Canadian Heritage Minutes
Beafts
Fun Facts from 2024
Name that plant!
Trainspotting
100
A small convention hosted annually in an Alberta - special guests this year included the German Jens Dombek.
What is Vulcon?
100
The village of Harmston paid their local earl over 75.000 of this beaft per year in taxes.
What is an eel?
100
These round Danish Christmas pastries used to come with apple slices inside.
What are æbleskiver?
100
So nice, they named it once - despite this flower coming in twos.
What is twinflower?
100
This scenic train station offers a selection of cakes and smoothies as well as an unparallelled trainspotting view.
What is Grøndal Station?
200
This cooperative farmers' organisation known for its tall buildings allowed farmers to negotiate better prices when shipping a specific product to what my beautiful Albertan girlfriend described as "the hippies in BC and the fat cats in Ontario."
What is the Alberta Grain Pool?
200
BONUS ROUND: you get the points if you scratch the local beafts behind the ears from me, I just want to tell them hi <3
Hi dogs!!!!
200
This British-Indian artist and sculptor is exhibiting an extremely compelling void at Arken.
Who is Anish Kapoor?
200
This tree features heavily in British (and Canadian) naval songs, and people used to let their pigs run in the woods to fatten them on the nuts.
What is oak?
200
This beautiful train system will ferry you around local stations in Copenhagen.
What is the S-Train?
300
Unlike Denmark, Canada has more than three athletes - including Ethan Katzberg, reigning world champion of the hammer throw, who comes from this small Canadian town (best known for its pastries, I assume.)
Where is Nanaimo?
300
This beaft has an unorthodox manner of gathering apples and other fruit.
What is a hedgehog?
300
BONUS ROUND: Pronounce "København" correctly. Just once, for 300 points. I'm starting to think "KooOOHbenHauun" whenever I say it.
KØBENHAVN!!
300
This tree's bark has several of the same properties as aspirin, and it likes marshier ground than most trees.
What is a willow?
300
Which Canadian rail line sports a logo with a shield? (In memory of the train that carried John Trains to Vancouver.)
What is Canadian Pacific?
400
This guy discovered insulin and you keep bringing him up to say "well did YOU GUYS discover insulin?" so he gets a spot in the quiz: this man discovered insulin.
Who is Canadian Sir Frederick Banting?
400
This bird is the subject of an Old English poem describing how it builds a nest of the noblest flowers and sweet-smelling herbs in the hottest part of summer.
What is the phoenix?
400
This cool breeze named for the Greek word for 'descent' comes down off a glacier.
What is a katabatic wind?
400
Despite being able to hold truly absurd amounts of rainwater on its leaves, this plant is appreciated by hikers.
What is wild blueberry?
400
Name (or describe the location of) three train bridges which cross bodies of water.
What are (eg.) Storebæltsbroen, Lillebæltsbroen, Øresundsbroen, the Firth of Forth, the Tay Rail Bridge, or the Glenfinnan Viaduct?
500
Complete the sentence: I can smell -----
What is burnt toast?
500
This medieval beast was seen as a symbol of motherhood and self-sacrifice as it was (wrongly) believed it would stab itself in the breast to feed its young with its own blood.
What is the pelican?
500
This popcorn-like type of dirt is dangerously slippery in the rain.
What is bentonite clay?
500
You probably won't recognise this plant, as it hasn't been seen on your property in some time:
What is Spotted Napweed?
500
This newly-extended metro line will take you to visit former Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen.
What is the M4 (or blue) line?