Humanity's Horrors
A record label mogul who "can't stop, won't stop"; he's currently serving a prison sentence for his malfeasances.
Who is Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Diddy?
This word means correct; its homophone is a method of communicating.
What is right/write?
A circular piece of furniture used as a famed gathering place for Arthur and his knights.
What is a table?
This English language learning nursery rhyme shares its melody with "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
What is the "ABC/Alphabet song"?
A common name for the North American continent used by many First Peoples comes from its resemblance to these creatures.
What are turtles?
Latin-speaking dictator who came, saw, and committed genocide against entire peoples across western Europe; invaded his own country; and wrote books celebrating both events. A calendar is named after him, but NOT the salad.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This word means not heavy; its homophone means illumination.
This avian fellow often appears as a trickster figure in traditional stories from the Pacific Northwest Coast.
What is the raven?
A Prince of Pop who started his music career with his 4 older brothers. Then he decided to go solo and became an international superstar; he is known for this signature dance.
What is the moonwalk?
Their name means "red fish up the river".
Who are the Kwikwetlem?
The first Biblical murderer. He was jealous of his brother.
Who is Cain?
This word means to purchase; its homophone is what you say when you leave.
What is buy/bye?
A type of children's story with a moral, often featuring animals.
What is a fable?
Although they are made of brass, saxophones are classified as this type of instrument.
What is woodwind?
The Tri-Cities is comprised of this many municipalities.
What is 5?
A chemistry teacher develops an illness and breaks into the criminal world with a former student who has a bad attitude. He shares the same initials as this American poet, featured prominently in the show.
Who is Walt Whitman?
This word means cost of a ride (e.g. on a bus or train); its homophone means just or beautiful.
What is fare/fair?
A crafting method that involves lacing strips of fabric, string, or some other material together to make something
What is weave?
This "Chairman of the Board" was investigated by the FBI for alleged ties to the Mafia.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
Basketball is famously known for being invented by a Canadian professor. He was working in this city when he developed the game.
What is Springfield, Massachussets?
An orphan known for playing the "blond bombshell" archetype in Hollywood and for singing a scintillating birthday song to the president, she overdosed at the age of 36.
Who is Marylin Monroe?
This word means to show the source of your quote; its homophone means location
What is cite/site?
A type of visual literature and also someone who tells jokes.
What is a comic?
Words have been switched with synonyms. The original song and author are:
The Only Thing That I Wish To Require During the Most Festive Day of December is Your Presence.
What is "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey?
A local school is named after a runner who died before he could complete his quest, but his example serves as a heroic reminder of the fight against this illness.
What is cancer?
This Disney movie presents a fictional account of the youngest member of the Romanov family, a Russian dynasty that came to a violent end in a worker's revolution in 1918.
What is Anastasia?
This word means successor; its homophone means what we breathe.
What is heir/air?
Colonel Richard Clement ______ was a Royal Engineer and namesake of a local municipality.
What is Port Moody?
A Phrygian king with a golden touch once judged a music contest between the gods Apollo and Pan. He was given this as a reward.
What are the ears of a donkey?
The Tri-Cities is comprised of these 5 municipalities.
What are Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody?
This charismatic religious leader murdered his followers by convincing them drink to a flavoured drink laced with poison.
This word means roof of mouth; its homophone means color board.
A term for young salmon, when they become silvery and migrate to the sea for the first time.
What is smolt?
An exclusive group that features musicians, such as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, who have died early and under conspicuous circumstances.
What is the 27 Club?
This local school was named after Canada's 100th birthday.
What is Centennial?
Second wife to a king who established a new national church so he could divorce his first wife, and mother to a queen after whom an entire historical and literary period is named. She was beheaded on false charges, but really because she did not give birth to a son.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
This word means spiritual essence; its homophone means bottom of a shoe.
A durable and water-resistant conifer, known for its wide-ranging uses.
What is cedar?
This musical megastar of the 90s had hits such as "Como la Flor", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", and "Dreaming of You". She was tragically murdered by the president of her own fan club.
Who is Selena?
In 1885, a man sold a stretch of land along Clarke and Queen streets in Port Moody for $1000. He had bought it for $___ earlier that year.
What is 15?