1: What is the name of TransLink’s CEO, who announced he would be stepping down in 2021?
2: Who have been the last three finance ministers in a BC NDP government?
3: Who is the CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority and that person’s predecessor?
4: What are the three largest exports from B.C. to the world?
5: What year did BC Place open?
6: What is the most northern B.C. city? (Hint: it is also the most western)
7: The CEO of the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is the province’s highest-paid public servant. Who is he?
8: Which company owns Business in Vancouver?
9: Who are the presidents of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology?
10: Who is the B.C. regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations?
11: What is the richest B.C. city per capita?
12: What is the name of the Vancouver company that is the world’s largest lessor of container ships?
13: What is the name of the Vancouver company that has the world’s largest fleet of methanol-powered deep-sea ships?
14: What is the name of the nuclear power company chaired by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates?
15: What is the name of the Vancouver-based company that is one of the world’s largest marine energy transportation companies?
16: Which element prompted enough investor interest to cause a stock-market spike for B.C.’s Ballard Power Systems this year?
17: Which two teams played in the 2020 Stanley Cup final, and which one emerged victorious?
18: The B.C. government approved the fifth B.C. wine sub-appellation in July – a designation that allows winemakers to put that small geographic region on the front label on wine bottles. Name the newest sub-appellation. (Bonus points for naming the other four.)
19: No cannabis company has yet reached the maximum number of retail stores allowed by the B.C. government. How many stores is the maximum allowed?
20: Are British Columbians able to order cannabis online from private retailers for delivery?
21: Name the high-end fashion boutique that opened in downtown Vancouver in 1987 and announced its closure and a large liquidation sale in early March, before the pandemic took hold.
22: Name the California company that completed its deal to buy Vancouver’s MEC in October.
23: Name the global retailer that closed two small stores on Robson Street, and this fall opened a large flagship store in their place.
24: Name the man who retired in 2020, after serving as the general manager of the Vancouver Park Board for 10 years.
25: Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing has made multiple investments, including some in 2020. In which Vancouver firm that makes money digitizing medical health records, and doctors’ offices?
26: The Arab world’s longest-serving ruler, Qaboos bin Said, died in early 2020 at the age of 79. Name the country that he led since 1970.
27: Regulated ride-hailing services began operating in Vancouver for the first time during which month of 2020?
28: Hootsuite signed a contract with which U.S. law enforcement agency in September, causing backlash among employees?
29: Singapore-based entertainment giant Garena acquired which B.C. gaming studio back in January for a reported US$150 million?
30: Released in November 2020, AC/DC recorded the No. 1 album Power Up at Vancouver’s The Warehouse studio. Which Vancouver musician owns the studio?
31: Out of Canada’s big three telecom companies, which was the first to deploy significant 5G infrastructure in downtown Vancouver this year?
32: Which Burnaby-based clean-tech pioneer sold off its drone division, which had been testing tech for military applications, back in October?
33: One of the largest tech companies founded in Vancouver, Vision Critical, recently moved its headquarters to Toronto. Since then, it has rebranded under a new name. What is the company now known as?
34: Which major credit card company revealed plans in January to open a $510 million cybersecurity centre in Vancouver?
35: Which Vancouverite-founded company is set to be acquired by Salesforce.com, Inc. in a multibillion-dollar deal?
36: Protests in solidarity with elders from which B.C. Indigenous nation forced the closure of major Canadian railway networks near the start of 2020?
37: What is the name of B.C.’s fastest-growing company, according to BIV’s 2020 list?
38: The federal government announced this year that it would review the southeastern B.C. expansion project of which mining company?
39: Which B.C. tourist attraction had its cables cut for the second year in a row?
40: Who succeeded Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes as CEO of the social media management platform this year?
41: In July, Ottawa announced it would partially settle a trade dispute with Australia by phasing out a tax exemption enjoyed by which popular B.C. export?
42: Which Richmond-based company, along with a Mi’kmaq First Nations coalition, is acquiring Nova Scotia’s Clearwater Seafoods Inc. in a billion-dollar deal?
43: What is the name of the 2020 BC CEO Award winner whose company went public this year?
44: Last year, Harbour Air conducted its inaugural flight of what type of airplane?
45: The CANDU reactor was developed in Canada. How many other countries have reactors built using the CANDU design? (Bonus points: name the countries.)
46: In 2019, what was the single most valuable export from B.C. – lumber, coal, copper or natural gas?
47: The Atlantic Ocean produces only one type of salmon. How many species of salmon are there in B.C.?
48: Which Vancouver company developed the lipid-nanoparticles technology being used in multiple versions of the COVID-19 vaccine?
49: What is the name of the RCMP officer who served the arrest warrant of Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver International Airport on December 1, 2018?
50: Besides Iran, what other country did Huawei operate in that incurred the wrath of U.S. Department of Justice officials in their criminal charges against Meng?
51: What is the name of GCT Canada’s rival container port project to landlord Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s own Terminal 2 plans at Roberts Bank? (Three-letter abbreviation)
52: BC Lions owner and CFL stalwart David Braley died in October. Besides the Lions and the Toronto Argonauts – which Braley owned at the same time at one point – what is the third team that the Ontario magnate once owned?
53: The Vancouver Canucks were among the six finalists vying to host the National Hockey League playoff bubble earlier this year. Besides Vancouver and eventual winners Edmonton and Toronto, can you name the other three finalist cities (before Vancouver was eliminated in late June)?
54: Vancouver-based Top Tier Foods this year launched a non-meat replacement for what specific type of meat (popularized in Japanese cuisine)?
55: B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry took over the Instagram account of which Hollywood actress in June to promote efforts being taken to fight contagious diseases globally?
56: China’s implementation of a controversial national security law in May in what city caused major global concerns about the future of that city as a global business hub?
57: UBC-based IC-Impacts research centre this year licenced out its new pavement material technology – made from recycled tires, among other things – to road infrastructure producers in what country?
58: Who are the two UBC professors who testified at a panel in Ottawa at the Special Parliamentary Committee on Canada-China Relations by video conference in February 2020?
59: Who’s the Republic of China Chair at the Centre for Chinese Research at UBC?
60: What B.C. city is establishing a new municipal police force? •
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