News quiz July 26 | Athletes, airlines and a giant human organ

Ah, the final news quiz for July — let’s go!

1. Team Nunavut athletes are kicking their training into top gear, preparing for the Canada Summer Games, which run Aug. 8 to 25 in Newfoundland and Labrador. In what sport did Nunavut capture its first-ever gold medal at the last Summer Games, held in 2022?

A. Volleyball
B. Wrestling
C. Futsal

2. Canadian North customers looking online to book a one-way trip between Ottawa and Iqaluit this week were stunned to see the price had more than tripled to nearly $2,000. How did Canadian North respond?

A. It cited rising fuel costs for forcing it to hike its airfare.
B. It blamed a clerical error for the wrong price being posted.
C. It advised customers to restart their computers to fix the problem.

3. To encourage people to get screened for cancer, Nunavut’s Department of Health is bringing a giant, inflatable version of a certain human organ to communities across the territory. What’s the organ?

A. Kidney
B. Stomach
C. Colon

4. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami turned down an invitation to a meeting between Indigenous leaders and premiers of Canada’s provinces and territories this week in Huntsville, Ont. Why the no-show?

A. ITK president Natan Obed had something else planned.
B. Non-rights-holding groups would be there.
C. The topic didn’t directly affect Inuit.

5. How many people have died in police-related shootings in Nunavik over the past eight months?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4

Customers were shocked to see an apparent steep increase in Canadian North ticket prices this week. (File photo)

Answers

1. B — Wrestler Eekeeluak Avalak from Cambridge Bay won Nunavut’s first gold medal at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in the 52-kilogram weight class.
2. B — A “clerical error” led to the wrong price being listed, a Canadian North spokesperson said, adding anyone who booked a flight at the incorrect price will receive “appropriate refunds.”
3. C — It’s a big, walk-through colon that demonstrates the progression of colon cancer to viewers as they pass through. “A poop test can save someone’s life,” said Dr. Ekua Agyemang, Nunavut’s acting chief public health officer.
4. B — The presence of non-rights-holding groups led to ITK rejecting the invitation. Obed didn’t make himself available for further explanation, but in the past ITK has stayed away from meetings that the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Native Women’s Association of Canada attended. Both of those groups were at the Huntsville get-together.
5. B — There have been three fatal shootings since November 2024. The most recent one happened July 17 in Inukjuak. All three incidents remain under investigation, and this week Kativik Regional Government launched a review of the Nunavik Police Service and demanded action by the Quebec government.