Examines the checks and balances between each of the three branches of the U.S. government as well as how the actions taken by each branch and other government agencies affect United States citizens today.

The Executive Branch: Leading the Nation (The Federal Government)

Children's Books

Thorburn, Mark

Education & Reference

Enslow Pub Inc

Canada’s sixth province since 1871, British Columbia has certainly had time to stockpile its share of strange and peculiar citizens and circumstances. From the intriguing and uncanny to the downright wacky, many of these stories have served as inspiration for some of BC’s most colourful place names: - Babine Lake takes its name from the French word for "large lip" and refers to the former practice of the local First Nations people of inserting pieces of wood or bone about a half inch in diameter between the teeth and lower lips of their women - Barkerville was named for Billy Barker, a gold prospector from the Cariboo Gold Rush Days who struck it rich but later died in poverty - In 1920, the residents of Harper’s Camp voted almost unanimously in favour of changing their community’s name to Horsefly in honour of that pesky insect that visits every summer - Lulu Island, on which the city of Richmond sits, was named for 16-year old American actress Lulu Sweet who won the hearts of a detachment of Royal Engineers - Lytton was named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the playwright who gave us the phrase “The pen is mightier than the sword - Mount Merritt on Hunter Island was named after Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, a World War II hero who won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe and was still in a German prison camp when the mountain was christened in his honour -Murderer Creek near Quesnel Forks was named after the notorious thief, murderer and cannibal Boone Helm who is suspected of hiding somewhere along this gulch his loot from another one of his brutal crimes - Naramata got its name after the town’s founder heard the dead Sioux Chief Big Moose mention it as he spoke through a medium at a séance

British Columbia Place Names

History

Americas

Dragon Hill Publishing

Box set containg Bathroom Book of British Columbia Trivia, Bathroom Book of British Columbia History, and Weird British Columbia Places.

British Columbia Trivia Box Set: Bathroom Book of British Columbia Trivia, Bathroom Book of British Columbia History, Weird British Columbia Places

Simms, Michelle

FLEMING, Andrew

Reference

Blue Bike Books

British Columbians are well known for being a laid-back population, but you'd better mind your Ps and Qs, or you might be headed to jail. Read about these strange and wacky laws and more in Weird British Columbia Laws:
* From 1947 to 1986, it was illegal to sell stoves on a Wednesday in Vancouver * Kelowna once permitted nude bathing in any public waters, but only between 9:00 pm and 6:00 am * In Port Coquitlam, it is against the law to own more than four pet rats or to allow your cattle to roam the streets * It was illegal to sell margarine in BC from 1879 until 1949 * Voters in Smithers have passed a referendum declaring their town a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone * One of Esquimalt's first bylaws prohibited the throwing of snowballs within city limits * From 1916 until 1977, you couldn't buy any booze on Election Day in British Columbia * An Oak Bay bylaw requires its residents to keep their noisy parrots quiet * At 2:00 am on January 1, 1922, BC citizens had to switch from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right side.
And so much more...

Weird British Columbia Laws: Strange, Bizarre, Wacky & Absurd

Pacific Northwest Trivia is a readable, entertaining potpourri of fascinating facts about a region of ecological diversity, captivating history, a progressive political culture with hints of separatism and colorful characters: · The world's largest strawberry shortcake, weighing 5700 pounds, is served to more than 15,000 people at the Lebanon Strawberry Festival in June · Adam West, of Batman fame, was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and played the lead character in that campy TV series from 1966 to 1968 · Despite being a semi-arid to arid climate, summer in Idaho is known for its wildflower blooms, covering literally thousands of acres · The site of the nation's only fatal nuclear reactor meltdown is just one of the more than 50 nuclear reactors built at the national testing site near Idaho Falls · Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943), the nation's first female mayor, served as Seattle's mayor from 1926 to 1928 · The name for the city of Portland was settled by that most scientific of methods: a coin-toss.

Pacific Northwest Trivia: Weird, Wacky & Wild

Wojna, Lisa

Spadoni, Gina

Mudrey, Tyler

Enjoy this rich and entertaining collection of facts about the colorful people and places of Oregon. Read about the town that has a bluebird house in front of every home, the best place in the world to windsurf, the world's smallest official park and the Oregon community where it's illegal to box with a kangaroo. And so much more…

Oregon Trivia

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