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The Big Book of Crazy Canadian Trivia

Author : Pat Hancock

Publisher :

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 15,63 MB

Release : 2014-02-01

Category : Canada

ISBN : 9781443128315

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A colossal collection of the most entertaining, outrageous, and completely true facts about Canada! The biggest Crazy Canadian Trivia book ever, this chunky volume includes entries from all four Crazy Canadian Trivia books in one giant, fully updated compendium. Prepare to impress your friends with knowledge about: THE STRANGEST: an outhouse race, a dog with a university diploma, and a Mosquito Appreciation Day THE BIGGEST: the largest ice cream sundae, the longest gum-wrapper chain, and the biggest monument to peace THE BEST: the strongest man in the world, the oldest living person, the world Scrabble champion THE ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE: the day Niagara Falls actually stopped falling And many more fun and fascinating facts about Canada!



So You Think You Know CANADA, Eh?

Author : Marianne Jennings

Publisher :

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 22,65 MB

Release : 2019-11-17

Category : Humor

ISBN : 9781734245615

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A collection of fun and interesting facts about Canada, the kind people who live there, all things maple syrup, hockey and lacrosse, its unique history, the breathtaking nature, and a few words to help you speak Canadian. Inside are fun nuggets of knowledge and trivia about whether or not Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen, why hockey is not the official national sport of Canada, what Canada could have been named, that parts of Canada are as cold as Mars, and that peanut butter was invented by a Canadian pharmacist. To test the reader's knowledge of Canada, a fun short quiz with answers are at the end of the book. If you're Canadian, know any Canadians, traveling to Canada or have ever wanted to know more about Canada, this fun little fact book will help.



Haunted Canada 3

Author : Pat Hancock

Publisher :

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 19,96 MB

Release : 2007-08-01

Category : Ghosts

ISBN : 9780439937771

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Book Description

More true ghost stories collected from across Canada! These creepy stories are perfect for around the campfire and at Halloween. Will you be able to read them all?



Crazy Canadian Trivia 4

Author : Pat Hancock

Publisher : Scholastic Canada

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 13,47 MB

Release : 2009-07

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780545989947

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Once again, Pat Hancock, trivia collector extraordinaire, has compiled a new selection of amusing, outrageous and completely true facts about Canada. Only this book gives the details on where in Canada you can find a wildlife overpass forbears, or a radio station for whales! How about where you'll find people who roll cheese down a hill -- better yet why they roll cheese downhill? Embellished with photographs and funny cartoons, these snippets of information are ideal for browsing and reading aloud. A fun way for kids and the whole family to learn!



The Big Book of Random Facts

Author : Bill O'Neill

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 38,3 MB

Release : 2016-07-19

Category :

ISBN : 9781535408059

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The Big Book of Random Facts is the ultimate trivia book filled with 1000 funny and interesting facts. It's the perfect book for a boring night at home or for some pub quizzes at the bar with your friends. With funny trivia facts like: There are more saunas than cars in Finland. Donald Trump has been personally sued more than 70 times in federal court since 2000. Disney put 500 Stormtroopers on the Great Wall to promote "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in China. So go ahead and checkout the other 997 funny facts from this book, they are just as good!



Haunted Canada: Ghost Stories

Author : Pat Hancock

Publisher : Scholastic Canada

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 44,84 MB

Release : 2014-01-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1443133078

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Turn the lights down low, lock the door, and prepare to be spooked! This collection of ghostly tales is sure to send chills up your spine. Grim and Ghostly Stories and Strange and Spooky Stories are now available in one frighteningly good package. A perfect introduction to the bestselling Haunted Canada series, these eighteen stories are guaranteed to give kids the creeps! Huddled under the covers or in the glow of the campfire, young fright fans will fall under the spell of these spooky stories about kids like themselves, caught in the grip of terror.



The Great Book of 1980s Trivia

Author : Bill O'Neill

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 44,81 MB

Release : 2018-04-16

Category :

ISBN : 9781648450389

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Take a fantastical journey through the 1980s, as we uncover every riveting storyline that dominated the "decedent decade." Revisit, or explore for the first time, the big stories and the forgotten facts of ten fast-paced years that would reshape the world, and lay the foundation for the way we live today.Discover the events that gripped the world through hijackings, bombings, and hostage standoffs, during a decade dominated by international terrorism. Read the stories of serial killers on the run, and military battles that transformed continents.Follow Madonna and Michael Jackson as they took their awe-inspiring acts to the top of the charts, surrounded by a new MTV culture.Take a joyride through a new age of cinema dominated by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and their endearing heroes. Go to battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, and find out how Meryl Streep mesmerized audiences with six Oscar-nominated performances.You will also find the answers to the following questions:- Why did President Reagan's would-be assassin put a bullet in his chest, and what "affair" discredited Reagan's administration?- What prompted First Lady Nancy Reagan to ask America to "Just Say No."- What catastrophic event sidelined the U.S. Space program?- What toys and video games made every child's wish list?- Why did Time magazine stray from their annual "Person of the Year" to award the "Machine of the Year", and how did Bill Gates and Steve Jobs become international icons?- How did Oprah and Geraldo Rivera build a daytime talk show empire?- What made Bill Cosby a national icon and America's dad, long before the sex scandal that would completely derail him?



Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 50,96 MB

Release : 2013-09-10

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1607109239

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The Great White North is revealed as the Great Weird North in this entertaining tome from the best-selling Bathroom Reader series. Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he’d just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock’s birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt’s Arm, Starvation Cove, or anywhere else inside (or outside) of Canada, yukon count on Uncle John to deliver a world of weirdness from all over this great country. For example: - Cow-patty bingo in Alberta (Rule #1: Wear gloves) - How to enforce the new Quebec law that requires dogs to be bilingual - The sea of Molson Golden that once shut down an Ontario freeway - The mystery of the mini earthquakes in a New Brunswick town - Why it’s illegal to kill a sasquatch in British Columbia - The Nova Scotia company that makes mattresses for cows - Saskatchewan’s Willow Bunch Giant, a real man who could lift a horse over his head - The giant fiberglass “Happy Rock” statue in--where else?--Gladstone, Manitoba And much, much more!



Haunted Canada 2

Author : Pat Hancock

Publisher :

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 37,28 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780439961226

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Book Description

Spine-chilling tales from across the country! Strange disappearances, unexplained accidents and grisly ghosts! Following the success of Haunted Canada, this second volume collects more frightening Canadian tales. Whether you're looking for a spooky Halloween story, something scary to read by the campfire, or a peek at the darker side of Canada, Haunted Canada 2 is sure to send shivers down your spine! Young readers will learn some of Canada's history and geography as they devour hair-raising reports of mysterious creatures, ghosts, UFOs and more!



The Great Book of California

Author : Bill O'Neill

Publisher : Lak Publishing

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 43,39 MB

Release : 2020-02-28

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 9781648450044

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The Great Book of California is an entertaining, instructive and interesting Trivia & Facts book about the Golden State. You'll learn more about California's history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more.