How Canadian Are You?

You are 62% Canuck!

Good for you! You make me sorta proud. Yeah, sorta proud, not really proud, but sorta proud. You show potential and that is something to be sorta proud of. If you actually did well, then I could be really proud, but you didn't so I'm sorta proud.

How Canadian Are You?
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Not bad for an Australian!

The Land Down Under Quiz

you knew 100% of the questions about Australia

You Scored Between 85% and 100% Excellent, you know your stuff mate! True Blue Aussie! give yourself a pat on the back and smile

The Land Down Under
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What a relief!

Melbourne Cup

Today is Melbourne Cup Day. A public holiday in Victoria. For a horse race. That’s Victorians for you. We love our sport.

For the Cup, fixed for the first Tuesday in November. nearly every person in Australia stops to watch or listen.

Todays Results:  1st - Delta Blues
                                2nd - Pop Rock
                                3rd - Maybe Better
I bet on Pop Rock and Ice Chariot – So I got 2nd and 22nd out of 23 horses.

So I hope you enjoyed the 146th Melbourne Cup today.


Melbourne Cup Trivia

• The Cup was first run in 1861.

• Melbourne Cup Race Record: Kingston Rule 1990 - 3 minutes 16.3 seconds

• Distance: 3200 metres

• Biggest Winning Margins: 8 lengths - Archer 1862 / Rain Lover 1968

• Highest Winning Weight:
  
  • 10st 5 lb (65.5 kg) Carbine
  • 10st 2 lb (64.5 kg) Archer
  • 10st 0 lb (63.5 kg) Poitrel

• Highest Weight Carried: 10st 10 lb (68 kg) Phar Lap

• Age Of Winners:
  
  • 3 year old - 23 - last 3yo - Skipton (1941)
  • 4 year old - 41
  • 5 year old - 41
  • 6 year old - 26
  • 7 year old - 9
  • 8 year old - 2
    

• Most Wins:
  
  • 3 Wins - Makybe Diva - 2003 - 2005
  • 2 Wins - Archer - 1861 - 62; Peter Pan - 1932 - 1934; Rain Lover - 1968 - 69; Think Big - 1974 - 75