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This landmark tower has been featured in everything from The Amazing Race Canada to Orphan Black, often used as shorthand for Toronto’s skyline.
What is the CN Tower?
This pop queen asked the world to “Hit Me Baby One More Time” in 1998
Who is Britney Spears?
This Waterloo-based company, once dominant in the smartphone market with its physical keyboard devices, pivoted to focus on cybersecurity and software solutions after its mobile empire collapsed.
What is BlackBerry (or RIM)
Before joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Shang-Chi, this actor was best known for playing Jung in the sitcom Kim’s Convenience.
Who is Simu Liu
This 90s holiday classic follows a kid who outsmarts burglars after getting left behind.
What is Home Alone?
This Toronto-area shopping centre was used for the mall scenes in Mean Girls, where Cady and the Plastics go shopping.
What is Sherway Gardens?
This 1998 Celine Dion hit became one of the world’s biggest love ballads after appearing in Titanic.
What is My Heart Will Go On?
In November 2024, this company launched its ChatGPT Search feature, directly challenging Google's dominance in the search engine market.
What is OpenAI
This 2004 teen comedy gave us the immortal line, “On Wednesdays we wear pink.”
What is Mean Girls
This animated dad works at a nuclear power plant and loves donuts
Who is Homer Simpson?
This Toronto-raised rapper popularized the nickname “The 6” for the city and has starred in TV and film productions.
Who is Drake?
This 1987 anthem by Guns N’ Roses welcomes you to a place where “the grass is green and the girls are pretty.”
What is Welcome to the Jungle?
Apple's first mixed-reality headset, announced in 2023 and released in 2024, bears this celestial name.
What is VisionPro
This Pixar film, released in 1995, was the first full-length movie entirely animated by computer.
What is Toy Story
This retail giant is known for affordable furniture and its holiday decoration section.
What is HomeSense?
This long-running teen drama, filmed largely in Toronto, launched the careers of stars like Nina Dobrev and Drake.
What is Degrassi?
This 1999 dance track by Eiffel 65 is instantly recognizable from its chorus, even if you only remember the color blue.
What is “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”?
In 2024, NVIDIA briefly became the world's most valuable company, surpassing both Microsoft and Apple, thanks to surging demand for these specialized processors used in AI training.
What are GPUs (or Graphics Processing Units)
This 1997 Canadian mockumentary about a curling team, starring Paul Gross and Molly Parker, became a cult favorite for its quirky humour.
What is Men With Brooms
This setup lets employees do their job without ever stepping into the office.
What is work from home?
This darkly comedic TV series set in a fictional Ontario town, filmed in and around Toronto, made “10-ply” a household insult.
What is Letterkenny?
This 1986 hit tells the story of a small-town girl and a city boy on “the midnight train going anywhere.”
What is “Don’t Stop Believin’”? (Journey)
This week, Arlene Dickinson's District Ventures Capital made their biggest investment ever in this women-led, Canadian company.
What is Huha
This Québécois filmmaker burst onto the international scene at age 20, won the Jury Prize at Cannes for Mommy, and also directed Adele's "Hello" music video.
Who is Xavier Dolan
In baseball, this happens when a batter rounds all the bases after a single swing.
What is a home run?