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Canadians like pets, and in residential neighbourhoods it’s common to see people walking their dogs after an early diner, no matter the weather.
However, unlike French, Canadians are well-behaved and they pick up after their dogs—streets here are not dotted with dog poop.

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The "Win An Adspot" Contest

Submitted by Zhu on April 9, 2008 – 4:41 pm17 Comments

Think Hard! It’s contest time!

Just like in February, I’m organizing a new contest to give you a chance to display your ad on my blog. Last time, Theresa (“The Rain In Spain”), Saskboy (“Abandoned Stuff”) and Wapentake (“Wapentake”) each won an adspot, while Ghosty (“Agents Don’t Do Housework”) won a blog review.

This time, the “tricky questions” theme will be… Canada!

The first three persons to have all (or most) of the answers correct will get one month ad spot on my blog (each ad will be 100×100 or 125×125).

I’ll also randomly pick a fourth person among the contestants and he/she will get a one month blogroll link with a short blog review, the day the winners will be announced. This blog is a PR4 — it worth it!

The contest runs from April 9^th to April 21^th, when the winners will be announced. The comments will be moderated and I won’t say a word about whether the answers are correct or not before that date, so keep on playing!

I’m also offering you two wild cards: if you don’t know an answer, just use one of them or both, and I’ll count this answer as correct! These are your wildcards:

Blog about this contest
Stumble Upon Correr Es Mi Destino with a short review

Remember: you don’t have to answer correctly to all of the questions. Just get as many right as you can, and make a good use of your wild cards!

The Questions

Sociology: Name three Canadian addictions.
Vocabulary: Give the meaning of these words/ expressions:
– Homo milk
– A toque
– Block heaters
– A serviette
Geography: Canada is said to have two seasons: winter and ______ ?
General knowledge: What’s an inuksuk?
Bonus question (not Canada related): what’s the common point between a lot of my blog posts’ titles?

Good luck and… have fun! If you think this “test” is hard, remember I’m a teacher and feel sorry for my students

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Theresa says:

April 13, 2008 at 12:48 pm

1. Smoking, drinking, and gambling (like in most parts of the world).

2. Homo milk — Homogenized 3.25% milk.

Toque — a knitted winter hat that is typical in Canada.

Block heaters — heaters used to warm the engine block and lubricants of a car, making the engine easier to start in freezing weather.

Serviette — napkin

3. Canada’s two seasons: Winter and Construction.

4. An inuksuk is a man-made stone landmark used by the Inuits.

5. Canada

I did a review on Stumble and tomorrow I’ll do a post about the contest, so I claim both wild cards.

Theresa’s last blog post..Kukuxumusu!

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Colleen says:

April 16, 2008 at 4:06 pm

Sociology: Name three Canadian addictions. ” Hockey, Beer, and Football“
Vocabulary: Give the meaning of these words/ expressions:
– Homo milk ( 3.25% milk)
– A toque ( brimlees woolen hat)
– Block heaters ( used in cars to keep the engine oil warm during the winter)
– A serviette ( a napkin)

Geography: Canada is said to have two seasons: winter and ______ ? Summer
General knowledge: What’s an inuksuk? It is a stone statue uses a trail marker

Colleen’s last blog post..A Fish Out of Water

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