News Quiz May 30 | Put on your dancing shoes
Test your knowledge of northern current events with this week’s news quiz
Iqaluit graphic artist Ian Etheridge is organizing a discarded doll drive this summer to refurbish unwanted toys for a giveaway in the fall. (Photo by Daron Letts)
It’s been a busy week across the North. Have you been keeping up? Let’s find out!
1. In tabling this year’s budget, Nunavut Finance Minister John Main said now is “not the time” for this new piece of apparel.
A. Sunglasses
B. Trousers
C. Shoes
2. Iqaluit illustrator Ian Etheridge is collecting discarded dolls, giving them makeovers and planning to donate the toys to children. Some dolls are too far gone to save though. What does he plan to do with these?
A. He plans to incorporate them into a Halloween installation called Freak Lab.
B. He will give them new life as dog toys.
C. They will become part of an art piece exploring the phenomenon of over-consumption in modern society.
3. Kuujjuaq’s fire hall needs to be empty by October. Why?
A. Transport Canada, which owns the building, wants it back for federal use.
B. The building has structural damage and is at risk of collapse.
C. The building is dangerous to be in because of carcinogenic contamination.
4. Who is DJ Esso, the spinner of tunes at this year’s annual Tapiriit gala, hosted by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, that celebrates Inuit culture?
A. Former NHL star Jordin Tootoo’s cousin
B. ITK president Natan Obed’s brother
C. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout’s constituency assistant
5. The Ingirrattiarissi game allows players to travel where?
A. Space
B. The sites of the HMS Erebus and Terror
C. The ice outside Pond Inlet
Players must check their supplies before embarking on a journey to where in the Ingirrattiarissi game? (Screenshot courtesy of SmartIce)
Answers:
1. C — Traditionally, a finance minister tabling a budget will wear shoes that reflect that year’s planned spending. This year’s Nunavut budget is “disciplined,” said Nunavut Finance Minister John Main on Monday. This means he did not go out and buy new shoes.
2. A — The dolls that illustrator Ian Etheridge determines will not be suitable for makeovers will get a spooky new life in October as part of a Halloween installation.
3. C — Kuujjuaq’s fire hall is dangerous to work in because of carcinogenic contamination.
4. B — DJ Esso is Sean Obed, ITK president Natan Obed’s brother.
5. C — Players of the game Ingirrattiarissi learn how to navigate ice by virtually travelling either to Pond Inlet’s floe edge, or inland to a body of fresh water west of the community.
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