{"id":1629,"date":"2008-01-20T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2008-01-20T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T03:55:00","slug":"the-answer-is-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"The Answer is "Bee""},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just got back from competing on the bloggers<\/span><\/span> team <\/a>on CBC’s<\/span><\/span> Test the Nation<\/a>. Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve dreamed of appearing on Test the Nation so this was quite the thrill. <\/div>\n

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After arriving at the studio this afternoon, I walked down the hall of a thousand Rick Mercer pictures into the holding room. There, I took pictures of the celebrity look alike team<\/a> and chatted with the bloggers<\/span><\/span> – as you can imagine, this involved a lot of talk about the awesomeness of Google<\/span> analytics\"\"<\/a> and the new Star Trek teaser<\/a>. A few of the more adventurous bloggers<\/span><\/span> also tried in vain to land fake Paris Hilton’s phone number (I suspect it’d be a fake number).<\/p>\n

After a lengthy wait, we entered a CBC studio designed in a way they thought the future would look back in the 50s. I was seated in the back row (too many Mansbridge<\/span> jokes on this blog I guess) but, being a huge Myron Thompson fan, I’ve always dreamed of being a no-name backbencher so I can’t complain.<\/p>\n

We were instructed to always look excited and to cheer wildly even if we got bored but, having attended many Stephane<\/span><\/span> Dion rallies, I’m already an pretty good at that. The celebrity team captains then entered. Now, by “celebrity” I mean “Canadian celebrity” so it was the usual collection of Little Gas Station on the Prairie cast members. Also on the panel was the Canadian “Randy<\/a>“, the hot cylon<\/span><\/span><\/a>, and the blogging team captain, Samantha Bee (who I guess is stuck doing stuff like this until the writers<\/span> strike ends). <\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>As the game show went on, I was feeling good about the bloggers<\/span><\/span>‘ chances but questions lingered. Could we win without Google<\/span>? Would Tricia Helfer’s<\/span><\/span> legs cause the blogging geeks to lose their concentration? What would be the worst pun of the evening? (my vote: “the chefs have whipped<\/span> themselves up into a frenzy<\/em>“)<\/div>\n
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Finally, the moment of truth came. Brent Bambury<\/span><\/span> went to the “nerve centre” (which consisted of an intern and her lap top) to get\"\"<\/a> the results and…all those years of social rejection paid off and the bloggers<\/span><\/span> were crowned champions!!! The most prestigious trophy in Canadian trivia was ours! Samantha Bee took top celebrity and blogger Rick Spence <\/a>had the top score, making it a clean sweep. <\/div>\n
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Other Recaps from Team Blogger:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
BlogTO with some behind the scenes video<\/a><\/div>\n
Miss 604<\/a><\/div>\n
Photojunkie with the team pictures<\/a><\/div>\n
MightyGodKing explains why the bloggers will not be invited back next year<\/a><\/div>\n
Nunc Scio proclaims the bloggers “the Tom Brady of national quiz programming”<\/a><\/div>\n
Rick Smith with the YouTube clips<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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