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Alberta Placename Riddles...

Developed and shared by Cec Race

Download as pdf riddles answers

Get out your Alberta map and see if you can find the places that are the answers to the following riddles. For example, the answer to "Telephone Mr. Cooper" is Calgary.

1.Crimson drinking fluid 2. A word meaning 'Sock it to 'em!'
3. Auto elevator 4. Telephone Mr. Cooper
5. Mr. Sullivan's offspring 6. A particular colored animal
7. 1953 British royalty event 8. A French hairdresser's utensil
9. Anti-war flowing water 10. A group of a particular type of monkey
11. A French duchess's husband 12. A home in extra-tall hills
13. Huge flat land 14. Maker of Cutlass Supreme
15. Essential for playing golf 16. The playground of a famous bandit
17. A plantation of Christmas trees 18. A recent creek
19. The rooster was speeding 20. Crazy forest
21. Quite different from 'Shuster Wrong' 22. A saskatoon picker's delight
23. What to do with harvested wheat 24. When a hotel is a super bargain to buy
25. Benjamin's high voice 26. A proper grip for writing
27. A combat community 28. The painted surface for a tennis match
29. Ravine panorama 30. Scandinavian sailor
31. A cave for archery equipment 32. Pub hatholder
33. Reminds you of Preston 34. An international federation for defense
35. The guy selling 'Old Dutch' snack food 36. Corn Flakes and Cheerios
37. A British luxury car 38. Water does this at 100 degrees C.
39. "We're coming now" means "We're ---- 40. Pharmaceutical head covering
41. A particular shade of red 42. Foot's-end meadow
43. Deceased lumber 44. Really chilly big pond
45. Triplet knolls 46. Grandma's response for more preserves
47. Water tap 48. A fragrant flower named after Cameron, do you think?
49. The standard for British money

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