How much do you know about Ottawa?

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1) What is the name of Ottawa's hockey team?

2) What is the name of Ottawa's football team?

3) Name one of Ottawa's Universities

4) What province is located north of Ottawa?

5) Name one River that flows near or in Ottawa

6) Name one of Ottawa's Members of Parliament

7) What Party holds the majortiy of the federal constituencies in the Ottawa area?

What Party holds the majority of the provincial constituencies in the Ottawa area?

9) Name one of the reasons why Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada

10) What is Ottawa's most famous land mark?

11) What is Ottawa second biggest industry after the federal government?

12) What percentage of Ottawans are billingual?

13) What city has more people living within its boundaries, Ottawa or Washington, DC?

14) What traditional county is Ottawa located in?

15) What was Ottawa originaly called?

16) What does the word Ottawa come from?

17) What city is located opposite Ottawa?

18) What world record does the Rideau Canal hold?

19) What is a Beavertail?

20) What was the main industry in Ottawa before it became the capital?

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6/20

pretty sad Gabu. Your answers are well... American

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6/20

pretty sad Gabu. Your answers are well... American

I know lots of stuff about Canada.  I don't research individual cities, however.

Yeah but, Ottawa is teh l33test

I know more about Victoria than you know about Ottawa- the capital of Canada   Well, that might be because I've been to Victora.

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6/20

pretty sad Gabu. Your answers are well... American

I know lots of stuff about Canada.  I don't research individual cities, however.

Yeah but, Ottawa is teh l33test

I know more about Victoria than you know about Ottawa- the capital of Canada   Well, that might be because I've been to Victora.

Hey, you got only five questions right while I got six of your questions right.  You only won percentage-wise because I asked fewer questions. 

Yeah but my questions were easier. I mean come on, Nunavut isn't even a province.

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Come to think of it, the answer is Quebec, isn't it?  I just realized that the time I saw Ottawa on a map, it was really, really close to the Quebec border.

LOL... just LOL

Gabu, tell me how you got to be so knowledgeable about U.S. geography and yet dont know where Ottawa is?

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both of you guys beat Gabu

Lewis you got 9, very good
Al you got 8- also very good

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Gabu, tell me how you got to be so knowledgeable about U.S. geography and yet dont know where Ottawa is?

I'm knowledgable about US geography?  That's news to me.  I can draw the rough outline of it and then fill in the states, and then roughly place Washington, DC, but that'd be about it.  I could probably do roughly the same sort of thing with Canada, although I'd probably be able to place more cities than in the US.

I know the general idea of where Ottawa is, just not its exact location on a map.  The only reason I know where Washington, DC is is because Maryland is so tiny; there aren't exactly a lot of places to choose from.

At any rate, I've said numerous times before that I've always felt kind of out of place here.  I'm well aware of the fact that I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as just about anyone else and that I don't really have a whole lot to contribute.  Truth be told, I don't really know why I stay.  I guess I'm just too lazy to do anything about it.

What? Gabu, you're a terrific Senator, and whatever it is you are doing wrong, I can't really tell it.  Except for you hatred of Nauru You fit in here perfectly!

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You got six, jimrtex. Not bad, you tied Gabu.  FYI, the Ottawa Roughriders do not exist anymore, but that's a very good guess.

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You got 9 Emsworth, you've tied Lewis.

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Answers:

1) What is the name of Ottawa's hockey team? Ottawa Senators

2) What is the name of Ottawa's football team? Ottawa Renegades

3) Name one of Ottawa's Universities
University of Ottawa or Carleton University (mine)

4) What province is located north of Ottawa? Quebec

5) Name one River that flows near or in Ottawa
Ottawa River, Mississppi River (no not that Mississippi), Gatineau River or Rideau River

6) Name one of Ottawa's Members of Parliament
Mauril Bélanger, Don Boudria, Ed Broadbent, Marlene Catterall, Marc Godbout, David McGuinty, Gordon O'Connor, Pierre Poilievre

7) What Party holds the majortiy of the federal constituencies in the Ottawa area?

Liberal

8 ) What Party holds the majority of the provincial constituencies in the Ottawa area?

Liberal

9) Name one of the reasons why Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada

Far from the Americans, between Quebec and Ontario

10) What is Ottawa's most famous land mark?

Parliament Buildings (or Hill)/Peace Tower

11) What is Ottawa second biggest industry after the federal government?

High Tech

12) What percentage of Ottawans are billingual?

40-50

13) What city has more people living within its boundaries, Ottawa or Washington, DC?

Ottawa

14) What traditional county is Ottawa located in?

Carleton

15) What was Ottawa originaly called?

Bytown

16) What does the word Ottawa come from?

Named for a Native American tribe

17) What city is located opposite Ottawa?

Gatineau (or Hull)

18) What world record does the Rideau Canal hold?

Longest outdoor skating rink

19) What is a Beavertail?

Pastry

20) What was the main industry in Ottawa before it became the capital?

Logging

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damn, I was too late

And I can't believe I missed Hull!

I consider myself to have gotten somewhwere between 9-12. And I know what a beavertail is. hey're EVIL

I counted about 9. But your answers were a bit ambiguous. Very good job though

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King, good job- you got 7- including the Ottawa River one. First person to know the football team, too

Hugh- yes, I counted Byton for bytown.