Canadian Politics Quiz

[MrStuff]

Just wanted to find the basic overall awareness of Canadian history and geography on the boards. I'll divide the questions into three categories. If nobody gets the hard ones right, I really wont be surprised, since not many Canadians know the answers either, but this quiz is for the Non-Canadians in the house.

EASY
1. Name Canada's current leader
2. Name the type of government of Canada:
a)Republic
b)Democracy
c)Communist
3. Name Canada's capital city
4. Name any Canadian province
5. What is the overall leader of the country called:
a)President
b)Prime Minister
c)Premier
6. What does NAFTA stand for?
7. Is pot legal in Canada?
8. Is it legal for gays and lesbians to marry anywhere in the country?
9. Name any political party in Canadian government
10. Name the core buildings of federal Canadian government (AND {If your up for it} their location in the nation's capital {Hint: Pariliment ____ [4 letters]})

MEDIUM
1. Name Canada's first Prime Minister
2. Name any three Canadian provinces
3. Name any three capitals of their respective provinces (hint: Just name any major Canadian city, odds are it's a provincial capital)
4. What does MP stand for?
5. What is a provincial leader called:
a) Prime Minister
b) Provincial Minister
c) Premier

HARD
6. What does GST and PST stand for?
7. What does MPP stand for?
8. What is the capital city of Saskatchewan?
9. What is the capital city of B.C.?
10. Which province was last to join the confederation? (Hint: Say around the 70's for those of you who are that old)

BONUS
For those that have heard the jokes about the CFL (Canadian Football League), and the two teams, both named The Roughriders, here's a question based on that. Which Canadian cities did both Roughriders hail from?

This is for the Non-Canadians in the room only. No far cheating if your Canadian.

[MrStuff]

Oh crap I completely forgot it's the fourth of July. Umm, sorry to cramp your holiday. Wooo America!!!

Happy belated Canada Day to all us up north and...

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

[Ted-Easton]

EASY
1. Jean Chretien
2. b)Democracy
3. Ottawa
4. Ontario
5. b)Prime Minister
6. North American Free Trade Agreement
7. No
8. Anywhere but Alberta.
9. Liberal
10. Parliament Hill (And it's over by the river, only a minute's walk from that fancy hotel.)

MEDIUM
1. Sir John A Macdonald
2. Quebec, New Brunswick, British Columbia
3. Quebec City, St John, Victoria
4. Member of Parliament
5. c) Premier

HARD
6. Goods and Services Tax/ Provincial Sales Tax
7. Member of Provincial Parliament
8. Regina
9. Victoria
10. Newfoundland

BONUS
They aren't actually both called the same name. Regina's team is nicknamed the "Roughriders" and Ottawa's team is nicknamed the "Rough Riders".

And I'm Canadian, so I have an unfair advantage. (As well as the fact that I've visited all these places.)

[Mr-Chuckles]

At 7/4/03 05:04 AM, MrStuff wrote:

EASY
1. Jean Chretien
2. Democracy
3. Ottawa
4. Ontario
5. b)Prime Minister
6. North American Free Trade Agreement
7. No
8. Yes
9. NDP
10. House of Commons(that's all I know), Parliament Hill

MEDIUM
1. Sir John A McDonald
2. Ontario, Newfoundland, BC
3. Toronto, St.Johns, Victoria
4. Member of Parliament
5.c) Premier

HARD
6. Government Standard Tax, Provincial Standard Tax
7. Member of Political Parliament(?)
8. Regina
9. Victoria
10. Newfoundland

BONUS

I don't know.

This is for the Non-Canadians in the room only.

Too bad.

No far cheating if your Canadian.

Far Cheating?

Yeah, I didn't look at Ted's post, I'm so proud of myself....

[Ted-Easton]

At 7/4/03 05:04 AM, MrStuff wrote:

Yeah, I didn't look at Ted's post, I'm so proud of myself....

Maybe you should of- you wouldn't have got 6, 7 and the bonus wrong. :p

And I've heard Alberta's not allowing gay marriages, but I haven't delved into the issue at all.

[Jiperly]

(I'm a Canadian, but alot of Canadians are ignorant about shit too, so here we go.....

EASY
1. Jean Creatian(did i spell it right?)
2. Republic
3. Ottawa
4. Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland/Labradour,Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Britsh Columbia, Alberta, Mantobia

5. b)Prime Minister
6. North American Free Trade Agreement
7. No. It is currently in progress of being 'de-criminalized' , which would make it a ticketable offence
8. Of what i know, Ontario is the only one
9. Liberal, NDP, Alliance
10. huh? The Pariliment Buildings on Pariliment Hill is all i know.....

MEDIUM

1. Sir John A. McDonald
2. Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland/Labradour,Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Britsh Columbia, Alberta, Mantobia
3. Edmonton, Toronto, Quebec City, St.Johns, Charlottetown, Halifax, Vancouver
4. M Premier(i've always wondered that)
5. c) Premier

HARD

6. this is hard? Provincal and Governmental Sales Tax
7. no clue
8. (i cannot remember it at the moment)
9. Vancouver
10. techiquely, it was Newfoundland in 1948, but Nunavut was created and thus joined us in April 1st, 1999- but thats a terroitory, not a province(thats why i never mentioned Yukon, NW Terrorities or Nunavut in the Province questions

BONUS
Which Canadian cities did both Roughriders hail from?

no clue

This is for the Non-Canadians in the room only. No far cheating if your Canadian.

opps

[Jiperly]

o fuck!!! thats right!!! victoria is the capital of BC!!! damnit!!!

[Ted-Easton]

lol Jiperly...I'll point our your errors for you. No, no. No need to thank me, I do it for everyone's benefit!

EASY
2. Republic
No, not a republic..we're a democracy!

8. Of what i know, Ontario is the only one
All but Alberta, my friend.

MEDIUM

4. M Premier(i've always wondered that)
Member of Parliament.

HARD

6. this is hard? Provincal and Governmental Sales Tax
Looks like it is hard! GST=Goods and Services Tax

I knew you'd appreciate me point out your errors, so I threw myself a thank you party in advance.
You can mail the cheque for the strippers to me. Sorry you couldn't make it.

[MrStuff]

This is for the Non-Canadians in the room only.

Too bad.

No far cheating if your Canadian.

Far Cheating?

FAIR cheating. Ugh, should've seen this coming. lol.

[Jiperly]

aren't we a Republic, like the states?

[Ted-Easton]

We're a democracy, I believe. I certainly couldn't imagine us as anything else. Or maybe we are. I understand how it all works, but the terminology escapes me.

[Kenney333]

ya, i knew all the answers but im Canadian, im just too lazy to type them all up.

and Technically speaking Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy which would be the true answer to #2. but you might as well call us a democracy, the rest is just a formality.

[MrStuff]

As far as I know, Canada is a republic, because we don't elect all the members of government, as some are chosen by the Prime Minister, or something like that. In a true democracy, we'd elect everybody.

[dudeitsallama]

At 7/4/03 04:38 PM, MrStuff wrote: As far as I know, Canada is a republic, because we don't elect all the members of government, as some are chosen by the Prime Minister, or something like that. In a true democracy, we'd elect everybody.

That's not the difference between a republic and a democracy. In a republic (indirect democracy), the people elect representatives who in turn elect the government officials. In a (direct) democracy, the common people elect their leaders directly.

[Ted-Easton]

Well, most of the officials that are appointed are in positions that aren't of power over the people, they merely influence policy.
Like the senate, for example. They, and the house of commons, have the power.

They have the power![/evangelical voice]

[Jiperly]

lol.....so it seems that the only people bothering to do thgis is.....Canadians......glad to see that Americans care about Canada.....

[MrStuff]

That's not the difference between a republic and a democracy. In a republic (indirect democracy), the people elect representatives who in turn elect the government officials. In a (direct) democracy, the common people elect their leaders directly.

Well whatever, close enough. Constitutional monarchy isn't a government type in Civ III, so don't be gettin all techinical on me =P. That game's taught me so much. Anyway, I'm no loyalist, so to hell with the queen. Involving the British monarchy in our government is a waste of time.

[TheShrike]

*kicks a moose*

What?

[mikehrt]

There seems to be some confusion, so the stupid american will clarify. A republic is a government that is lead by a man that is not a monarch. A Democracy is a land that is governed by the people. Now I seem to remember when I was younger that the only true Democracy ever to exist was Greece, and that Rome refined the government a little more into a republic, but it appears that definitions have changed and now you can be a Democracy and a Republic at the same time. The Webster dictionary says that you can be an indirect democracy through appointed representation.

[Shangui]

Are you sure Medium 5c is Premier ? In french (I ive in Quebec), both are called "Premier ministre" (Prime minister for the traduction). In French, you only ad the name of the province after (Ex: Premier ministre du Québec (Jean Charest at the moment)) or "of Canada" for the Prime Minister of Canada.

Ho well, guess I'll have to perfect my english a little more (Crap, I thought I was ok)...

Vive le Canada ! (What ? Their french and english are both official languages has I recall !)

[Shangui]

At 7/6/03 09:24 PM, Shangui wrote:

Vive le Canada ! (What ? Their french and english are both official languages has I recall !)

Damn, I saw that mistake after posting... bif the "Their" after "What ?". Sorry