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Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
ISED is the four letter acronym for this department in the Government of Canada
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1909
The year is _____, Global Affairs Canada has just been founded
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Tim Hortons
This famous Canadian fast food chain opened its first restaurant in Hamilton in 1964
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Pumpkin
Often mistaken for a vegetable this fruit is the most popular to carve on Halloween
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World Wide Web
WWW stands for this very popular and widely used information system that was invented in 1989
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Ottawa, ON
This city is where you will find the ISED headquarters on Queen Street
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1982
The Trade Commissioner Service and Global Affairs Canada merged in this year
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Canadiens, Canucks, Flames, Jets, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Senators
Name the seven Canadian hockey teams in the NHL in 2021
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Mexico
This country in North America celebrates Day of the Dead instead of Halloween
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Blue Whale
Potentially growing up to 100 feet long and weighing up to 200 tons, this mammal is the largest in the world
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Seventeen
Statistics Canada and Business Development Bank of Canada are just two of the how many departments and agencies overseen by ISED
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160
The Trade Commissioner Service has this many offices around the world and across Canada
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Lake Superior
Half in the US and half in Canada, this great lake is the largest of them all
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Monster Mash
Bobby Pickett wrote this famous Halloween song in 1962, you could say it was a graveyard smash
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Leonardo Da Vinci
This painters’ most famous piece in displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
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Simon Kennedy (2017) and Paul Thompson (2019)
These two are the current deputy ministers of ISED. One started in 2017 and the other in 2019
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External Affairs and International Trade Canada (1989-1995), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (1995-2013), Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (2013-2015)
Global Affairs Canada has had three previous names between 1989-2015, name two of them
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Vancouver
Many refer to this Canadian city as Hollywood North for its thriving film industry
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Ireland
Halloween started as a Celtic tradition over 2,000 years ago in this country
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Neil Armstrong
This astronauts first name and first initial of his last name coincidentally spells Alien backwards
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Industry Canada
Before it was renamed to ISED, in 1995 the department was first renamed to this
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Department of External Affairs
Global Affairs Canada is its most up to date name, but this was the original name for the department
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Yukon
This year we had record high temperatures, but in 1947 this territory had a record low of -63 degrees Celsius
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Vlad III or Vlad the Impaler
Most commonly known as Dracula, he was the ruler of Wallachia, Romania three times between 1448 and 1476
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Diamond
This mineral composed of pure carbon is the hardest naturally occurring substance and the most popular gemstone
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