Notable Quotables
Awards & Achievements
Famous Canadians
Random Questions
Famous Movie Places
100
This Vancouver-filmed movie has Dave Franco make a brief appearance, where he's upset because "we're down by two points!"
What is Superbad?
100
2011's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol won a Teen Choice Award for Best Action Movie. It also featured some amazing stunts on a skycraper located in this city, which is also where Shahzadi is from:
What is Dubai?
100
To play this villain in this smash hit 2000s comedy, famous Atlantic Canadian Rachel McAdams actually wore a $10,000 wig.
Who is Regina George in Mean Girls?
100
Trois-Rivieres, our first Cogeco focus community in Quebec, is also the home of this well-known Director of Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, and the upcoming remake of Dune.
Who is Denis Villeneuve?
100
This 1999 comedy turned into a hit franchise, and it all started at East Great Falls High School
What is American Pie?
200
2000s sports classic "Dodgeball" had this quote of 5 key principles, passed on by aging legend "Patches O'Houlihan"
What are "the 5 Ds" - Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive, and Dodge?
200
Based on a 2001 novel of the same name, this comedy won its lead actress a 2002 MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - it's also Tiffany's most-watched movie.
What is Legally Blonde?
200
This big time Canadian actor started his career with roles in some truly bad movies, including Van Wilder, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, and Blade: Trinity
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
200
In Amar's fiance's favourite movie, Miss Congeniality, Sandra Bullock represents this US state?
What is New Jersey?
200
One of the best scenes in Zoolander centers on an overly-small (ant-sized?) model of the title character's charitable foundation building, with this name:
What is the "Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (And Who Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too)"
300
Because of a random joke about "killing the Malaysian Prime Minister", this 2000 comedy movie was actually banned in Malaysia and Singapore.
What is Zoolander?
300
Of all the great Lord of the Rings actors and actresses, only this one actually got an Academy Award nomination for his or her work...
Who is Ian McKellen?
300
In this 2000 film starring famous American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser, he sells his soul in exchange for 7 wishes, the first of which is a Big Mac and a large Coke
What is Bedazzled?
300
In "Gone in 60 Seconds," Nicholas Cage's character is trying to steal "Eleanor," which is this type of car (bonus cool points from Amar if you know this)
What is a 1967 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500E?
300
You can see TELUS Garden in Vancouver on the left of this screencap from this locally-shot R-rated action/comedy sequel
What is Deadpool 2?
400
Fantastic quote heard in this award-winning Boston-set 2000s crime/drama (and also something I occasionally think on calls at TELUS): "I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy"
What is The Departed?
400
This multi-award-winning film/TV actress is best known for starring in The Handmaid's Tale, which is filmed in our October Cogeco footprint focus community of Oakville/Burlington.
Who is Elisabeth Moss?
400
He was handsome, but Alan Bosley was a liability at cornerback for the T.C. Williams high-school football team, and voluntarily gave up his spot so a better teammate could play. Which actor played him, and in what movie?
Who is Ryan Gosling in Remember the Titans?
400
Nadeen is a big fan of this 2003 movie, which starts 5 weeks before Christmas and plays out in a weekly countdown before the holiday.
What is Love Actually?
400
In this 1988 Bruce Willis movie, he throws Alan Rickman off this L.A. skyscraper
What is the Nakatomi Plaza?
500
"Up in the Air" is a favourite movie at Amar's previous employer (Accenture). George Clooney's character becomes a motivational speaker, and this is the title of his main motivational speech:
What is "What's In Your Backpack?"
500
This famous actor, mostly known for comedies, actually had his big breakout year in 1994, where he had 3 major successful releases that are still popular today (all had sequels - bonus points if you can name the films)
Who is Jim Carrey? (+ what are The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Dumb & Dumber?)
500
This indie movie starring a Canadian was a surprise smash hit and was filmed in Vancouver over just 31 days
What is Juno?
500
This 2000 comedy classic had a character with a really weird last name. So weird that the MPAA required the filmmakers to find an actual person with the last name before they would allow them to use it. Can you name the film, actor, and character?
What is Meet The Parents / Ben Stiller / Greg Focker
500
Dave's favorite movie, The Shining, takes place at this spooky Colorado property (whose name has the same initials as our Mid-Market Mobility Custom Pricing Team)
What is the Overlook Hotel? (O.H. is also Offer House)