Test the Nation: More Info and BC Bloggers
Update: There’s a blog on Test the Nation talking about the Blogger Team members who are blogging. Sweet. Oh and Samantha Bee *is* our assigned celebrity.
On Saturday I fly out to Toronto for a trivia quiz along with about a hundred other contestants from various careers and walks of life to participate in Test the Nation on the CBC. Those watching at home on Sunday January 20th at 8:00pm will be able to play along with the television show, or even online. There are several teams (cab drivers, bloggers, backpackers, celebrity impersonators, chefs, and flight attendants) and we’ll all be put to the test with some 21st century trivia.
From the first Test the Nation.
They’ll want bloggers to wear outfits that they’re used to blogging in… so I guess message t-shirts and pajama pants covered in food stains from eating in the darkness of our parents’ basement, eh
We’ll be asigned a celebrity to represent us as a whole as well, and there’s a badge up on the Test the Nation site where you can vote for which team you think is going to win - so far flight attendants are ahead of us in the polls.
As a bit of a preview and to pump up my team a little, here are your west coast bloggers that are flying out to represent Vancouver and BC: Buzz Bishop, Ryan Cousineau, Kate, Lainey, Kerry Anne, and Tod Maffin - let me know if I missed anyone. I don’t have time to showcase everyone else on the team but be sure to check out the list and click to some pretty interesting reads.
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January 14th, 2008 at 10:43 am
[...] of course, Miss604 and a host of other Vancouver bloggers will be flying to Toronto without me because the CBC …. I have to keep telling myself [...]
January 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Regrettably, Tod Maffin will not be appearing.
And I was so looking forward to visiting with him.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Good luck! Be sure to sit next to Lainey. She’s got the goods no a variety of celebs. Also, I hope you get to be on Samantha Bee’s team. She’s great!
January 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I second Carol’s vote for Samantha Bee! Good luck!
Are you going to wear Miss604 swag on camera?
January 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
@John - we’re not supposed to wear anything with a logo
January 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
They said no “big” logos, I think. So maybe we can stretch the rules with little ones
January 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
bloggers don’t miss a thing do you?!
no brand name logos, that’s all.
you’d think the bloggers would have come up with a plan to wear their websites on t-shirts!
January 14th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
If that’s the case I could outfit everyone in my new Miss604 gear! (Flickr photos yet to come…)
January 14th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Labelmeable, do you have a suggestion where I can buy an AbandonedStuff.com t-shirt in time for Sunday?
I’m kidding, but I’ve never used an iron-on before, not since 1985 maybe, and Transformers were first popular. Heck, I don’t think I have an iron. I’d have to hope the hotel has one to put it on a tshirt.
I have considered going in my chicken costume, but I don’t think I’d be very comfortable (and to be fair, probably haven’t blogged in it ever). But I could go in boxers maybe, although that might be too cold. I should bring a bath robe instead.
January 15th, 2008 at 5:35 am
[...] Toronto on the weekend for CBC’s Test The Nation [facebook page]. Any suggestions on what to wear on air, or see in the city while I’m [...]
January 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
i’ve never been this excited for a show on sunday night in my life. GO BLOGGERS!!! but seriously.. show them how it is done rebecca.
ps. please tell me taggart is not considered a celebrity? but if she is and you get her maybe it will turn out she rocks and i will for sure trust your opinion.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
hey–
if you’re in toronto early enough try bang on, on queen and there’s one on yonge by the eaton center.
$1/letter plus the cost of the tshirt
just a thought…
google it for the address
January 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I’m also from BC. I just hope my plane leaves on schedule from Castlegar Airport…it’s nicknamed “Cancelgar.”
I’m wearing jeans & t-shirt - my PJ’s wouldn’t be appropriate and I wouldn’t be caught dead in them!