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Canadians Know More About American History Than Their Own: Study

I scored 55% on the quiz. Don't guess the questions where you don't know the answer for a more accurate score. Just click on 'next question'.

This is also by no means a scientific or sociological study so take it with a grain of salt.

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Canadians Know More About American History Than Their Own: Study Tuesday July 1, 2008 CityNews.ca Staff It's the day to celebrate all things Canadian, but according to a recent study we appear to know more about the history of the nation of the Stars and Stripes than we do about our home and native land. The survey, conducted by Ipsos-Reid for the Dominion Institute in the format of a 20-question quiz, asked a number of historical questions about the two nations. The 1,024 people polled answered 47 percent of the questions pertaining to America correctly and got only 42 percent of the questions about Canada right. Not all of the questions referred to historical facts and a query on current heads of state provided the most telling results. When asked who the current head of state in the U.S. is, 75 percent of respondents correctly answered President George W. Bush, but only 21 percent correctly identified Queen Elizabeth II as the Canadian head of state. The question that got the best results had to do with our first prime minister and the year of Confederation. Sixty-one percent of respondents correctly identified Sir. John A. Macdonald as our first PM and 61 percent correctly chose 1867 as the year of Canadian Confederation. To read the full results of the survey, click here (.pdf). If you're one of the apparent minority of Canadians who has a firm grasp on the important aspects of our nation's history, you have reason to brag, but are you well-versed in the finer points of Canuck pop culture? Do you know which Canadian inventions are now used around the world? Or can you define the Canadian tuxedo? Here are a few questions from the Macleans Canada Day quiz: * What city in Canada was named the most multicultural in the world by the United Nations? * Which beer company marketed their top-selling beer with the slogan "I am Canadian?" * Which Canadian comic sent a resume to the Carol Burnett show when he was 10 years old? Click here to take the entire quiz.

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http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24352.aspx

that stat is easily true. When it comes to american history and geography, even when watching game shows, i'm amazing at how with little formal training i'm able to answer a question that an average iq person from the states gets wrong, despite them growing up with this general knowledge.

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Originally posted by djbruuen that stat is easily true. When it comes to american history and geography, even when watching game shows, i'm amazing at how with little formal training i'm able to answer a question that an average iq person from the states gets wrong, despite them growing up with this general knowledge.

too much Jay Leno!!

Asking for beer slogans and tim hortons menu facts in NOT Canadiana :P

I have some questions for this quiz,

1) Name Three Fathers of Confederation

2) Name Canada's First Prime Minister

3) What year did Canada formally become a country?

4) What were the names of the original two provinces of Canada?

5) What was the original name given for Canada by the natives?

6) Who were the two opposing generals in the war between England and France on the Plains Of Abraham?

7) What was Toronto's founding name?

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Originally posted by dEsidEL too much Jay Leno!!

i'm not talking the cliched 'stupid americans' i really do mean just the average person, in some cases with university education.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Asking for beer slogans and tim hortons menu facts in NOT Canadiana :P I have some questions for this quiz, 1) Name Three Fathers of Confederation 2) Name Canada's First Prime Minister 3) What year did Canada formally become a country? 4) What were the names of the original two provinces of Canada? 5) What was the original name given for Canada by the natives? 6) Who were the two opposing generals in the war between England and France on the Plains Of Abraham? 7) What was Toronto's founding name?

without the assistance of Google or Wiki .. I believe the answers are:

1. I don't know, but I assume J.A.M. is in there? Sir Wilfred Laurier.. and I'll guess Sir Robert Borden just because I think he's on the $100 bill

2. Sir John A. MacDonald

3. 1867 it became a Dominion of the British Empire. I think it formerly became a country in the 1960's .. my guess 1964

4. Upper and Lower Canada?

5. Kanata? If I'm right credit the Canada Post commercials lol

6. General James Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm .. Wolfe presently lies at Westminster Abbey in London (bonus points?!)

7. I think it actually had a few.. Frontenac and York come to mind


how did I do?

during a public fireworks display in my neigbourhood a group of people starting singing our national anthem. They missed the second line completely and weren't able to finish the anthem.

how fucking embarrassing is that

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Asking for beer slogans and tim hortons menu facts in NOT Canadiana :P I have some questions for this quiz, 1) Name Three Fathers of Confederation 2) Name Canada's First Prime Minister 3) What year did Canada formally become a country? 4) What were the names of the original two provinces of Canada? 5) What was the original name given for Canada by the natives? 6) Who were the two opposing generals in the war between England and France on the Plains Of Abraham? 7) What was Toronto's founding name?

i don't know any answers to this

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Originally posted by dEsidEL without the assistance of Google or Wiki .. I believe the answers are: 1. I don't know, but I assume J.A.M. is in there? Sir Wilfred Laurier.. and I'll guess Sir Robert Borden just because I think he's on the $100 bill 2. Sir John A. MacDonald 3. 1867 it became a Dominion of the British Empire. I think it formerly became a country in the 1960's .. my guess 1964 4. Upper and Lower Canada? 5. Kanata? If I'm right credit the Canada Post commercials lol 6. General James Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm .. Wolfe presently lies at Westminster Abbey in London (bonus points?!) 7. I think it actually had a few.. Frontenac and York come to mind how did I do?

Very good! Borden and Laurier were not fathers of confederation but were in fact Prime Ministers. Laurier was prime minister at the turn of the 20th century.

Canada became the dominion of canada on july 1 1867 when it formally became a country. I think you were thinking of the canadian flag being inaugerated in 1965.

I did not know wolfe was buried in Westminster Abby. Nice one!

haha yes, but do canadians know more about american history than actual americans do?? lol now that would be something (albeit not surprising).

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby haha yes, but do canadians know more about american history than actual americans do?? lol now that would be something (albeit not surprising).

lol I think i can name more former US presidents than former Canadian Prime Ministers

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Originally posted by dEsidEL lol I think i can name more former US presidents than former Canadian Prime Ministers

lol but what I am questioning is, would you be able to name more US presedents than an american citizen? I think you might.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL lol I think i can name more former US presidents than former Canadian Prime Ministers

Probably because there are more presidents than prime ministers

The US became a country in 1776 and Canada in 1867

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby lol but what I am questioning is, would you be able to name more US presedents than an american citizen? I think you might.

Haha probably

Ill try

In no particular order:

Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Lincoln
Cleveland
Jackson
Van Buren
Polk
Grant
Garfield
T Roosevelt
FD Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Hoover
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
G H Bush
Clinton
G W Bush

Im sure there are many more though.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Probably because there are more presidents than prime ministers The US became a country in 1776 and Canada in 1867

that thought did cross my mind .. how about I can give the names of more people on US currency than Canadian?

I scored 35% on that quiz. WOw.

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