WDCAG 2018 ANNUAL MEETING SCAVENGER HUNT Created by The King’s University Students: Sean Adams, Forrest Battjes, Claire Brandenbarg, Cacey Cottrill and Karambir Singh Please hand in your numbered list with corresponding, legible answers on a separate piece of paper to Sean Adams or Forrest Battjes at the registration table on Saturday 10th March 2018 before 4pm. Be sure to put your group name/associated university/college at the top! Hand in your photos by emailing them in a folder to [email protected] by 4pm as well. We may display them in a slideshow at the Banquet. Be sure to indicate in the email which questions you answered that correspond with your photos! Also, please specify your appropriate institution’s acronym in the subject line of the email, along with “WDCAG 2018 Scavenger Hunt Photos”. A detailed list of your institution and its acronym is on the last page of this document, make sure to use the right one! 2 Point Questions: 1. What is the name of the first commercially brewed beer in Edmonton? 2. What is the name of the cafe on 109th St. and 88th Ave? (Hint: It’s A Sweet Name) 3. Name three U of A campus bars 4. In what year did Edmonton’s Princess Theatre, first open? 5. Name 5 festivals that are home to the City of Edmonton. 6. This U of A district theater airs Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic “The Room” on the first Friday of every month, what is its name? 7. Name 3 concert venues that are home to Edmonton. 8. This iconic building in downtown Edmonton was designed by Randall Stout. Name this building. 9. Edmonton's first brick hotel opened in 1882. What was it called? 10. What was one of Edmonton's major centennial projects in 1967? 11. Built in 1900, what is Edmonton's earliest bridge across the North Saskatchewan River? 12. Where in Edmonton can you find four pyramids that are not made of stone? 13. Where downtown can you find a building that has hosted British royalty, Oprah and Justin Timberlake? 14. What legendary hockey player played 9 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers and has a statue to prove it? 15. What place downtown is named after a famous British Prime Minister? 16. Where can you ski/sled in Edmonton with a view of downtown? 17. Name the only theatre of early modernist style in Alberta, found right in Edmonton. 18. This is home to 350 various animal species opened on what day in 1959. (Give name and day) 19. What is the home to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (full name) 20. Found in shows Firefly and Castle, this actor was born in Edmonton. 21. Which treaty was signed by Indigenous peoples of Edmonton and the Government of Canada in 1876? 22. In which ecoregion is Edmonton located? (Hint: It is a transition ecoregion) 23. How much precipitation on average does Edmonton get in a year? 24. Which endangered species live in a national park east of Edmonton? 25. What is the common name of Edmonton’s rail transit system? 26. In what year did the City of Edmonton see its worst flood? 27. What is the name of the main street in downtown Edmonton? 28. Write the name of any local news outlet ___________. 29. What is the official population of Edmonton, according to the 2016 Edmonton Census? 30. In what year did Edmonton officially become a city? 31. Who is the current mayor of Edmonton? 32. Which river runs through Edmonton and in which direction does it flow (N, NE, SE, etc.)? 33. True or false: Edmonton’s river valley is one of the largest areas of urban parkland in North America and is approximately 21 times larger than Central Park in New York City. 34. Name one of the terminals of the Edmonton streetcar. 35. In which neighbourhood is the Magrath Mansion located? 36. Although Edmonton does not suffer from many natural disasters, in what year did a tornado hit and what name has that day been given by Edmontonians? 37. The University of Alberta’s Francophone campus is located in this neighborhood? 38. Who was the first Premier of Alberta and founder of the University of Alberta? 39. What is the name of the artist who painted the mural within the Rutherford Library 40. Who was the first woman sworn to legislative assembly of Alberta?) 41. Edmonton is Canada’s ____ city? (Nickname) 42. Name this internationally renowned paleontologist that teaches at the University of Alberta (Hint: There is a dinosaur museum named after him in beautiful Grande Prairie, AB) 43. What is the student population of the University of Alberta as of 2017 5 Point Questions: 44. Take a group picture at the Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station (now home to MKT) at 8101 Gateway Blvd. Make sure your group looks like a serious old time train just chugging along. 45. Take a picture of the clock tower on the corner of 105 St and 82 Ave. This tower was once home to Old Strathcona’s Post Office, constructed between 1911 and 1913. 46. Take a “fun” picture of your group piled in or around the River Valley “Funicular” near the MacDonald Hotel. 47. The Rutherford House was home to the first premier of Alberta from 1911-1941. Take a group picture in front of it. 48. Go to the Legislature Building Grounds and take an inspiring picture 49. Find the park where you can see the High Level Bridge and the U of A campus. What is this park called and go to this park and take a crazy group shot. 50. There are two active farmers markets in Edmonton. Find the one off of Whyte Ave (What is its name?) and take a picture of your group pretending to be their favourite vegetable in front of it. 51. Go to Muttart Conservatory and take a picture with Putrella the Corpse Flower. 52. Go to Earth Sciences building at U of A and taken a picture with 3 different rock sample displays. 53. Take a sunrise selfie and include the time filter in it. (cloudy or clear) Take a picture at the Edmonton Waste Management Center 54. Take a photo/selfie of group members on the High Level bridge pathway. 55. What is Edmonton’s “Accidental Beach” and how was it created? 56. Make something artistic out of the snow and submit a photo, along with a description/interpretation of its artistic value. 57. Spot and take a photo of the new Walterdale Bridge (from however far away, as long as it’s visible in the photo). 58. Take a picture with the elusive Dr Harry Spaling from The King’s University. 59. Take a little ride on the LRT, save your ticket 60. Take a picture with someone wearing Edmonton Oilers gear 61. Get a group picture with this Jurassic creature hanging from the roof in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science. Extra points if you name this Cretaceous sea monster. 62. Find the Rutherford Library and take a picture inside the reading hall. Be as a quiet as possible. 63. Make a new friend and take a picture with them! Mention on your answer sheet who they are and what academic institution they’re from, along with one interesting personal fact! No trickery ;) 10 Point Questions: 64. Make an inspirational scavenger hunt speech during pub night at Dewey’s Bar, 65. Buy Scavenger Hunt Committee member, Sean Adams, a beer at Dewey’s Bar on Pub Night. (he has a green toque, beard and will be lingering around the bar) 66. 124th Street is home to many private art galleries. Find the one exhibiting Peter von Tiesenhausen’s Carbon Capture and take a picture with “The Watchers” 67. Find the Big Letter “E” and take a selfie (Hint: #yegdtbigE) 68. Go to the West Edmonton Mall and become a pirate. Take a picture of the seals 69. On a letter size white paper, write “Anthropocene Is Here”, get it signed by two professors from 2 different universities, and attach the sign to your t-shirt and wear it for the whole day. Take a picture 70. Visit the Edmonton Clinical Health Academy, check out their waste disposal system and energy efficiency program. In 250 words, describe how the waste disposal system work and what standard(s) are used for the energy efficiency certification. 71. Find a historic statue in Edmonton and take a photo of the whole team beside it, posing like the statue. 72. Find the Princess Theatre and take a photo of the marquee. 73. Watch the 4D movie on the Legislature Grounds. Take a picture of your experience! Institution Acronyms Locate your academic institution’s bolded acronym in the list below. When submitting your photos, please email them in a folder to [email protected] with the subject line WDCAG 2018 Scavenger Hunt Photos, followed by the acronym. An example would be “WDCAG 2018 Scavenger Hunt Photos, UBC ”. Please, All CAPS, no quotation marks/brackets necessary. Athabasca University (AU) Augustana Faculty, University of Alberta (UAA) Medicine Hat College (MHC) University of Saskatchewan (US) Mount Royal University (MRU) Red Deer College (RDC) University of Alberta (UA) University of Calgary (UC) University of Lethbridge (UL) British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Camosun College (CC) College of New Caledonia (CNC) Capilano University (CU) College of the Rockies (CR) Coquitlam College (CQC) Douglas College (DC) Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Langara College (LC) North Island College (NIC) University of British Columbia, Okanagan (UBCO) Northern Lights College (NLC) University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan College (OC) University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Selkirk College (SC) University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Simon Fraser University (SFU) University of Victoria (UV) Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Vancouver Island University (VIU) Trinity Western University (TWU) .