OTTAWA (CP) -- When it comes to Canada's watershed moments, some Canadians have a tough time with the facts.
Here's a sample taken from the quiz:
- Question answered correctly most often:
In 1944, which military operation called D-Day did Canadians participate in? (Invasion of Normandy)
- Question that stumped the majority of women with only half of men answering correctly:
Who scored the winning goal in the 1972 Canada-Soviet union hockey series? (Paul Henderson)
- Question only two per cent of Canadians got right:
What was the name of the landmark decision in 1929 in which the judicial committee of the Privy Council overturned the Supreme Court and determined women could hold office as senators? (The Persons case/Edwards versus Attorney General of Canada)
- Question that none surveyed in Quebec answered correctly:
What agricultural community, founded in 1812 by the Earl of Selkirk, was the first permanent European colony in the West and considered a gateway to the fur trade to the interior? (Red River Settlement).
The results of the Angus Reid survey of about 1,500 adults, conducted in mid-May, are accurate within plus or minus 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Only 23 per cent of those tested passed the annual Canada Day history quiz, conducted by pollster Angus Reid in a telephone survey in May.
And Canadians 55 and older outperformed those between 18 and 34 by a ratio of three to one.
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