Man I need to go home

My wife sent me this "quiz on how well do you know Canada" (see http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special/canquiz2005). Apparently some American from her work sent it to her and reported that he "scored 12 out of 20 for this Georgia boy, not bad for guessing at about 2/3." I believe that when my wife took it the first time, she scored 15 or 16 out of twenty.

Well, I was killing some time this morning, waiting for a telephone call, so I decided to take it.

"You have scored 12 out of 20 - Good work! You did a good job of knowing the thoughts of your fellow Canadians!"

Damn, I've been in the US for too long!

For the record, the questions I got wrong were:

1. Which province is most likely to support the decriminalization of marijuana?
2. What aspect of everyday life is the leading cause of stress among Canadians?
3. Where does Canada rate in the world in terms of Internet use?
4. What would a typical Canadian do is he/she won the lottery?
5. Which health concern is top worry of most Canadians?
6. Which food do 91% of Canadian agree if healthy?
7. Where in Canada are you most likely to get your heart broken?
8. Who do Canadians think was the best Prime Minister during the 20th century?

Now, if you are planning to take the quiz yourself, stop reading here and go and do it. This is your SPOILERS coming notice...

Okay, for the first question I think I was robbed... I still think those tree-huggers in British Columbia are the answer, but the quiz says Quebec.

For the second question, I based it on my own experience and selected work, when the real answer is apparently finances.

In the third question they need to be more clear, the response is that Canada is number one (I selected five), but that must be a per capita thing and I was thinking straight numbers.

I answered the fourth questions as if it were me and said travel. Apparently the majority of Canadians would share it with family and friends. I think that's just the political correct answer though myself.

The fifth question was actually a little difficult... The response choices included diabete, high blood pressure, cancer and one other one. The first three are all plausible choices and I went with high blood pressure, the actual response was cancer.

The sixth question shows my television viewing habits and the fact that those "eat beef" advertisements that they have on television have clearly worked on me. I selected steak, the answer was yoghurt.

This was a funny one and the actual possible responses were surprising: Yukon, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. I knew that it wasn't Newfoundland (we're lovers, not heartbreakers) and I figured that Yukon was so cold that you took what you could get. Leaving Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island, I figured that PEI was the more logical choice. The actual answer was Saskatchewan... Go figure...

For the final question, I just think that Canadians got this one wrong. The response the quiz was looking for was Pierre Elliot Trudeau. The correct response, however, should have Lester B. Pearson.

Anyway, a bit of fun for the early morning and something else to drone on about in my blog for an entry.

Tags: quiz, Globe and Mail, Canada