A River Runs Through It
In A River Runs Through It, the Maclean brothers learn a love of fishing growing up in which U.S. state?
Montana
Which Hobbit - Frodo's sidekick - accompanies him to Mordor in Lord of the Rings?
Samwise Gamgee (Sam)
This bird - the provincial bird of Ontario - lends its named to a piece of currency.
What famous aircraft manufacturer produced planes like the F-16 Fighting Falcon?
Lockheed Martin
The highest tides in the world occur in what Canadian bay?
Bay of Fundy
What river - Canada's longest - is named after a Scottish explorer?
Mackenzie River
What little monster is the best friend and assistant of Monsters Inc.'s top scarer, James P. "Sulley" Sullivan?
Mike Wazowski
What bird - still quite appropriately -has a Mandarin name that means "standing goose?"
Penguin
What is the name of the Wright brothers' first successful powered aircraft, flown in 1903?
The Wright Flyer
Belonging to Canada, what is the fifth-largest island in the world?
Baffin Island
What major river, which originates in the Tibetan plateau, is one of the most difficult in the world to navigate?
Mekong River
What actor plays a Lannister brother on Game of Thrones?
Peter Dinklage
Canceled before development was complete, a Skunkworks concept for a submarine-launched unmanned air vehicle was named for what "C"-bird known for its long neck and dark plumage?
Cormorant
The deadliest aviation disaster occurred in 1977 in what country?
Spain
What Canadian city is situated at the lowest elevation, lying 1,083 feet below sea level?
Edmonton
The Canadian Heritage Rivers system was established in 1984 as a way to identify and protect Canada's important rivers. Which river, located in Ontario, was the first river to be designated under the system?
French River
The inventor of the Roomba vacuum was inspired to create robots based on what sidekick of Luke Skywalker?
R2-D2
The official state bird of Georgia was the mascot for what Atlanta NHL hockey team that played from 1999 until 2011?
Thrashers
The busiest airport in the world by passenger numbers is located in which US state?
Georgia
Stay vigilant - what is the northernmost permanently inhabited community in Canada?
Alert
Joseph Conrad based much of Heart of Darkness around his own experience sailing up what African river?
(Fun Fact: it's also the world's deepest river)
Congo River
What actor played characters in two 1990s movies, including Demolition Man, that quoted verbatim Al Pacino's famous line from Scarface?
Wesley Snipes
What South African novelist specialized in historical fiction, much of which centered around Africa, that included works like "Birds of Prey" and "When the Lion Feeds"?
Wilbur Smith
What billionaire recluse, who designed the world's largest flying boat, once stayed at a hotel in Vancouver for six months (and never left his room)?
Bonus points: name the plane!
Howard Hughes
(Bonus: Spruce Goose)
The first Ford Mustang was purchased in what Canadian city?
St. John's, Newfoundland