OAKVILLE FUN FACTS
This annual Oakville event ran from 1992 to 2009 and featured concerts, food vendors, and waterfront fun.
What is the Oakville Waterfront Festival?
Which 1998 Shania Twain song spent 42 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100?
What is You're Still the One?
How many pools does Oakville have, including indoor and outdoor.
What is 10?
How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
What is three?
This Senior Manager would use a time machine to go to the future to see new technologies.
This building doubles as a museum and was once the home of Oakville's founding family.
What is Erchless Estate?
Name the red-headed British singer who released the 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
Who is Rick Astley?
This annual Town event celebrates arts and culture across multiple locations, including studios, galleries, and heritage sites.
What is Culture Days?
If it’s 9:45 AM in Toronto, what time is it in Vancouver?
What is 6:45 AM?
This Manager was inspired to pursue their current career path after spending a summer volunteering as a Junior Aquatics Instructor.
Who is Darryl McWilliams?
Before being relocated to Oakville Town Hall, this 21-foot bronze sculpture by Josef Petriska stood in the center of this popular shopping destination.
What is Oakville Place Mall?
Movie star Terry Crews lip synced this 2002 piano ballad in the hit comedy White Chicks.
What is A Thousand Miles?
Name any one of the five adult recreational sports leagues offered by the Town of Oakville.
What is hockey, basketball, volleyball, pickleball, or ball hockey?
What do you call a triangle with no equal sides and no equal angles?
What is a scalene triangle?
This manager already has their Zombie Apocalypse Team ready to go and plans on using their homesteading skills (farming, preserving etc) to keep their team of Zombie Killers alive for the long haul.
Who is Deborah Johns?
This man is credited as the founder of Oakville, having purchased the land in the 1820s.
Who is William Chisholm?
This 1999 dance hit by Lou Bega had everyone grooving to the names Monica, Erica, Rita, and Tina.
What is Mambo No. 5?
This program offers seniors aged 80+ a hot meal, social activities, and transportation to and from community centres like Sir John Colborne and Iroquois Ridge.
What is the Friendship Luncheon?
In what year did Canada officially become a country?
What is 1867?
If this member of the Leadership Team could switch jobs with anyone in the Town for the week, they would choose to be a Preschool Swim Instructor.
Who is Kristina Zietsma?
This former New York Rangers captain and hometown hockey great has lent his name to a driving range and golf learning centre at Burnhamthorpe and TrafalgaR.
Who is Vic Hadfield?
This 2006 breakout hit by Gnarls Barkley questioned the singer’s sanity and became the first single to top the UK charts.
What is Crazy?
The Oakville Youth Action Committee has how many elected positions.
What is 7?
The distance light travels in one year.
What is a light-year?
According to this Manager, Salted Caramel Ice Cream best sums up their personality. Sweet with a salty twist. They can be very warm and kind, but they have a sharp edge when it comes to reading people and protecting their space.
Who is Susan Amaral?