Need some fun Canadian Trivia for a dinner party. Anybody have some fun trivia about Canada?

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Have a friend who is Canadian.  We go to her house every year for Canadian Thanksgiving.  We are suppose to bring some fun Trivia.  Since almost all of us are Americas we clearly wont know must of it.  Anything fun and unusual that maybe she wont know?  Thanks in advance.

lily · Accepted Answer

Prime Minister Chretien once fought off his own assin; the assin attempted to stab the Prime Minister with a plastic knife from KFC.

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Fun Canadian Trivia

Anonymous · Answer

The game "Trivia" was invented in Canada. There's a Canadian version on the market. Might be enjoyable and you Yanks can learn something.

St N · Answer

What food was invented in Canada? (Pablum - baby food)
What Canadian Rum Running family has a government building named after their product in Maryland and what is its name?  (the Bronfmanns and Seagram House)
Which Canadian provinces do not have a salt water coast?  (Alberta and Saskatchewan)

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the favourite individual farts approximately 14x an afternoon and expels a million/2 liter to 3 liters of gas an afternoon Fart speeds can attain as much as 7 Mph Chemical makeup of the favourite fart:fifty 9% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7 % methane and four% oxygen. suited 10 farters are: a million. Termites 2. Camels 3. Zebra 4 Sheep 5. Cows 6. Elephants 7. Labradors 8. human beings (Vegetarians) 9. human beings (non vegetarians) 10. Gerbils

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Here's a few things familiar to Americans the names of the Canadians who invented them:

-The zipper used in everything from jeans to jackets (Gideon Sundback)
-Alkaline batteries and Lithium batteries (Lewis Urry)
-Plastic garbage bags (Harry Wasylyk)
-Kerosene (Abraham Gesner)
-Electric stoves found in kitchens world-wide (Thomas Ahearn)
-Fog horns (Robert Foulis)
-Lawn Sprinklers (Elijah McCoy)
-Candy bars (Arthur Ganong)
-Plexiglass (William Chalmers)
-Car Heaters (Thomas Ahearn)
-Paint Rollers (Norman Breakey)
-Ship propellers (John Patch)
-Television cameras used by every network on Earth (F. C. P. Henroteau)
-Walkie Talkies (Donald L. Hings)

Just imagine how different the world would be without them.
If that's not your cup of tea, consider these:

The World Health Organization says the world's cleanest air is Canadian - http://ca.news.yahoo.com/b-c-cities-worlds-cleanest-air-says-152905115.html

Parts of Canada are "missing" gravity - http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/missing-gravity.htm

Vikings discovered North America 500 years before Columbus - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/4

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world: 151,600 miles

America's iconic Superman was invented by a Canadian - http://joeshusterawards.com/hof/hall-of-fame-joe-shuster/superman-at-the-star-joe-shusters-last-interview/

Over 60% of the world's total number of lakes are in Canada.
Those lakes are fed & drained by over 50% of the world's total number of rivers.

West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, was once the world's largest shopping mall. 
It still contains the world's largest indoor amusement park.

The Toronto PATH under downtown Toronto, Ontario holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for world's largest underground mall - http://www.cvent.com/en/destination-guide/toronto/path.shtml
Yonge Street is also listed in the Guinness Book as the longest street in the world, stretching 1,896 km from Toronto north to the town of Rainy River, Ontario.

Hope that helps and happy thanksgiving.
(If they have pumpkin pie for dessert, make them pour a melted Aero chocolate bar on top of it and then pour some heated maple syrup on top of that for a totally amazing taste sensation.)

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Need some fun Canadian Trivia for a dinner party. Anybody have some fun trivia about Canada?

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