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Trivia EH? Christopher Plummer

Despite taking training to become a classical pianist, Plummer took two different, but related directions and became famous on both stage and screen. Plummer’s maternal great-grandfather was Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Born in Toronto, Plummer soon moved to Quebec to be raised at the Abbott family home. Plummer is bilingual. He so disliked [...]

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Trivia Eh? Kim Cattrall

Despite winning several prestigious awards and nominations, Cattrall, along with Sex and the City 2 co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis won a Razzie award in 2011 for worst actress! Not a good thing, but it’s something Kim apparently wasn’t perturbed about. In very recent WHOtv.com story, she said she’d like to [...]

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Trivia Eh? William Shatner

In 2011, Shatner reaching the ripe “young” age of 80: had many accomplishments, including: putting out his seventh musical album, re-igniting the ‘war’ between the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, and getting ready for a role in the 2012 third season opener of Rookie Blue. Shatner has also been booked to appear at the [...]

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Trivia Eh? James Doohan

The beloved character we came to know and be inspired by, Montgomery Scott (Scotty) of Star Trek fame, was actually born James Montgomery Doohan. James Doohan was 85 years old when he died in 2005, in Redmond, Washington. Doohan had several children, the last by his third wife, when Doohan was 80 years old! Long [...]

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Trivia Eh? The Toronto Maple Leafs

One of the original six hockey teams in the NHL. Their first hockey club was referred to as the Arenas, but unofficially the team was known as the Blueshirts or the Torontos. To appeal to a then-largely Irish population in the city, the team became the Toronto St. Pats in the early 1920’s. The team [...]

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Trivia Eh? Santa Claus Parade

The Toronto Santa Claus Parade started two decades before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and in fact inspired the famous annual big show in New York. The Toronto Santa Claus Parade has been running steadily, without missing a year, since 1905. Statistics for the 2011 edition of the Parade include: A parade route that’s almost [...]

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Trivia Eh? Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Douglas Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 1961. When only six years old, Wayne began to practice his moves and shots in a backyard rink built by his father, Walter. Wayne credits his dad with teaching him everything he knew about hockey. As a Pee Wee player in Brantford (ages [...]

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Trivia Eh? Rick Mercer

Rick was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on October 17, 1969. He’s one of four kids. His mom was a nurse, and his father was in fisheries. A multi-award winner, Rick has won 20 Gemini Awards and the prestigious Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. His current show, the Rick Mercer Report, is taped in front [...]

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Trivia Eh? Pierre Trudeau

Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec Was the middle of three children, had an older sister (Suzette) and a younger brother (Charles, Jr.) Mother, Grace Elliott was an anglophone, his father, Charles-Émile Trudeau was a francophone First met Margaret Joan Sinclair in Tahiti. At eighten years old, she was 30 years [...]

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Trivia EH? Alberta

AREA: 255,285 sq mi 661,188 sq km Water Surface: 6,485 sq mi 16,796 sq km POP: 3,711,845 million (2010) according to Statistics Canada Highest Elevation: Mt. Columbia 3747m (12,294 feet) Capital: Edmonton Important Industries: energy, agriculture, business and commercial services, transportation and utilities, finance and real estate, retail and wholesale trade, and manufacturing Provincial Bird: [...]

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