Staff Trivia

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Across
  1. 2. In university, I once got 95% on a biology final, and it was the lowest score in the class.
  2. 6. My real name is Safoora.
  3. 7. I love to walk in the pouring rain.
  4. 9. I've lived in New York for 6 months.
  5. 11. I have lived on three different continents and spoke German fluently as a child.
  6. 13. I coach shot put and one of my athletes broke a Surrey School District record.
  7. 14. At one point in time, I was semi-fluent to fluent in 5 languages.
  8. 16. I used to own a professional wrestling organization (this is true - I swear I am not kidding).
  9. 18. I love reading and watching shows about serial killers.
  10. 20. I love sushi so much I can eat it every day for the rest of my life.
  11. 21. I have nerve damage in 2 fingers from a firework accident when in high school.
  12. 22. My first crush was on Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block.
  13. 23. I was born on Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood (it was in a hospital, but still…).
  14. 24. I am a citizen of three countries: New Zealand, Canada and ...
  15. 30. I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
  16. 34. I rode a chicken bus to and from a school I taught at in Guatemala.
  17. 36. I met my spouse by chance at The Roxy when I stepped in puke and noticed my would-be spouse laughing at me.
  18. 40. 6, I am horrified by out of tune instruments.
  19. 42. I recently adopted a puppy! His name is Nash, a beagle dog.
  20. 43. I coached a volleyball team that went to the provincial finals and won.
  21. 46. I have enjoyed chicken sashimi.
  22. 48. I Love a shiny white car.
  23. 52. I have only broken one bone in my body... my skull.
  24. 53. I came into close contact with monitor lizards when vacationing in Bangkok.
  25. 55. I have twin brothers born on my birthday.
  26. 56. I am quite a deep sleeper. Couple years ago, I slept through an earthquake in TP.
  27. 57. I have two children - a step daughter who is 19 and a son who is 5.
  28. 59. I have 35 first cousins.
  29. 60. I was a firefighter with a volunteer fire department.
  30. 63. I have kayaked in the Mediterranean sea.
  31. 64. I am known for my collection of scarves and earrings.
  32. 65. I have broken my right ankle twice.
  33. 66. Kip Moore touched my face when I was front row at his concert.
  34. 67. I have flexible thumbs.
Down
  1. 1. I am certified to take X-rays of people’s teeth.
  2. 3. I sang the Oh Canada opening at a BC Lions game.
  3. 4. I lived and taught in Mexico for 2 years (in Chiapas, a few hours from the Guatemalan border).
  4. 5. I do not know how to swim.
  5. 8. I was hit by a van and all I got from my coworkers was a lousy t-shirt.
  6. 10. My sister broke my leg tobogganing when I was a kid because I used my hat to stop the flying snow from getting in my eyes so I couldn’t see we were getting to the bottom of the hill where my foot hung up on the ditch where we slid over top of my leg and my sister bounced her bottom onto my leg, breaking it. Payback for tormenting her with Alfred Hitchcock’s Birds movie.
  7. 12. I swam/coached synchronized swimming for about 20 years.
  8. 15. I was homeschooled.
  9. 17. I got my motorcycle license this year.
  10. 19. One thing on my bucket list is to create landscape paintings.
  11. 25. I have taught and lived in three countries - New Zealand, Canada, and Japan, and I once almost got lost on a savannah while on an elephant safari in Sri Lanka.
  12. 26. I got drunk for the first time in a karaoke bar in Gyeongju, on a high school trip.
  13. 27. When books become movies, I just watch the movie and never read the book.
  14. 28. I used to be in broadcasting before I got into education - I worked for TSN, was an on-air reporter for Rogers, and directed a music video.
  15. 29. I watched Grease in Australia.
  16. 31. I am happily and hopelessly addicted to coffee.
  17. 32. I’ve never broken a bone in my life! I’ve had a lot of stitches though.
  18. 33. I have been in a bridal party 6 times.
  19. 35. Two of my great granduncles owned and piloted boats that evacuated soldiers from Dunkirk.
  20. 37. I went on a trip to New Orleans with a co-worker after only knowing them for 2.5 months and we both threw up in the same bathroom before getting a really great cheeseburger and going to a backyard winery (hint: they work at this school too).
  21. 38. I went snorkeling in the waters of Barbados.
  22. 39. I have never climbed the grouse grind.
  23. 41. I was born at Richmond General Hospital.
  24. 44. I had an iguana for a few years that I named Herman. My grandma used to tease me that if I were born a boy my name would have been Herman Ludvvig.
  25. 45. I like to sleep all day.
  26. 47. I've been electrocuted 3 times before the age of 16.
  27. 49. I worked at Tim Hortons for 10 years.
  28. 50. I was in the United States, freshly 21, and had my wallet stolen off of me while dancing at a packed nightclub. A homeless man found the wallet (all cards & IDs still in it, including my passport) and turned it in to the local police department a month later. Phewf!!
  29. 51. I am a huge fan of Starwars.
  30. 54. I enjoy camping all year round.
  31. 56. I came in third at a BC wide Karate competition and got a bronze metal…there were 3 people in my age category.
  32. 58. I have taught in 7 countries.
  33. 61. I was at an amusement park during a microburst (closest equivalent: small tornado) and had to take shelter in a barn until it passed.
  34. 62. I got a tattoo in Mexico.