THE ROSE REVIEW: Best

The following is from an online sweepstakes list of rules, a direct quote, I kid you not:

"Canadian residents, to win, must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question administered by mail. "

I am still floored by this line.
This sounds so much like a joke I almost wonder if it was meant as such.
But there is no sign of humor anywhere else in this contest's rules!
So I assume it is real, and thus I am not going to mention the company doing this contest.
I don't want to embarrass them!

Or maybe, instead of me worrying about who I embarrass, perhaps I'm a dumbass.
Maybe I am missing something?
I mean, now I really would love to know why this stipulation was deemed necessary!

Maybe it is the constant stream of comedic actors who have dominated our movie industry for years (Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Martin Short)? Maybe they have led to such fear of being taken over by our neighbors from the north that we have to impose artificial barriers on all Canucks?

If anyone out there knows why this Canadian test is needed, please please enlighten me!