News quiz April 11 | What does a Canadian eat in space?
Challenge yourself with our weekly quiz on events related to the North
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, aboard the Artemis II spacecraft, speaks during a live space-to-Earth connection on April 4. That same day, students in Sanikiluaq got the chance to question Hansen and his three shipmates about life in outer space. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian Space Agency)
Time for another news quiz. Let’s go!
1. Nunavut RCMP officers will be sporting a new look this year. The service is swapping out the grey shirts uniformed officers wear for shirts of a different colour — what is the new colour?
A. Dark blue
B. Black
C. White
2. Five students in Sanikiluaq got the opportunity of a lifetime last weekend when they took part in a question-and-answer session with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who was on board the Orion space capsule hundreds of thousands of kilometres from Earth. Hansen told them he got to eat some traditional Canadian food while in space. What was it?
A. Kraft Dinner
B. Back bacon and a beer
C. Maple syrup
3. It was announced this week that the federal government will spend $108 million for water and sewer service upgrades in Iqaluit. Who from the government came to make the announcement?
A. Marc Miller, the identity and culture minister
B. Rebecca Alty, the Crown-Indigenous relations minister
C. Lori Idlout, MP for Nunavut
4. The byelection to choose a new president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is scheduled for May 27. Whose resignation from that position in January forced NTI to call the byelection?
A. Aluki Kotierk
B. Jeremy Tunraluk
C. Natan Obed
5. Former MLA and territorial cabinet minister Louis Tapardjuk, who died Tuesday at age 73, had numerous accomplishments to his credit including being a hamlet mayor in Nunavut. Which hamlet did he lead?
A. Sanirajak
B. Clyde River
C. Igloolik
RCMP Sgt. George Henrie snaps a photo during a ceremony last December for Andrew Blackadar, who retired as Nunavut’s chief commanding officer. That grey shirt Henrie is wearing will soon be replaced with ones of a different colour for uniformed officers in the territory. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Answers
- A — The answer is dark blue. New shirts have been ordered for the approximately 160 uniformed officers working in Nunavut, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. George Henrie has confirmed.
- C — “Here’s the maple syrup that we opened at lunchtime today,” Hansen told the youngsters, as a packet of the sweet syrup floated in front of him in the weightless atmosphere inside the ship.
- C — No ministerial visits this time. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout announced the funding herself on Tuesday.
- B — Jeremy Tunraluk was elected as president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. in December 2024 but resigned in January after NTI’s board voted to recommend to NTI membership that it remove him as president. Since resigning, Tunraluk has said he plans to seek re-election in the May 27 byelection.
- C — Louis Tapardjuk was once mayor of Igloolik.
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