☀️ Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? ⛰️ I thought it'd be fun to play a physical-activity-themed game seeing that many people are out and about around the holiday break (and yes, I am now realizing January might be a tad too late, mea culpa 🫠) Based on the clues, match each of the four people to one activity that suits them best. No activity can be assigned to more than one person. Clues: Sally and Bill are fit and enjoy physical challenges. Bill longs to be on TV...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
🚀 Vegout HQ Happenings 🚀 Woohoo! Happy grand finale of the year! How has your year been? As I write this, I am slowly withdrawing from the exhilarating triple whammy of November known in my household as Thanksgiving, my partner's birthday, and our 13th anniversary. We also saw the amazing Cirque du Soleil's ECHO show with my in-laws. Super random trivia! Without looking it up online, can you name where Cirque du Soleil is from? a) France b) Canada c) United States This year has been a...
3 months ago • 1 min read
🦃 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🦃 Can you match the nine Indigenous peoples to the letter of the region where most of their population is clustered around? 🎃 Answers to the previous Mini Voyage 🎃 Did you solve the Halloween mini crossword? All of my clues are sourced from Wikipedia. I'd also like to recommend The Book of Hallowe'en, which is available in the public domain. Written by American librarian, Ruth Edna Kelley, in 1919, this is believed to be the first...
4 months ago • 1 min read
🎃 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🎃 Down: 1. Often made with gold foil and ritualistic seals, this paper money is offered to the dead, through burning, in many Chinese cultures. 2. Children disguised in costumes, visiting the neighborhood from door to door for food or coins. 4. In 2014, this hamlet (a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village) in Canada moved trick-or-treat indoors to the community hall due to the risk of encountering polar bears....
5 months ago • 3 min read
🔠 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🔠 This Wordsearch puzzle features names of popular Icelandic authors whose works are available in English, either originally written or translated. But here’s a twist! Of the clues listed below the Wordsearch grid, only four names belong to real Icelandic writers—two are impostors that cannot be found in the puzzle! Can you weed out the fakes and solve the puzzle? *As per our Vegout Voyage tradition, all Icelandic-specific letters...
6 months ago • 2 min read
🎵 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🎵 You are presented with three audio recordings. Each of them showcases a type of traditional folk music. Take a listen and see if you can pair them with the correct description below! Audio recording 1 Audio recording 2 Audio recording 3 Music description A: Peyote music, practiced by people of various Native American indigenous groups Music description B: Icelandic rimur, with music accompaniment Music description C: Joik,...
7 months ago • 1 min read
🌎 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🌎 Happy belated Fourth of July to everyone who celebrates in the United States! Many countries around the world mark their own National or Independence Day with unique traditions that reflect their identity. Your challenge is to identify which country each of the four photos comes from, and determine the month of that country's National or Independence Day. Then, add the numeric value of each of those months together to get your...
8 months ago • 1 min read
🎶 Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 🎶 Who here follows Eurovision!! Eurovision is an international song competition occurring annually around May across Europe and beyond, often with dazzling live spectacles. Many entries this year carry uplifting messages—likely in response to how heavy the world feels lately. Below are images of four contestants. Can you pair each artist with the country they represent? Country #1: In 2025, this country shut down its golden passport...
9 months ago • 1 min read
❤️ Think you got what it takes to crack the new Mini Voyage? 💙 History is a mirror that reflects the light of the past onto our present. Tariffs have long played a key role in trade policy around the world, often resulting in a complex web of tradeoffs. The EU imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on solar panels from China, enforced from December 2013 until their cancellation in March 2017. While these measures protected the interests of EU manufacturers, the cancellation cited that...
10 months ago • 1 min read