

Pubs.

400

Alberta's official bird.

Great Horned Owl.
400

In 1677, the Dutch traded Manhattan to the British for an island serving as the world's sole source of this spice.

Nutmeg.

400

Because this board game's movie adaptation was a flop in theaters, it was one of the first VHS tapes to be heavily discounted from the then-normal $99.99. As a result, it developed a huge cult following.

Clue

400

P/E

Price to Earnings

400

For a brief period of time, the remote outpost city of Gander had the busiest one of these in the world.

Airport.

500

The earliest known use of this spooky phrase occurred in Blackie, Alberta.

Trick or Treat

500

The world's most costly spice by weight.

Saffron

500

The four "original" pieces of chess, which eventually became pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks.

Infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariotry.

500

EBITDA

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

500

Discovered in 1960 and located at the very northern tip of the island, this site was the first known presence of Europeans in North America.

L’Anse aux Meadows.