News quiz April 5 | Junos, medals and J.K. who?
Try out our weekly quiz to test your knowledge of current events in the North
Elisapie and Deantha Edmunds took home Juno Awards over the weekend. Elisapie’s album “Inuktitut” is celebrated for its Inuktitut-language covers of several pop classics. How familiar are you with the tracklist? (File photos by Cedric Gallant and Madalyn Howitt)
It’s been another busy week, so let’s use that news.
1. Elisapie and Deantha Edmunds brought home Juno Awards on Sunday. Edmunds won Classical Composition of the Year with her piece titled Angmalukisaa. Elisapie took two awards: Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year and Adult Alternative Album of the Year for Inuktitut, an album featuring Inuktitut covers of contemporary classics. Which song is not covered on Inuktitut?
A. Wild Horses, by The Rolling Stones
B. Dreams, by Fleetwood Mac
C. Born to Die, by Lana Del Rey
2. Kugluktuk Coun. Nadene McMenemy became the recipient of the Governor General’s Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers last month, for her year-round fundraising efforts to distribute Christmas gifts and food every holiday season. The work to raise $60,000 starts every year in January. What is included in her fundraising efforts?
A. A telethon event
B. A triathlon
C. A hotdog eating contest
3. Toonik Tyme’s first event was last weekend with a snowmobile race from Iqaluit to Kimmirut and back, with a loaded qamutik. The race was scheduled a few weeks early this year to avoid what?
A. A partial solar eclipse
B. Conflict with a snowmobile race hosted in Kimmirut
C. Wet conditions along the trail
4. North of North star Anna Lambe has been cast in a movie set in Alaska. Who will be her co-stars?
A. Brad Garrett and J.K. Rowling
B. Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons
C. Bradley Cooper and J.K. Dobbins
5. Fuel prices went down April 1, including gasoline, which fell by 17 cents. If you live in Qikiqtarjuaq (or any other Nunavut community outside Iqaluit) and filled up your gas tank after the drop, how much did you pay per litre?
A. $1.34/litre
B. $0.99/litre
C. $1.55/litre
Why was this year’s Iqaluit-Kimmirut-Iqaluit snowmobile race with qamutik scheduled a little early this year? (File photo by Daron Letts)
Answers
- C — You’ve probably heard Elisapie’s Inuktitut versions of Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac on the radio, but if you heard Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die in Inuktitut, it wasn’t from Elisapie’s lauded album.
- A — Kugluktuk Coun. Nadene McMenemy hosts an annual telethon event to raise the approximate $60,000 she needs to make sure her community has plenty of Christmas gifts and food to feast on every holiday season.
- C — Racers loaded their gear early this year to avoid wet conditions experienced last year along the trail between Iqaluit and Kimmirut.
- B — Anna Lambe will star alongside Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons in Heart of the Beast, an action adventure film about a man and his dog who survive a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness.
- C — It’s no April Fools. Gas is now $1.55 per litre in Nunavut communities outside Iqaluit.
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