There are games that I play with minimal effort (anything requiring hand-eye coordination, Cranium, Boggle*), games in which I put up a fight (Scrabble, Scattergories, foosball), and games that I play to win (Bake Off, Bananagrams, life). Canadian Trivia is a game I play to win. Last night was Nic's annual Canada Day party, and though I didn't have time to study this year, and actually forgot many basic answers I knew last year (like how old Canada is), the mediocrity of everyone else around me helped me take the gold. Or rather, a canoe figurine with a moose on it.
Since I was generally preoccupied with watching reruns of Say Yes to the Dress this week, and didn't have time to study, I asked Whitecastle to take time from his busy schedule of yelling at me (and claiming I owe him $20 whenever I stopped to take a break) to tutor me. The consultation went the way most consultations with Whitecastle do: I learned many useless facts that did not help me on the exam (see also: graduate school applications, RDS 280, Epi 202, and HPM 245). And yes, the highlight of every Canada Day party is an exam. Did you know, for example, that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario is one of the largest purchasers of beverage alcohol in the world? Canadians drink a lot of alcohol. They have two different drinking ages. 34 million people. And when they're not cribbing mottos from the United States, like to invent things like zippers.
*Boggle: minimal effort, maximum impact.
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