News quiz Jan. 24 | Comedy, caribou and Trump’s still talking

Greenland, Trump, protests — what a week. Let’s start the quiz.

1. Bishop Strachan School, a prestigious all-girls school in Toronto, found a unique way to showcase and honour the Inuit culture this year. What did it do?
   A. It started a new art program on great Inuit artists.
   B. It started an arts-focused student exchange with a Nunavut school.
   C. It installed an Inuit-designed stained-glass window in its chapel.
2. There were more honours last week for the popular Nunavut-based TV comedy North of North. It earned five nominations — what were they for?
   A. Screenwriting
   B. Acting
   C. Indigenous culture representation
3. Nunavut MLAs showed support for Greenland and its right to decide its own future this week. What did the MLAs do?
   A. Raised Greenland’s flag outside the legislative assembly
   B. Unanimously endorsed a declaration of support for Greenland
   C. Unveiled Greenland lapels pins they will all wear
4. There was good news for hunters on Baffin Island this week. Results from a Government of Nunavut study showed the island’s caribou population has rebounded, after a survey 12 years ago found it had severely collapsed. There are about 48,000 caribou there now — approximately how many were there back in 2014?
   A. 24,100
   B. 17,200
   C. 4,600
5. Nunavut athletes are preparing for the Arctic Winter Games, which run from March 8 to 15. Where are the games being held this year?
   A. Yellowknife
   B. Wood Buffalo, Alta.
   C. Whitehorse

U.S. President Donald Trump, seen in a White House file photo, continued to call this week for the United States to be given control of Greenland. (Photo courtesy of White House gallery)

Answers

1. C — Bishop Strachan School installed a stained-glass window designed by Inuk artist Ningiukulu Teevee depicting the Inuit folktale The Owl and The Raven.
2. A — The nominations are for screenwriting. North of North earned all five nominations in the comedy series category in the Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards. The show, which can be seen on CBC, APTN and Netflix, is renewed for a second season but the start date hasn’t been announced.
3. A — The MLAs held a ceremony Tuesday where they raised Greenland’s flag outside the legislature. The event coincided with this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out using military force to take Greenland but reiterated he still wants the U.S. to own it.
4. C — The Baffin Island caribou population had fallen to about 4,600 in 2014, from an estimated total of 150,000 back in the 1980s.
5. C — This year’s Arctic Winter Games, where about 2,000 athletes and team members from seven provinces, territories and regions will compete, are being held in Whitehorse.