Wine Regions
That Is a Nice "gate"
Well Known Kenneths
21st Century Canadian Literature
Say Cheese
Fun With Postal Codes
200
This region about 160km east of Paris where the sparkly bubbly stuff comes from.
What is Champagne?
200
The time that Tom Brady and the New England Patriots took air out of footballs.
What is Deflategate?
200
Author of the Silverwing series.
Who is Oppel?
200
She fits in this category because she keeps getting all these awards. You may know her from her defense of Steven Galloway and opposition to an imagined cancel culture. Or because of The Handmaid's Tale.
Who is Margaret Atwood?
200
You would be likely to find this Italian cheese on pizza or deep fried in breaded sticks.
What is mozzarella?
200
The letter T is at the beginning of postal codes in this western province.
What is Alberta?
400
This west coast state produces over 84% of all the wine from the United States.
What is California?
400
The original, involving Nixon and some tapes or something.
What is Watergate?
400
He played for Celtic and Liverpool, and managed them both as well.
Who is Dalglish?
400
Sarah can't finish his book, The Inconvenient Indian.
Who is Thomas King?
400
Sharp cheese traditionally made in the gorges of Somerset, but well known throughout North America.
What is cheddar?
400
There are this many letters in a standard Canadian postal code.
What is 3?
600
Marsala is a fortified wine made on this island in the Mediterranean.
What is Sicily?
600
This was a reckoning with sexism in the video game industry and involved a reactionary sexist, racist, transphobic backlash from video game bros.
What is Gamergate?
600
A country singer born in in 1952 in Tennessee with too many hits for a non country fan like me to be bothered to name any.
Who is Chesney?
600
Born in Calgary, her bestseller Washington Black was released in 2018.
Who is Esi Edugyan?
600
"La, la, la" this processed cheese.
What is laughing cow?
600
The letter A represents this eastern most province.
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
800
Much of the wine this African nation produces comes from its Western Cape.
What is South Africa?
800
This "gate" occurred after Boris Johnson hid from a live TV interview while campaigning for the 2019 election at a dairy in Yorkshire.
What is Fridgegate?
800
Kenneth Erskine was the _____ Strangler in London, active in 1986.
What is Stockwell?
800
Her anthology milk and honey was critically acclaimed.
Who is Rupi Kaur?
800
Soft cheese with an edible rind, similar to Camambert. Often eaten bakes with some jam on top.
What is brie?
800
These two territories are the only ones to use the same first letter in the postcode.
What are Nunavut and NWT?
1000
Central Otago is a major wine region on this New Zealand Island.
1000
In this fiasco Justin Trudeau was accused of assaulting a sitting MP in 2016.
What is Elbowgate?
1000
He hit 630 home runs in a major league career spanning 21 years.
Who is Griffey Jr.?
1000
This Sri Lankan born author's most recent novel is Warlight?
Who is Michael Ondaatje?
1000
This unpasteurized hard Swiss cheese is used a lot in baked dishes such as quiche.
What is Gruyère?
1000
In 1983 Canada Post began an official Sant Claus letter program. He can be reached at this postal code.
What is H0 H0 H0?