Friday, July 01, 2005

Oh, Canada?

Well, um, happy birthday to the Great White North. Let's see how much money we can blow on fireworks and beer. All I know is that I don't have to go to work, so by all means, lets par-tay...

Borrowing an idea from the blog Hail From the Chief (the Modesto Intern Wars posts are very funny), here is a quiz for you all to stretch your cerebrum's frontal lobe. Being today is Canada Day, it's very Canadian-centric...

By the way...the first person to post the correct answers wins...and what do you win, you may be asking? Well...let's see...what have I got here...um, no, not that...oh, here we go...how about a big pile of Nothing!! Just kidding. How about this - if you get all the answers right, you get to give me a phrase or sentence and I'll write a short story around it. For each bonus question you get right, you can add another item for me to include. No guarantee on quality or length of story :) How's that for a prize? Bet you're wishing you would have stuck with the nothing, eh?

So, there you go - let's get out there and raise those Google shares!

Canada Day Quiz

1. Name the Canadian Comic Book Superhero that went by the name "Patch" while in Madripoor.

2. What Legendary Canadian singer, songwriter, cowboy, and rancher wrote and sang the song Fifty Years Ago?

3. What does C'est La Vie mean?

4. Robin Lee also cut a version, but what Canadian rocker is most famous for the song "Black Velvet"?

5. Name the first Canadian inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

6. Name this Canadian actress who has starred opposite a Mountie while playing a Bounty Hunter, starred opposite a certain Boston PI playing his psychiatrist girlfriend, and also starred opposite a Ford while playing the First Lady on a highjacked presidential flight. Bonus points if you can name the movies / shows as well.

7. What Canadian city was Wayne Gretzky born in?

8. Name the famous Canadian WWI pilot who was the Commander of the First Canadian Air Force.
Bonus Question - Name another Canadian Pilot, flying a Sopwith Camel, who shot down the famous Red Baron.

9. How many millimeters in 13.8% of a meter?

10.Canada turns how old this year?

Good luck!

Comments on "Oh, Canada?"

 

Blogger Eaglewing said ... (July 01, 2005 7:02 PM) : 

excellent work...so close. here's a hint on #8. He was also the most decorated Canadian in WWI...at least according to his heritage museum website...
come on - the prize is still up for grabs, people!!

 

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