Kettle Campaign
Volunteers traditionally ring these handheld instruments to capture the attention of shoppers passing by the donation kettles.
What are bells?
This globally famous Quebec comfort food traditionally consists of a bed of French fries smothered in fresh cheese curds and hot brown gravy.
What is poutine?
It's the standard number of lines in a square, or the total number of players on the ice for a single curling team during a match.
What is four?
This iconic number 99, known simply as "The Great One," retired from the NHL in 1999 holding virtually every major offensive record in hockey history.
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This iconic, black-and-white striped mammal native to the African savannas relies on its unique coat patterns to confuse biting flies and predators
The Kettle Campaign takes place annually during this specific holiday season to raise funds for families in need.
What is Christmas?
Canada produces approximately 75% of the global supply of this sweet, sticky pancake topping harvested from the sap of Acer trees.
What is maple syrup?
To look at something steadily, or a fixed, wide-eyed look.
What is a gaze?
In curling, this designated player throws the final two rocks of an end for their team and is responsible for directing the overall game strategy.
What is the skip?
Boasting the largest eyes of any land mammal, this swift, long-legged African herbivore is also the tallest living terrestrial animal.
What is a giraffe?
To accommodate modern, cashless donors, the Salvation Army introduced these "touchless" devices to kettles, allowing people to give using smartphones or credit cards.
What are tap-to-donate machines?
Named after a Vancouver Island city, this iconic, unbaked square dessert consists of a wafer and coconut crumb base, custard icing, and a chocolate ganache top layer.
What is a Nanaimo bar?
This body of water is smaller than an ocean or a sea, but it's where you'll find freshwater trout, docks, and canoes.
What is a lake?
Named after a 1908 Olympic silver medalist, this figure skating jump requires taking off from a backward outside edge and landing on the opposite foot's backward outside edge.
What is a Lutz?
Weighing up to 180 tonnes, this massive marine mammal is the largest known animal to have ever existed on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
The very first Christmas kettle was set up in 1891 in this West Coast U.S. city by Captain Joseph McFee to feed the poor.
What is San Francisco?
This sweet, iconic Canadian pastry consists of a flaky pastry shell filled with a gooey mixture of butter, sugar, syrup, and egg, often debated over whether it should contain raisins or pecans.
What is a butter tart?
A musical term for a single, distinct sound of a fixed pitch and duration, or a brief written message left on a desk.
What is a note?
Originating in Ontario in the 1950s, this unique ice sport is played with a straight, straight-ended stick and a blue rubber ring instead of a hockey puck.
What is ringette?
Possessing backward-facing pouches to protect their young from flying dirt while digging, these stocky, burrowing marsupials are native to Australia.
What are wombats?
Captain McFee's original 1891 kettle concept was inspired by a large iron pot he had seen used for charity at a landing stage in this major English port city.
Answer: What is Liverpool?
Hand-stretched to resemble the tail of a swimming rodent, this iconic Canadian fried-dough pastry is served hot and traditionally topped with cinnamon and sugar.
What is a BeaverTail?
This four-letter noun can refer to a rubber wheel on a car, or the action of growing weary and losing energy during a long race.
What is tire?
This Canadian ice dance duo made history by winning five Olympic medals across their career, culminating in double gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games.
Who are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir?
This highly venomous, semi-aquatic mammal native to eastern Australia is one of the world's few monotremes—meaning it is a mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
What is a platypus?