News quiz Aug. 15 | I am the walrus

Feel like testing your brain power? Take this quiz to see how well you’ve remembered northern events of the past week. Let’s go!

1. Inuit artists are preparing to expand their market to European countries like Belgium, France and Italy. Why?

A. Inuit art has recently gone viral in Europe, thanks to a popular TikTok account.
B. A new round of United States tariffs is scheduled to go into effect next week that will target Canadian art, including products made of fur, whalebone, antlers and hides.
C. No specific reason other than it is always good business sense to keep looking for new potential markets.

2. Longtime Nunavut leader Aluki Kotierk has a new position. What is it?

A. She’s the new czar of Nutrition North Canada.
B. She’s a chairperson of a new federal advisory committee on Indigenous language reclamation.
C. She’s a co-chair of the Rideau Hall Foundation’s National Advisory Committee on Indigenous Teacher Education.

3. Iqaluit hunters headed out Friday in search of a bowhead whale. Why don’t they want one that’s too big?

A. The meat it provides is too gamey.
B. It takes too long to butcher.
C. Big whales tend to be more vicious — and dangerous to boats.

4. Why did government researchers collect 292,000 photos of Nunavut’s coasts last summer?

A. Researchers are counting two different walrus stocks at the same time, partially to take account for possible animal migration between two areas.
B. Researchers are hunting down a dangerous disease that local hunters say is popping up among walrus populations. The disease causes identifiable skin blotches that can be caught through aerial photos.
C. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is creating a walrus calendar and the person behind it is extremely passionate about finding the best shot possible for each month.

5. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada is planning a new audit in Nunavut. What will the office look into?

A. Nunavut’s water management system
B. Access to dental care in the North
C. The territorial government’s management of elder care

Answers:

Inuit hunters celebrate the capture of a bowhead whale in 2022. They’ve embarked on a new hunt that started Friday. (Photo by Bill Williams, special to Nunatsiaq News)

1. B — It seems whenever he’s not hiding in catering carts in Turkey, United States President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with new tariffs. This round, set to go into effect Aug. 19, will target a range of items that includes art. One of the ways some Inuit artists are preparing for the financial hit is by wooing customers in other areas, like Europe.

2. C — Aluki Kotierk is a co-chair of Rideau Hall Foundation’s National Advisory Committee on Indigenous Teacher Education. Nunatsiaq News would love to talk to her some time about her career, which grows all the time with new posts and appointments.

3. B — Big whales can take a week to butcher up, said hunter Naulaq Inookie, who is helping to co-ordinate the hunt. “We’ll be looking for a nice small whale,” he said.

4. A — Researchers are not sure if walruses migrate between the Hudson Bay-Davis Strait and Foxe Basin, so they’re including both stocks in one count. They expect to be done examining the 292,000 photos they took later this year.

5. A — Nunavut’s management of municipal water will be under a federal microscope soon. The audit’s scope, methodology or timeline have not been determined yet though, said Vincent Frignon, a spokesperson for the auditor general’s office, in an email.