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A National Bestseller!
A new collection of the best Canadian trivia in honour of Canada's 150th birthday.

Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday comes this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you'll learn the answers to questions like:
  • Where did the word Canuck come from?
  • How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe?
  • What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic?
  • Who was the first black woman elected to Canada's Parliament?
  • What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics?
  • How did the Halifax Explosion occur?


Table of Contents
1. O CANADA
2. POLICY-MAKERS and GROUND-BREAKERS
3. REBELLIONS
4. CANADA AT WAR
5. HEROES AND LEGENDS
6. PRODIGIES OF SCIENCE, INVENTION, AND MEDICINE
7. CANADIAN DISASTERS
8. INTREPID EXPLORERS
9. ENTERTAIN ME
10. THE OLD BALL GAME
11. GRIDIRON HISTORY
12. CANADA‘S GAME
13. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, NOW IN CANADA
14. SCOOPS ON CANADIAN HOOPS
15. CANADA‘S OTHER NATIONAL GAME
16. ROCKS AND ROLLS
17. MAKING A SPLASH
18. OLYMPIC FEATS
19. MORE CHAMPIONS OF CANADIAN SPORT

Now You Know Canada

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      Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
      Publication Date: 10/08/2017
      ISBN13: 9781459739420, 978-1459739420
      ISBN10: 1459739426
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A National Bestseller!
      A new collection of the best Canadian trivia in honour of Canada's 150th birthday.

      Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday comes this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you'll learn the answers to questions like:
      • Where did the word Canuck come from?
      • How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe?
      • What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic?
      • Who was the first black woman elected to Canada's Parliament?
      • What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics?
      • How did the Halifax Explosion occur?


      Table of Contents
      1. O CANADA
      2. POLICY-MAKERS and GROUND-BREAKERS
      3. REBELLIONS
      4. CANADA AT WAR
      5. HEROES AND LEGENDS
      6. PRODIGIES OF SCIENCE, INVENTION, AND MEDICINE
      7. CANADIAN DISASTERS
      8. INTREPID EXPLORERS
      9. ENTERTAIN ME
      10. THE OLD BALL GAME
      11. GRIDIRON HISTORY
      12. CANADA‘S GAME
      13. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, NOW IN CANADA
      14. SCOOPS ON CANADIAN HOOPS
      15. CANADA‘S OTHER NATIONAL GAME
      16. ROCKS AND ROLLS
      17. MAKING A SPLASH
      18. OLYMPIC FEATS
      19. MORE CHAMPIONS OF CANADIAN SPORT

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