Download or read book The Big Book of Crazy Canadian Trivia written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of strange, wacky, and little-known facts about Canada.
Download or read book The Big Book of Crazy Canadian Trivia written by Pat Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book The Big Book of Canadian Trivia written by Mark Kearney and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in one big book is all the trivia and facts about Canada anyone needs to know. The Big Book is jam-packed with facts and stories. There are stories of important Canadian artifacts and history including what became of Canada’s World War II spy camp. All regions and provinces are covered, as well as important Canadian figures like John Molson, Elizabeth Arden and Russ Jackson. If that isn’t enough there will also be pieces explaining whatever happened to such Canadian icons as the last spike, the first skidoo and the first Tim Hortons donut shop. Some of the items are "classics." Others are little known facts. Approximately 25% of the material has never before appeared in print. This fascinating Big Book brings together for the first time in one package the most notable facts and trivia from the archives of the trivia guys’ collection.
Download or read book Crazy Canadian Trivia 4 written by Pat Hancock and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Crazy Canadian Trivia 3 written by Pat Hancock and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balloons and bears, moccasins and mosquitoes.... Pat Hancock has clipped, recorded and collected to her heart's content to produce another volume full of outlandish bits of Canadian trivia. Embellished by photographs and light-hearted cartoons, the book presents an amusing look at Canada, past and present, that kids will really enjoy. Here's a light-hearted look at more than one hundred interesting facts, wacky world records and odd customs from across Canada. With over 50 upbeat and humorous illustrations and photographs, this book is sure to appeal to fact fanatics everywhere!
Download or read book Crazy Canadian Trivia 2 written by Pat Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's wild, it's wacky, it's the sequel to the best-selling Crazy Canadian Trivia! Did you know that Saskatchewan is home to the world's largest coprolite (piece of dinosaur poop) in the world? Or that a Newfoundland dog saved the French emperor Napoleon from drowning in 1814? Here's a light-hearted look at more than one hundred interesting facts,wacky world records and odd customs from across Canada.With over 50 upbeat and humorous illustrations and photographs, this book is sure to appeal to fact fanatics everywhere! Who knew we lived in such a facts-inating part of the world!
Download or read book The Great Canadian Trivia written by Mark Kearney and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning writers Mark Kearney and Randy Ray dig even deeper into Canadas curious characters, storied past, and cultural idiosyncrasies.
Download or read book So You Think You Know CANADA Eh written by Marianne Jennings and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Great Book of 1980s Trivia written by Bill O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book The Big Book of Random Facts written by Bill O'Neill and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Hockey Trivia for Kids written by Eric Zweig and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three volumes of Hockey Trivia for Kids are now in one "rock 'em, sock 'em" bind-up! Become a hockey trivia superstar with The Ultimate Book of Hockey Trivia for Kids. Did you know that the Sutter family out of Alberta boasts SIX hockey stars? Or that "Hockey Night in Canada's" three stars of the game was a tradition started by an oil company? Go beyond player stats and team records and find out about the cool details only die-hard hockey fans know. It's Crazy Canadian Trivia meets Hockey Superstars with a full third of the book devoted to our beloved Stanley Cup, and lots of photos and illustrations throughout.
Download or read book Haunted Canada 3 written by Pat Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book The Great Book of Alaska written by Bill O'Neill and published by Lak Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Book of Alaska is an entertaining, instructive and interesting Trivia & Facts book about the Last Frontier state. You'll learn more about Alaska's history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more!
Download or read book Haunted Canada 2 written by Pat Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Bathroom Book of Canadian Trivia written by Angela Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and lighthearted collection of facts from across the country to tickle your funny bone. Discover: - how many UFOs have been sighted in Canada - how many people in Canada drink beer - the best place to park your car so that it won't be stolen - the curative powers of the Aurora Borealis - the number of deaths attributed to avalanches - the woman who negotiated her weight in gold for a marriage settlement - the number of words we use for snow - the Newfoundland tradition of screeching-in - the largest land animal in North America - which monsters have been sighted across Canada An so much more... A journey through Canada that you'd never imagine. You won't learn this stuff in school!
Download or read book Haunted Canada Ghost Stories written by Pat Hancock and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Astonishing Bathroom Reader written by Diego Jourdan Pereira and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 600 pages of fascinating facts about everything from science to history to pop culture Did you know the longest mountain range on earth is under water? How about the fact that June was named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage? If not, don’t worry! You can learn details about these facts and more useful (and useless) trivia in this gigantic collection. With subjects from across the spectrum, read all about the presidents, planets, ball games, and more in six overflowing chapters: Gassy Universe Loaded Science Jamming History Clogged Culture Bursting Sports Flushing Phenomena Whether you’re interested in cannibalism, classic movie quotes, or the Milky Way, there is a list, factoid, or timeline for everyone in this epic compendium. You’ll never be bored on the toilet (or in the car or in bed) ever again. Crack open the Astonishing Bathroom Reader and read all about everything you didn’t think you needed to know!
