EDMONTON ENIGMAS
THIS HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY TRADING POST ESTABLISHED IN 1975, GAVE EDMONTON IT'S NAME.
WHAT IS FORT EDMONTON?
WHAT IS POP?
IN THE FILM "SNOOPY COME HOME" SNOOPY ALMOST LEAVES THIS BOY TO LIVE WITH LILA, HIS ORIGINAL OWNER
WHO IS CHARLIE BROWN
"YOU SIT ON A THRONE OF LIES!...YOU'RE A FAKE!...YOU STINK! YOU SMELL LIKE BEEF & CHEESE!"
WHAT IS ELF
A BOY WATCHES THE ONLY PERSON WHO VALIDATES HIM GET TAKEN AWAY IN A BURST OF VIOLENCE, THEN SPENDS THE REST OF THE STORY INTERFERING WITH THE FRAGILE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT DETERMINE WHETHER HE EVER EXISTS AT ALL — ALL WHILE PRETENDING NOTHING IS WRONG TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HE’S REWRITING.
WHAT IS BACK TO THE FUTURE?
THE EDMONTON OILER'S HAVE WON LORD STANLEY'S CUP 5 TIME. NAME 2 OF THE YEARS THAT THIS OCCURRED.
1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
BORN IN THE BRONX IN THE 1970s THIS GENRE WAS DEFINED BY 4 ELEMENTS: DJ-ING, MC-ING, B-BOY-ING, AND GRAFFITI.
WHAT IS HIP HOP?
CHARLES SCHULZ' SON'S INTEREST IN WW1 MODEL AIRPLANES INSPIRED THE STRIPS ABOUT THIS SNOOPY NEMESIS
WHO IS THE RED BARON
"LET ME JUST QUOTE THE LATE GREAT COLONEL SANDERS WHO SAID, I'M TOO DRUNK TO TASTE THIS CHICKEN"
WHAT IS TALLADEGA NIGHTS?
A BOY WHO HAS BEEN IGNORED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IS SUDDENLY PULLED INTO A WORLD WHERE ADULTS LET CHILDREN WANDER THROUGH DANGERS THEY THEMSELVES REFUSE TO EXPLAIN, ALL WHILE A SECRET OBJECT HIDDEN IN THE SCHOOL DRAWS A PRESENCE THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST ANYMORE.
WHAT IS HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE?
THE COIN SEEN IN THIS IMAGE (ONE SEC): WAS PRESENTED TO STUDENTS FOR EDMONTON'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. THIS WAS THE YEAR THE COINS WERE RECEIVED ACROSS THE CITY.
2005
WHAT IS THE BLUES?
SNOOPY IS ONE OF 8 TOTAL SIBLINGS, NAME 3 OF 7 FOR THE POINTS
ANDY, BELLE, MOLLY, MARBLES, OLAF, ROVER, SPIKE
WHAT IS ANCHORMAN?
A GIRL WHOSE FAMILY FORGETS THE ONE DAY SHE CARES ABOUT SPENDS THE REST OF IT BEING IGNORED, MISUNDERSTOOD, OR TREATED AS A PROBLEM, ALL WHILE A STRANGER FIXATES ON HER WITHOUT EVER SPEAKING TO HER, AND ANOTHER BOY USES HER FEELINGS AS A WAY TO AMUSE HIMSELF... UNTIL A CHANCE ENCOUNTER AT THE END MAKES EVERYONE PRETEND THE DAY WASN'T AS CRUEL AS IT ACTUALLY WAS.
WHAT IS SIXTEEN CANDLES?
THE MINDBENDER, ONCE THE TALLEST, LONGEST, AND FASTEST INDOOR ROLLERCOASTER, FIRST THRILLED RIDERS AT WEST EDMONTON MALL THIS YEAR.
1985
EMERGING IN THE 50s AND 60s THIS GENRE FUSED THE PASSION OF GOSPEL WITH THE GROOVE OF R&B. KNOWN FOR ARTISTS LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN AND OTIS REDDING.
WHAT IS SOUL?
ONCE, AFTER A HEAVY SNOWSTORM SNOOPY FOUND THAT THIS LITTLE BIRD HAD BUILT AN IGLOO IN HIS NEST
WHO IS WOODSTOCK
"I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS! I INVENTED THE PIANO KEY NECKTIE! I INVENTED IT!"
WHAT IS ZOOLANDER?
WHILE ARMIES THROW THEMSELVES INTO A HOPELESS BATTLE TO DISTRACT AN ENEMY THEY CANNOT DEFEAT, TWO FRIENDS DRAG THEMSELVES THROUGH A DYING LAND, EACH STEP FORWARD COSTING MORE THAN THEY CAN AFFORD, KNOWING THAT EVEN SUCCESS MAY MEAN THEY NEVER RETURN.
WHAT IS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
EDMONTON ONCE HAD A 64 METER WATERFALL THAT FLOWED INTO THE NORTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER. ITS FLOW CAME FROM THIS STRUCTURE.
WHAT IS THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE?
THIS NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THIS GENRE OF DANCE MUSIC THAT DEVELOPED IN THE UK IN THE EARLY 1990S OUT OF THE RAVE SCENE AND REGGAE SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE, ASSOCIATED WITH ACTS LIKE A GUY CALLED GERALD, SHY FX, AND GOLDIE.
WHAT IS JUNGLE?
SNOOPY WEARS SUNGLASSES & A TURTLENECK IN HIS GUISE AS THIS BBOC, OR BIG BEAGLE ON CAMPUS
MA! THE MEATLOAF! FUUUCK!
WHAT IS WEDDING CRASHERS?
FOUR CHILDREN ESCAPING A WAR STUMBLE INTO A LAND RULED BY A WOMAN WHO HAS FROZEN AN ENTIRE COUNTRY IN SUSPENDED MISERY, ONLY TO BE HANDED WEAPONS BY SANTA CLAUS HIMSELF A MOMENT THAT IRONICALLY PREPARES THEM FOR THE VERY KIND OF CONFLICT THEIR PARENTS SENT THEM AWAY TO AVOID.
WHAT IS THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE?