Canadian cities: fun facts - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
3,000 tonnes of maple syrup worth $18m were stolen from a storage unit in this Quebec city in 2011/12.	Quebec City	86%
This Saskatchewan city has the country's only synchrotron (a particle accelerator).	Saskatoon	86%
In 1985, a man began a 40,000 km global wheelchair odyssey in this British Columbian city.	Vancouver	71%
In 2019, a car thief from this Olympic venue hid in a haystack to try and evade the police.	Calgary	64%
In 2006, a man from this bilingual city began with a paper clip which he traded for more and more valuable items and ended up with a house.	Montreal	64%
A man from this Albertan city opened an Arab theme park on a tiny island. He later seized the Canadian embassy in Beirut, taking 34 hostages.	Edmonton	57%
Thieves stole 30,000 litres of iceberg water from a vodka maker in this old Newfoundland port.	Port Union	57%
Police raiding a marijuana farm, near this lakeside B.C. town, found it to be guarded by ten black bears.	Christina Lake	50%
In 1970 in this B.C. town, the father of a Maple Leafs player held up a TV studio - who had cut from an ice hockey game to the news - and forced them to put the game back on.	Prince George	50%
In 2012, a drunk from this Alberta municipality was out cold on railroad tracks. A long train ran right over him but left him unscathed.	Crowsnest Pass	36%
A 1983 flight to Edmonton ran out of fuel and had to emergency land here, on an airstrip where a dragster race was taking place.	Gimli	36%
Troy Hurtubise, from this Lake Ontario city, invented odd contraptions including a bear-proof metal suit.	Hamilton	36%
The Circus Riot took place in this metropolis, sparked by a brawl between clowns and firemen at a Victorian brothel.	Toronto	36%
Every April in this English-sounding town, bagpipers play to accompany the local swans back to their lake.	Stratford	29%
An outlaw being pursued by fighter jets landed his plane, carrying 4 tonnes of cocaine, near this remote outpost in 1992.	Casey	21%

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