CBC runs the occasional “Test the Nation” quiz show on TV, and while I’ve had a mild interest in playing along I always manage to miss it. It ran again last night (the “trivia” version), and Martine and I recorded it although we only watched it for a few minutes. Doing so prompted me to go to the CBC web site at lunch time today and do the test online.
As you will know if you’ve ever seen the show, CBC invites people from various walks of Canadian life to attend the show live, in the studio, and to play together in groups according to interests or profession. Last night’s show was interesting because one of the competing groups was a collection of 36 Bloggers, including local representatives Hugh McGuire, Julien Smith, and Craig Silverman. Happily, and perhaps not unexpectedly, the bloggers kicked ass, winning the game over the other groups (celebrity lookalikes, cab drivers, chefs, backpackers, and flight crews). The average blogger score was 50 out of 60.
I scored 48 out of 60 when I did the test, although there were two answers that I knew I got wrong the second I submitted them. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (and drive-in movies, soft shit fights, and Florida elections) so I must accept my below average (at least for a blogger) standing.
On the other hand, the tests rankings puts me near the top of the “world wide wonder” category, whatever that means, so I guess it’s not so bad.
How about you? What did you score?
10 thoughts on “My “Test the Nation” Score”
I scored a 54, could have been 55 but I didn’t know which of Spirit or Opportunity was the first to land on Mars.
Andre
Also 54.
Kate M.
50 out of 60.
That 15-second delay is sometimes too short to even read the text.
Jim Royal
56!
mare
53, how disappointing.
Patrick
“at lunch time” my ass!
Donal
geez, everyone in the comments are smart! :P i got 46.. not so bad…
Christelle
Testing here has nothing to do with smartness, just by consuming a lot of trivia. And it helps if you travel a lot and if two questions pertain to your country of origin. Christelle, you probably scored better on the TV category where I lost 3 points.
mare
I am happy to say that I scored a respectable (though granted less than everyone here) 44, with my worst score in the scandal category…which I consider a good thing. I really expected to score much, much less.
the milliner
I filled out a long questionnaire, and then the Flash didn’t work.
Jack Ruttan
Comments are closed.