All the better ones

And no, Minnesota is not the answer. To any question. Ever.

Not even to: What state is bounded by North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan (gotta remember dem Yoopers, and the border runs through Lake Superior), and Canada?

Or: What state does Amy Klobuchar represent in the Senate?

Or: Where did The Trashmen (of "Surfin' Bird" fame) come from?

This test is inherently unfair due to the language barrier between our two countries.

Least you could do is provide a Canadian to English dictionary you frakkin kanuk supremist rat hockey commie!!

Hey. I didn't play pub trivia in the Maritimes for nothing, although my memory resembles a slotted spoon. What I know for sure:
Part 1--
1) who knows (Shatner?);
2) Pamela Anderson;
3) Galbraith
4) Blackberry?
5) Kiefer Sutherland
6) Candy
7) Samantha Jones (brilliant juxtaposition, by the way)
8) Cirque du Soleil
9) Anne Murray
10) Krauthammer
11) who cares?
12) Michael J. Fox (good juxtaposition)
13) Celine Dion
14) James Cameron ( no humor= no-brainer)
15) Frank Gehry
16) Mike Myers
17) Ellen Page
18) Margaret Atwood and Saul Bellow (trick question)
19) how can one answer this without a Canadian partner?
20) Leslie Nielson
Part II
1)
2)
3)
4) Rockin in the Free World
5)
6) Leonard Cohen
7) Both?
8) Avril Lavigne
9)
10)
Part III
a) Jean Vanier
b) Morneau?
c) Coupland?
d) Alex Trebek -- maybe all three
e) all of the above?
Part IV:
1) Lorne Greene
2) Robert MacNeil
3) Donald Sutherland and Dan Ackroyd
4) neither?
5) don't know
Part V:
If I were Canadian, I would not want it to be either.

Brutal, this, Quinn. It's why I was on a Trivia TEAM in Canada. I need to consult with my teammates.
But thanks for the Steppenwolf -- easy ....

Kiefer Sutherland)
Anne Murray
Aleonard Cohen

I'm guessing at Anne Murray. I have been a fan of Cohen since about '63 so I finally had to admit [but only to myself] that he wasn't an “American”, and I seem to recall some whacko, nationalistic Canadian [Where the hell is Canada, anyway?] posting a video of Sutherland bragging about some other Canadian that we "real" Norte Americanos have never even heard of. Something about universal health care. What a crock!
If I win, and I'm sure it will be some real American who does, I don't expect any accusations of cheating. It is a well known fact that we “Americans" know a lot more about Canada than Canadians do about us. It aint about being nationalistic, its about being “right”.

Yes, No, No, 3, No, No, Yes, Yes, No, No, Yes, 13, 4, 2, 1887, No, No, N/A, 7, Doughnut, No, Yes, No, No, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, No, 7, Yes, No, No, No, No, Yes, No, No.

Pretty sure Shatner and Doohan were both Canadian.

Quiz 2 is infinitely easier, but I'm more interested in the fact you guys took 12.5% of GM. I can get you a good deal on some Chrysler but you hsvr to move quick. (Anyway, Studebaker is where the action is). And GM's old slogan, "What's good for GM is Good for..."?
Dow Jones' old slogan was "Better Living Though Chemistry." Now, that's an investment to consider. Molecules know no borders.

Cool game Quinn,wish I could play but I got Quizaphobia, had it since I was 2 when I gummed and and swallowed a U.S.census form. They should keep those things out of children's reach. Hey?

Okay, now that I am properly drunk I can respond most properly. At least for our northern boundaries, so to speak.

There have been times when I had wished that your canadian friends would simply include us in your deliberations. Annexed would have been the proper term. I think at least the northern part of our state would have gone along.

But then again you went ahead and sent troops to aide in our world wide attempt at .....

Well I do not know what right now.

But I will think about it.

oh and just one for your side. I always despised Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. But I did like the Farmers Daughter, except when Loretta gave that speech about Wilson.....

Again, I have to think about this further. but I do know for a fact that Minnesota does not like people who shoot innocent moose from helicopters.

SO THERE.

Okay I cheated and saw Staebler's...
You forgot David the-ass-of-evil Frum, DUDE!!!
AND Eugene Levy!!
two points off on your quiz!

THE ANSWERS! Alrightee, the answers to our Quiz. Which is the best quiz... that America ever saw... because... everyone's a winner baby. That's right, every multiple choice option is correct.

Yup, they're all Canadian.

Kirk and Scotty, both Jack Bauer and Neo, all down through the list. A few are marginal, like: Saul Bellow (left Canada age 9); David Byrne (only his teen years here, after leaving Scotland); and Jack Warner (only born in Ontario, moved away very young.)

A few thoughts (now included in the post as well) on this weird invisible reality. The most obvious being, once you see the extent of the intertwining with Canada, not just in terms of the two economies, but the near-invisibility of the cultural meshing, it changes how you see a number of issues in the US -

1. Take immigration. Massive problem, right? Huge tensions. etc. Except, there are not just hundreds of thousands, but millions of Canadians in the US, working or immigrants, etc. When I'm in the US, I'm always treated to "serious" dinnertime discussions, by educated people, about the "immigration issue." And I don't think it's ever been noted - other than in jest - that I happen to be one. In short, from these shoes, immigration looks to be a lot more about race, and maybe culture than it is about national borders.

2. Or something smaller, like Robert Reich's thesis that Americans might lose manufacturing, but by God, they'll all get jobs as Symbolic Analysts. And that sounds sensible, because even if India can do call centers, they'll never understand baseball, right? Never really "get" what it means to be American. But what if the US is also competing against 33 million people (just in Canada) who can speak English, are completely immersed in American culture (and love it), but who also... have cheaper university education, free health care, etc. In short, how does Reich see American workers having a sustainable, competitive advantage over Canada, and - to a slightly lesser degree - the Brits, Irish, Aussies and New Zealanders? I think Reich's naive as hell here, and might do well to reread the losses Britain suffered in "symbolic analysis" as it fell into decline.

3. You know how anytime someone mentions Canada having health care, and someone rebuts it by saying it's a different country, and so it's really hard to compare the two? I wouldn't concede this point without asking why 33 million people pretty much just like you, who play basketball and baseball, and work in banks and schools and fast food joints just like Americans, have managed to get universal health care. And also, lower-cost education, and gun control, and a stronger social safety net, and fewer people in prison, and not gone into Iraq, and with less racial strife (etc.) And have done this with lower deficits, sound banks, and a growing economy. Imagine if California had done this (it has the same population as Canada.) Americans - and especially those on the liberal/left - need to raise the question of how these things can be done, and lo and behold, all without destroying the country or the economy.

And on the flipside, the US liberal-left should also probably ask --- is this the ultimate set of policy changes that we want? Because even if you get them, based on Canada, it sure doesn't cure poverty, or domestic strife, or suburban boredom, etc. etc.

4- I hope this also partially explains why Canadians have a love/hate thing going with the US. You gotta adore a great big brawling, insane, creative country like the US of A. And we do. But some of the stuff going on down there is - ya gotta admit - kinda nuts. See: Dick Cheney.

And we're really proud of our contributions to Star Trek, Saturday Night Live, Greenpeace, Neil and Joni.

And real sorry about Celine and Michael Buble and Krauthammer. And that Frum kid. Boy, he turned out crap.

So I'm going down the list and sayin' to myself, where's that new anchor Dude? I mean, that guy is on our TV telling us what's important every day and he doesn't even get a blip. But then I realized his "nws" was actually Canadien propaganda to those infiltrating Canadien Geese!

There is also some great disappointment in the fact you have this supposed MUSIC section without Robert Palmer! Robert Palmer invented music. He also discovered that a band full of women was really hot, which may have been a stepping stone to his discovering fire.

Other then that, I learned a lot today. Thanks for the info, eh.

You know how to spot a Canadian in a room full of Americans? You just say, "I really can't see any difference between Canadians and Americans". The Canadian will jump up and say, "wait a minute!".

Close but no cigar. I thought Dana Carvey was born in O'Canada. I was just a few degrees south of that line. He was born in Montana. Happy Belated Birthday Dana Carvey!

Amrika should declare war on Canada until Rush is no longer their national band.

You don't negotiate with musical terrorists that promote dangerous prog rock. Thanks to Rush, we have Tool, which is Rush slowed down to 1/3 speed. Seriously. They're the same damn band.

And so we have a Canadian brain teaser and surprise, it has no “tease.” All the answers are “Yes.” Who’d of thunk it? It kind of reminded me of all the final exams I took in Theology courses. I figured out early that as long as you said something positive about god or Jesus you got a very high passing grade. You didn’t actually have to know any scripture. So I guess the U.S. is like the earth and Canada is like Heaven. On earth it is all pain and anguish and competition. In Heaven the response to everything is always “Yes” and with a smile. Perhaps the only thing that can be said in defense of life in the U.S. is that you really can’t appreciate Heaven unless you have lived on earth.

Thanks for all the “yes’s” and all the smiles Mr. Quinn.

I'm reminded of a Simpsons episode where Homer and Marge are in danger of going over Niagara Falls, and Customs officers from Canada and the U.S. are arguing over who gets to rescue them.

U.S. Customs Officer: Beat it, you puck-slapping maple suckers!

Canada Customs Officer: Take a hike, you Shatner-stealing Mexico touchers!

Oh, where is Private Eye's Streets of Shame??? Of course they're all $%@^@^%#$ Canadians. What was I thinking??? Anne of Green Gables (knocks forehead) ....
Let this be a lesson to you, boys and girls> not that Quinn can't be trusted -- oh no -- but beware that competitiveness I displayed, that "ooh,ooh, Mr. Kotter" syndrome that can be your downfall.
Never mind. A great quizz, Quinn.
Now, Quinn -- suppose you change your id to "Quizzicle"??? Covering esq, quizz and ice weasels in one?
Still owe you a squirrel and orange umbrella story. Will work on it on the porch at Tybee next week.

Canada, I salute you.

Hey, remember Heart??? Dreamboat Annie? Crazy on You? Barracuda? (No, not Sarah Palin). Went to Vancouver to dodge the draft, got famous, came back after Jimmy Carter pardoned them? (or at least one of them)

You really can go to Canada make it.

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