Q.1
Which Edmonton designer debuted his or her work at Toronto Fashion Week in March 2014 after winning the Mercedes-Benz Start-up competition for new designers in 2013?
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Malorie Urbanovitch
Sid Neigum
Derek Jagodzinsky
Trisha Pasnak
Q.2
What was the name of the 2014 Edmonton Fringe Festival, the 33rd annual edition of our summer theatre bash?
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The Last of the Red Hot Fringers
Fringe-n-stein
Fringeopolis
Fringed and Confused
Q.3
What writer grew up in St. Albert, studied at the University of Alberta, and was a 2014 Giller Prize finalist for a novel about the aftermath of the 1985 Air India bombings?
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Lynn Coady
Padma Viswanathan
Marty Chan
Tim Bowling
Q.4
Which Edmonton band did NOT reunite in 2014?
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the smalls
Darkroom
Slow Fresh Oil
Ten Second Epic
Q.5
What local bakery made its television debut on Food Network’s Donut Showdown in 2014?
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Tim Hortons
Bliss Baked Goods
Bon Ton Bakery
Clever Rabbit
Q.6
Aaron Paquette’s mural in Grandin Station features what in the face of its central white buffalo?
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His mom’s initials
Human reproductive organs
1876 — the year of Treaty 6
A spirit rabbit
Q.7
A fictional (but unmistakable) version of which Canadian political figure is a principal in Michael Healey’s satire Proud, which had its Edmonton première in 2014?
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Ralph Klein
Thomas Mulcair
Stephen Harper
Tommy Douglas
Q.8
Where did Cyndi Lauper and her crew go for karaoke the night before she performed at Rexall Place in June?
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Hawkeye’s
Kelly’s Pub
Sideliners
B-Street Bar
Q.9
What does the local business, Offal Goods, sell?
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Organic cow tongues, livers and hoofs
Fountain pens and art paper
Bow ties and pocket squares
Homemade cards
Q.10
What is CottonTail Corner near Devon?
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a rabbit farm
a nude beach
a petting zoo
a dog groomer
Q.11
Which Edmonton author had a street named after him or her in 2014?
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Rudy Wiebe
Alice Major
Thomas Wharton
Myrna Kostash
Q.12
Which YEG restaurant made EnRoute Magazine’s list of Top 10 new restaurants in Canada in 2014?
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RGE RD
North 53
Woodwork
Bar Bricco
Q.13
Which of this year’s Polaris Music Prize’s shortlisted artists grew up in Edmonton?
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Mac DeMarco
Jessy Lanza
Shad
Owen Pallett
Q.14
Which of the following is NOT an Edmonton arts/entertainment festival?
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Found Festival
Firing Line Festival
Bonfire Festival
Canoe Festival
Q.15
What combination of musicians played Interstellar Rodeo this summer?
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Jeff Stuart and Heart
Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper
Boogie Patrol, Captain Tractor and Tippy Agogo
Gord Downie and the Sadies
Q.16
Director Trevor Anderson’s new film The Little Deputy features an interesting cameo. Who is it?
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Oilers captain Andrew Ference
Mayor Don Iveson
Cadence Weapon
Corb Lund
Q.17
Which artist made his/her/their first visit to Edmonton in 2014?
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Arcade Fire
Pink
Jack White
Jonathan Richman
Q.18
The Fantasyland Hotel in West Edmonton Mall has one Hollywood Luxury room with a dance pole and Tantra chair. Why?
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Travelling ballet companies rent the room.
People with bad backs rent the room where they get physical therapy.
Yogis rent the room.
The room is designed for adult fun for couples
Q.19
What is the name of the latest café to be added to the stable of eateries owned by local entrepreneur Nate Box?
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The Riverdalian
Burrow
District Coffee
Little Brick
Q.20
In February, Aaron Arcand auditioned for CBC’s Dragon’s Den by proposing a TV show that would follow his hunt for which cryptid (legendary animal)?
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Bigfoot
Ogopogo
unicorn
the Easter bunny
Q.21
Which literary figures appeared in their underwear in a burlesque by the Edmonton troupe Send in the Girls?
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the Bronte sisters
William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway
William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy
Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson
Q.22
Which former Edmontonian landed a principal acting role in the new Netflix series Marco Polo?
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Nathan Fillion
Michael J. Fox
Olivia Cheng
Jill Hennessy
Q.23
Plans for a new music venue on Jasper Avenue were announced earlier this year. What will its name be?
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Sidetrack Cafe
Call The Office
The Needle Vinyl Tavern
The Paramount
Q.24
Which hotshot city chef grabbed top honours at this year’s Gold Medal Plates?
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Chef Michael Hassall of Vivo Ristorante
Chef Sean O’Connor of Red Ox Inn
Chef Lindsay Porter of Mercer’s Catering
Chef Ryan O’Flynn of The Westin Hotel
Q.25
Some people in Edmonton are ditching shampoo and conditioner and using homemade hair-washing solution instead. What two ingredients are they typically using?
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Lemon juice and milk
Baking soda and red wine vinegar
Olive oil and salt dissolved in water
Soya sauce and mustard