Light Fingers
This folk-hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor may really have existed. We're unsure about Will Scarlett, though.
Who is Robin Hood?
These towering obelisks characteristic of the area were formed over many years by erosion.
What are hoodoos?
This two word phrase is often shorthand for place holder text.
What is 'lorem ipsum?'
Despite the road we live on having a name, most people familiar with the area refer to it as this.
What is the 'back road?'
Neopets was first launched in 1999 by these two people.
Who are Adam Powell and Donna Williams?
This legendary thief demanded $200 000 and four parachutes after hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 in 1971.
Who is D.B. Cooper?
This town, located 110 km northeast of Calgary used to be home to Atlas Coal Mine, and is now home to the Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology.
What is Drumheller?
This two word phrase might cause one to go to war.
What is 'casus belli?'
This phrase is used to describe something morbid, especially when it's brought up in an otherwise pleasant social setting.
What is 'Dembicki Dinner Fact?'
This conglomerate, who also own Nickelodeon, purchased Neopets from its founders in 2005.
Who are Viacom?
This acrobatic thief stole $600 million worth of paintings from the Paris Museum of Modern Art in 2010. When asked why he stole the paintings, he simply said, "because I liked them."
Who is Vjeran Tomic, or The Spider-Man Burglar?
What is 'bad lands to cross?'
This phrase, meaning "something for something," was immortalized on screen by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.
What is 'quid pro quo?'
Due to a myriad of geographical and climate factors, the poor quality of these are often the subject of lighthearted "mine is worse" debates for locals.
What are driveways?
What is unconverted?
The formerly anonymous card cheat S.W. Erdnase literally wrote this audaciously named book on the mechanics of his work. It's still used today as a manual for card magicians.
What is The Expert at the Card Table?
This provincial park offers the 'Bare Bones Bus Tour' where tourists can see a fully articulated duck-billed dinosaur skeleton right where it was discovered!
What is 'Dinosaur Provincial Park?'
The permit inspector, similar to a vampire, can't cross these when they come through on Thursdays.
What are gates?
These two differently painted Neopets are the mascots for the Battledome trading card game starter decks.
What are fire uni and starry acara?
This offbeat museum in Boston was the victim of an art heist in 1990, which was turned into a Netflix docu-series in 2021.
What is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum?
This American paleontologist was the one to name the Albertosaurus in a short note on the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Who is Henry Fairfield Osborn?
This phrase turned Canadian motto originates from a translation of Psalm 72:8.
What is 'A mari usque ad mare?'
This vehicle is still sometimes referred to as the 'Kootenay Cadillac' by older area residents.
What is the Toyota Tercel?
This Neopets metaverse project, advertised with images made using Dress to Impress, was shelved in 2023 after receiving pushback from fans.
What are Neopets NFTs?