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This legendary U2 frontman is known for hits like "With or Without You" and his signature colored sunglasses.
Who is Bono?
According to legend, if the groundhog sees this upon emerging from its burrow, North America is in for six more weeks of winter.
What is its shadow?
When this Canadian city hosted the Olympics, Canada to finished the Games without winning a single gold medal.
What is Montreal?
Born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, this Canadian pop star was discovered on YouTube as a teenager and became one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Who is Justin Bieber?
This iconic Canadian fast-food chain, founded in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964, its name honours a famous hockey player.
What is Tim Hortons?
This tall, soulful singer from County Wicklow took the world by storm with his 2013 hit "Take Me to Church."
Who is Hozier?
This is the specific town in Pennsylvania where the largest and most famous Groundhog Day celebration occurs.
What is Punxsutawney?
At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, this Canadian scored the iconic "Golden Goal" in overtime to beat the USA in men's hockey.
Who is Sidney Crosby?
Born on March 14, 1879, this physicist shares his birthday with Pi Day, fitting for a man who reshaped our understanding of the universe.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This no-bake Canadian dessert takes its name from a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia?
What is a Nanaimo bar?
Known for his sharp wit, this 19th-century playwright and author wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
He stars as grumpy weatherman Phil Connors, who gets stuck in a time loop in the 1993 film Groundhog Day.
Who is Bill Murray?
With 42 total medals, this is the sport where Canada has won the most Winter Olympic medals of all time.
What is speed skating?
Born on April 21, 1926, this woman held the same job for over 70 years longer than anyone else in that role in British history.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
These crispy, deep-fried strips of salted pork fatback are a staple of the traditional cabane à sucre feast.
What are oreilles de crisse?
This piercing-blue-eyed actor played Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders and won an Oscar for Oppenheimer.
Who is Cillian Murphy?
This famous Canadian weather-watcher from Ontario is easily recognized by his rare, all-white (albino) fur.
Who is Wiarton Willie?
At the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, this nation entered a bobsled team for the first time?
What is Jamaica?
Born on March 31, 1596, this French philosopher is best known for a four-word Latin phrase that became the foundation of modern Western philosophy, yet he also made groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, including the coordinate system that bears his name.
Who is René Descartes?
In a 2007 CBC poll featuring input from Margaret Atwood and Mike Holmes, this cocktail was ranked as Canada's 13th greatest invention, beating out the BlackBerry insulin, the telephone, and five-pin bowling.
What is Bloody Ceaser?
In the Harry Potter series, this Irish Gryffindor student is famous for accidentally blowing things up in charms class.
Who is Seamus Finnigan?
Groundhogs are also commonly known by this "musical" name because of the high-pitched sound they make when they sense danger.
What is a Whistlepig?
This Canadian swimmer won four medals, including a gold, all at the age of 16, going on to become Canada's most decorated Summer Olympian with seven career medals.
Who is Penny Oleksiak?
Born on March 30, 1968, as the youngest of 14 children in Charlemagne, Québec, this future superstar was discovered at age 12 after her mother sent a homemade demo tape to manager René Angélil.
Who is Céline Dion?
At a traditional cabane à sucre, the après-meal entertainment often features Québécois folk music played on a fiddle and this unlikely percussion instrument.
What are the spoons?