The Columbian Exchange
Before & After
The Paris Olympics
Guess the Year, 1995 - 2005
Last-"Ade"
The Radio Convention
400
The stated purpose of Columbus' second voyage was to bring this to the native Americans. For that, he brought twelve missionaries
What is Christianity?
400
Our yearly visit from Mariah Carey but this time sponsored by the paid subscription for the largest video platform
What is "all I want for Christmas is Youtube Premium"?
400
She had a great swimming season, winning 3 golds and 1 silver for Canada, setting two Olympic records in the process.
Who is Summer McIntosh?
400
The Golden Jubilee of QE2, Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and very fittingly, LotR: The Two Towers
What is 2002?
400
The Scots popularized eating this at breakfast as previously the English would eat it after dinner as a sweet. Paddington Bear knows you can eat some whenever you want!
What is marmalade?
400
Radio operators should say this when they acknowledge a message. The origin of this tradition goes back to morse code operators responding with an 'R' meaning "received".
What is roger?
800
When these first arrived in Italy from South America they were valued only for their beauty as many assumed they were poisonous because they grew close to the ground
What are tomatoes?
800
These big burly men are good at protecting the quarterback. And we can track just how good by drawing the number of sacks over time.
What is an "offensive line chart/graph"?
800
Despite Paris officials spending over a billion dollars trying to clean up this area, it was still too polluted to be used the first day of the triathalon.
What is the Seine?
800
In memoriam: Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, and Biggie
What is 1997?
800
Chinese settlers in British Columbia discovered huge deposits of nephrite, more commonly known as this, while they were searching for gold
What is jade?
800
What is "over and out"?
1200
This plant, originally from New Guinea, was brought to the New World by Columbus and flourished in the Caribbean's hot and humid climates. Today, it is the largest crop globally by tonnes produced
What is sugar cane?
1200
What Justin Timberlake mumbled would be ruined after he was pulled over for a DUI on his way to this pretigious bicycle race that arguably has been already ruined by DUIs.
What is "the world Tour de France"?
1200
Yusuf Dikec, from this country, inspired many athletes during these past games. Not for winning silver in pistol shooting, but for the nonchalant shooting pose he struck.
What is Turkey?
1200
Napster is released, Nunavut becomes a territory, and North America is at the height of Pokémania
What is 1999?
1200
Although most folk will give you right-of-way, Ontario's Highway Traffic Act has no exceptions for these funeral processions, so watch out for red light cameras!
What is a motorcade?
1200
This portmanteau response means you have understood your orders and you will comply with them.
What is wilco?
1600
What is tobacco?
1600
The Princess Bride wrestler takes a trip to Ireland to visit his basalt columns
What is "Andre the Giant's Causeway"
1600
She came back in style after withdrawing from the 2020 Olympics with a case of the "twisties" to win 3 golds at Paris 2024
Who is Simone Biles?
1600
Enron files for bankruptcy, Life of Pi is published, and Apple unveils the iPod
What is 2001?
1600
The cost to pass through one of these hastily constructed checkpoints in 19th-century Paris is to aid the insurrection by adding a few paving stones to the pile
What is a barricade?
1600
These are used in radio communications to uniquely identify who is transmitting. NASA uses Houston for the flight controller that communicates with the astronauts during spaceflight.
What is a call-sign?
2000
After Columbus returned from the New World, many of his crew joined King Charles VIII' army which spread this sexually transmitted disease all over Europe when the mercenaries returned home after the war
What is syphilis?
2000
The phantoms think you have no shot. Specifically this phantom who previously starred in Gen V and passed away this March
What is "ghost of a Chance Perdomo"
2000
Canada finished silver in this team event, after losing to a dominant New Zealand side 19 - 12 in the final
What is Rugby Sevens?
2000
A traveller returning home causes a SARS outbreak in Toronto, a computer bug causes a massive blackout across the Northeast, and "muffin-top" enters the lexicon after the rise of low-waisted pants
What is 2003?
2000
Your kid will be real disappointed when you instead take them to see Piazza San Marco's shops underneath this type of walkway created by a succession of arches
What is an arcade?
2000
Another holdover from telegram operators, this phrase originally described a clumsy operator but eventually became the phrase used to describe any amateur radio operation.
What is ham radio?