The Great Canadian Trivia Book - by Randy Ray & Mark Kearney (Paperback)

About the Book

Explores the noteworthy, notorious, phenomenal, and outlandish sides of the Great White North.

Book Synopsis

Canada has given the world the real Winnie the Pooh, the phrase "Beatlemania," and the man who invented the Academy Awards. If it weren't for Canada, we might not have the pie-in-the-face gag, basketball, time zones, or the dotted white line on the middle of highways.

And anyone who still thinks Canada is dull obviously doesn't know about the Canadian who was the longest serving prisoner on Alcatraz, or the night that members of Parliament threw books and toy balloons at each other during a wild debate in the House of Commons. The Great Canadian Trivia Book explores the noteworthy and the notorious, the factual and the phenomenal, the obscure and outlandish sides of the Great White North.

Review Quotes

"useful for readers hungry for information and pleasant for readers who are browsing just for fun."--Sunday Daily News (Halifax, NS)

"Fun to read."--Steve Pitt "Canadian Book Review Annually"

"In this fascinating book, journalists Mark Kearney and Randy Ray explore the noteworthy and notorious, the factual and phenomenal, the obscure and outlandish sides of the Great White North--My Bookshelf (Ottawa, ON) May 2001

About the Author

Mark Kearney was born in Toronto, grew up in Pickering, Ontario, and graduated in journalism from the University of Western Ontario in 1977. Kearney has been a full-time freelance writer since 1989 after working as a reporter for the London Free Press and in public relations for the Ontario government. Kearney's articles have appeared in some sixty publications in North America, and he teaches writing at the University of Western Ontario and Lambton College. He is married and lives in London, Ontario.

Randy Ray was born and raised in Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. He has been a freelance writer since 1989 after working as a reporter for the London Free Press for thirteen years, including three years as the newspaper's Parliament Hill bureau chief. Ray's articles have appeared in more than fifty publications, including The Ottawa Citizen and The Globe and Mail. He is married, has three children, and lives in Ottawa, Ontario.