"B" WORDS
2000's TV
CANERICAN HISTORY
SPICES
PALINDROMES
100

This popular fruit, technically classified as a berry, as they don't grow on actual trees but on a very tall bush. 

What are bananas?

100

This mockumentary-style sitcom, set at a fictional Scranton, Pennsylvania paper company, was adapted from a British original of the same name.

What is The Office?

100

The United States and Canada mark both countries' foundings in this month, just 3 days apart. 

What is July?

100

This ground seed, one of the most common seasonings in the world and is a staple on nearly every dinner table.

What is pepper (black pepper)?

100

A time of day.

What is noon?

200

Someone being described by this adjective shares a quality with soapy water, with their cheerful high-spirited personality.

What is bubbly?

200

This crime drama follows a high school chemistry teacher who turns to manufacturing methamphetamine after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

What is Breaking Bad?

200

In 1867, the United States purchased this territory from Russia for $7.2 million; a deal that, while not directly involving Canada, reshaped North American geography and later created a long-disputed border with the Yukon.

What is Alaska?

200

This warm, sweet spice comes from the dried inner bark of a tropical tree, and is a common spice used in baking or as a sweetener.

What is cinnamon?

200

A single-seated boat with a paddle.

What is a kayak?
300

This is another word for a type of lynx native to North America, who spend much of their time hunting in deep snow.

What is a bobcat?

300

This medical drama, set at Seattle Grace Hospital, became known for dramatic plot twists and its ensemble cast of surgeons.

What is Grey's Anatomy?

300

This 1994 trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico eliminated most tariffs between the three countries and was later replaced in 2020 by the USMCA.

What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?

300

This warm, nutty spice comes from grinding the seed of a tropical evergreen tree, and in large doses, it's actually mildly hallucinogenic due to a naturally occurring compound called myristicin.

What is nutmeg?

300

An adjective for a flat surface.

What is level?

400

This 10 letter adjective describes having a kind, sympathetic, or generous disposition towards others.

What is benevolent?

400

This survival drama, centered on plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island, became known for its complex mythology and flashback storytelling.

What is Lost?

400

This war, ending in 1815, included multiple failed American invasions of Canada and is remembered north of the border as a successful defense against annexation.

What is the War of 1812?

400

This warm, earthy spice, ground from a rhizome, gives curry powder its distinctive yellow color and is popular in wellness circles for its compound curcumin.

What is turmeric?

400

An adjective relating toof or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs.

What is civic?

500

This five letter adjective refers to things that are bland, unoriginal, or or cliché. 

What is banal?

500

This animated sitcom, technically premiering in 1999, follows a delivery boy who is cryogenically frozen on New Years Eve Y2K and wakes up 1,000 years in the future.

What is Futurama?

500

These 1860s cross-border raids, carried out by Irish-American militants against British North America, helped push Canadian colonies toward Confederation.

What are the Fenian raids?

500

This orange-red spice, derived from the dried stigmas of a crocus flower, is the most expensive spice in the world by weight due to the labor required to hand-harvest it.

What is saffron?

500

If you wanted to buy a car but also make a palindrome, you'd want:

"a _____"

What is "a Toyota"