CODE TALKER
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
SCOT-IRISH IMMIGRATION
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
100

KII YAZHI IS HIS BIRTH NAME BUT YOU MAY KNOW HIM BY THIS NAME

WHO IS NED BEGAY?

100

THESE TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITIES CAN BE FOUND IN CITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, MAKING ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS FEEL AT HOME AND MAKING CANADIANS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ON VACATION IN TUSCANY

WHAT ARE LITTLE ITALYS?

100

EMPIRE OF THE SUN DEPICTS THIS CONFLICT (WORST. SEQUEL. EVER.)

WHAT IS WORLD WAR 2?

100

A MAJOR PUSH FACTOR FOR IRISH IMMIGRATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY WAS THIS NOT-SO-"GREAT" EVENT

WHAT IS THE GREAT FAMINE? (ACCEPTABLE: IRISH POTATO FAMINE/POTATO BLIGHT)

100

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BEGAIN IN THESE STATES, WHERE, UNLIKE IN CANADA AND THE US, SLAVERY WAS STILL LEGAL

WHAT ARE THE SOUTHERN STATES? 

200

THE MAIN CHARACTER IN CODE TALKER SERVES IN THIS OCEAN-GOING 'BRANCH' OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES

WHAT IS THE US MARINE CORPS?

200

MOST ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA ORIGINATED FROM THIS PART OF ITALY

WHAT IS SOUTHERN ITALY?

200

CHRISTIAN BALE PLAYS THE ROLE OF JAMIE, ALTHOUGH WE SOON FIND BASIE REFERRING TO HIM BY THIS NAME

JIM

200

SCOTS TRAVELLING TO CANADA DURING THE EARLY PHASE OF SCOTTISH MIGRATION MOSTLY CAME FROM THIS REGION OF SCOTLAND

WHAT ARE THE HIGHLANDS?

200

THIS FAMOUS LADY GAINED NOTORIETY THANKS TO HER HEROIC EFFORTS TO GUIDE ESCAPED SLAVES TO FREEDOM

WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN?

300

THIS LANGUAGE WAS USED BY THE CODE TALKERS TO PASS IMPORTANT TOP SECRET MESSAGES OVER THE RADIO

WHAT IS NAVAJO?

300

THIS EASTERN CANADIAN CITY BOASTS THE FIRST COMMUNITY OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA AND CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CENTER OF ITALIAN CULTURE IN CANADA TODAY

WHAT IS MONTREAL?

300

JAMIE CARRIES THIS TRINKET IN HIS POCKET THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE, WHICH WAS ALSO THE CAUSE OF HIS SEPARATION FROM HIS PARENTS: I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT!

WHAT IS A JAPANESE A6M 'ZERO' (ACCEPTABLE: AN AIRPLANE/FIGHTER PLANE)

300

MOST SOTTISH IMMIGRANTS DURING THE EARLY PHASE OF SCOTTISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA TENDED TO SETTLE IN THESE AREAS

WHAT ARE RURAL AREAS? (ACCEPTABLE: FARMING/COUNTRYSIDE)

300

THESE PEOPLE WOULD ACT AS GUIDES FOR ESCAPED SLAVES TRAVELLING ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. ALL ABBBBOOOOAAARRRRDDDDD!!

WHAT ARE CONDUCTORS?

400

THIS MAN WAS NED'S BESTFRIEND DURING THE WAR - AND ALSO HIS TOP 'STUDENT'!

WHO IS GEORGIA BOY?

400

THIS EXPLORER MAPPED OUT THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ALSO FOUND ENOUGH FISH THERE TO FEED THE GROWING POPULATION OF EUROPE

WHO IS GIOVANNI CABOTO?

400

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE, WE FIND JAMIE AND HIS FAMILY LIVING IN THIS CHINESE CITY, AT THAT TIME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

WHAT IS SHANGHAI?

400

MANY IRISH IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN THIS NEWFOUNDLAND CAPITAL CITY, WHICH CONTINUES TO BOAST A PROUD IRISH HERITAGE TO THIS DAY

WHAT IS ST. JOHN'S?

400

MARY ANN SHADD WAS MOST FAMOUS FOR STARTING THIS KIND OF BUSINESS

WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER?

500

THIS JAPANESE WORD DESCRIBES A FEARSOME TACTIC IN WHICH JAPANESE SOLDIERS WOULD CHARGE THE ENEMY IN ORDER TO FACE THEM IN CLOSE COMBAT

WHAT IS A BANZAI CHARGE?

500

THESE POPULAR ITALIAN STREET MUSICIANS PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT AND A DOSE OF ITALIAN CULTURE TO THEIR CANADIAN BRETHREN

WHO ARE HURDY GURDY MEN?

500

BASIE IS A MAN OF MANY MYSTERIES, ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THIS POSITION ABOARD A SHIP - OR AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD JAMIE

WHAT IS THE SHIP STEWARD? (ACCEPTABLE: COOK/CHEF)

500

POOR IRISH IMMIGRANTS FOUND WHATEVER WORK THEY COULD IN CANADA, WITH MANY WORKING - AND DYING - ON THIS CANAL PROJECT THAT STILL RUNS THROUGH THE HEART OF OTTAWA

WHAT IS THE RIDEAU CANAL?

500

IN 1850, THIS LAW WAS PASSED IN AMERICA, MAKING CANADA THE ONLY VIABLE DESTINATION FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

WHAT IS THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT?