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HISTORIC MOTTOES & SLOGANS |
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In 2006 Benjamin Moore introduced its new Aura line of these--no primer needed |
paints
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One of the heaviest of metals, it's often used in alloys called Babbitt metals to make bearings |
lead
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In 1992, this city's velodrome, once used in the Olympic Games, was transformed into an environmental biodome |
Montreal
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Pikachu, Chespin & Bunnelby are these title creatures battling it out on Cartoon Network |
Pokémon
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While she was First Lady, Nancy Reagan spearheaded an anti-drug campaign with this 3-word motto |
"Just say no"
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Meaning at ease in different countries & cultures, it's from the Greek for "world citizen" |
cosmopolitan
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Shirley you know the name of this Saskatchewan-born "Airplane!" actor |
Leslie Nielsen
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This photochemical haze is caused by the reaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons & nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere |
smog
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Residents of this Saskatchewan city are called Moose Javians |
(Randy: What is Winnipeg?)
Moose Jaw
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This Oscar-winning 2014 Disney feature cartoon about a loveable robot was not preceded by 5 similar movies |
Big Hero 6
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This word precedes "égalité, fraternité" in a French Revolution slogan, dropped from use when royalty came back |
liberté
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Often found before "enthusiasm", it literally refers to a horse without control reins & bit |
unbridled
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While 2 of his siblings' middle names were Fitzgerald & Francis, his middle name was Moore |
Edward Kennedy
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Force times distance gives you this, commonly expressed in joules |
work
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The swan is a symbol of this Ontario city; each year, white & black swans are released into the Avon River |
(Randy: What is Edmonton?)
Stratford
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"There's a Hair in My Dirt!" is a worm tale by this cartoonist best known for the zany "Far Side" |
Gary Larson
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Huey Long adapted this slogan from a speech by William Jennings Bryan that goes on to say, "but no one wears a crown" |
"Every man a king"
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Six-letter term for colorful weathering found on ancient metal |
patina
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He was Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton in 1993 & 1994 |
Les Aspin
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It's believed that the layer called the inner this spins slightly faster than the rest of the Earth |
core
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An intersection in this provincial capital is the original western terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)
Victoria, British Columbia
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Award-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez brings humor to IBD, this type of person's Business Daily |
an investor
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Want to know how how someone goes about his business? Study his M.O., short for this Latin phrase |
modus operandi
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He's been called "the greatest English sculptor of the 1900s" |
Henry Moore
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Specifically, it's any compound other than water formed by the reaction of an acid & a base |
salt
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This Alberta resort was the first municipality to be incorporated within a Canadian national park |
(Randy: What is Whistler?)
Banff
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NPR Paris reporter Eleanor Beardsley learned French as a child reading about this cartoon Gaul |
(Randy: Who is Madeline?)
Asterix
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In 1920 his campaign slogan "Back to normalcy" helped him win the presidency |
Harding
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From words meaning "shape" & "science", it's the study of word structure |
(Randy: What is etymology?) (Victoria: What is semantics?)
morphology
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