News quiz Feb. 28 | Talking winter sports and classic Canadian tunes

Have you been reading up on the news of the North over the past week or so? Let’s see what you know.

1. Team Nunavut’s uniforms for the upcoming Arctic Winter Games were unveiled last week. What is depicted on the official pin set the athletes will take with them?

A. A group of young people giving the thumbs-up sign
B. The push-pull event from the Dene games
C. Hunters returning home and carrying several seals

2. Speaking of the Arctic Winter Games, figure skater Patrick Witzaney-Chown, 14, was disheartened after learning he won’t be able to compete. Why can’t he take part?

A. Team Nunavut is at the limit of the number of athletes it can bring to the Games.
B. Figure skating has been cancelled as an event at the Games.
C. There is no category for male figure skaters.

3. Still on the Arctic Winter Games — Peyton Dyer-Aknavigak was given the honour of being Nunavut’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony on March 8. What sport will the Cambridge Bay athlete compete in?

A. Wrestling
B. Dene games
C. Basketball

4. Organizers of the annual Terence Tootoo Memorial Cup hockey tournament changed the format this year to focus on younger players. Which team won in the under-18 category?

A. Coral Harbour
B. Rankin Inlet
C. Arviat

5. Which longtime Canadian rock band performed in Cambridge Bay last weekend as part of the Kitikmeot Trade Show?

A. Trooper
B. Prism
C. Loverboy

Team Nunavut athlete Peyton Dyer-Aknavigak of Cambridge Bay will carry the Nunavut flag during the opening ceremony at the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse on March 8. (Photo courtesy of Peyton Dyer-Aknavigak)

Answers

1. B — The pin sets, which are a popular trading item for athletes at the Games, have a design depicting the push-pull event from the Dene games. The Arctic Winter Games run from March 8 to 15 in Whitehorse.
2. C — Oddly enough, there is no male category in figure skating at the Arctic Winter Games. Same goes for gymnastics. It doesn’t seem fair.
3. C — The answer is basketball. Peyton Dyer-Aknavigak was nominated to be the flag-bearer by her coaches Olivia Tapatai and Megan Hachey.
4. A — The Coral Harbour North Stars emerged victorious in the under-18 category at the Tootoo tournament that ran Feb. 18 to 22 in Rankin Inlet. They defeated the host team Rankin Rock 5-3 in the final.
5. A — West Coast band Trooper performed two shows in Cambridge Bay on Feb. 20 and 21. Judging by the photo the band posted on Facebook, the audience did have a good time (if not for a long time, to borrow a reference from one of Trooper’s best-known songs).