News quiz June 13 | Airports and clever acronyms

When the sun never sets, there is lots of time to read the news. Let’s see how much information you’re retaining. Let’s go!

1. Pangnirtung MLA Johnny Mike wants his hamlet’s airport moved. Where is it currently?

A. It’s a few kilometres outside the hamlet, but near enough to a steep incline that it’s common for planes to need a few go-arounds to make a safe landing.
B. It’s located right in the middle of the hamlet, where turbulence and visibility provide challenges.
C. It’s nestled atop a precipice that makes the risk of runway overruns incredibly dangerous.

2. The Government of Nunavut is preparing to roll out a new post-devolution department next year, with a descriptive acronym. What is it?

A. MINE, or the Department of Mines, Industry, and New Exploration
B. GEM, or the Department of Geology, Energy and Mining
C. MNRL, or the Department of Mines, Natural Resources and Land

3. Pond Inlet’s new research and training centre is set to start accepting students in the fall. Which of these programs will not be offered there?

A. Translation and interpretation
B. Fur production and design
C. Nursing

4. There are calls for Nunavut leaders to follow other Canadian jurisdictions in declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic in the territory. What percentage of women in Nunavut have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual assault?

A. 50 per cent
B. 60 per cent
C. 70 per cent

5. Stephanie Mikki Adams can certainly call herself a poet now that she’s published the first part of a poetry trilogy called In the Silence I found Myself. Approximately how many poems did she mine for this body of work?

A. 1,000 poems
B. 1,500 poems
C. 2,000 poems

Passengers board a Canadian North flight at Pangnirtung’s airport in April 2026. MLA Johnny Mike is calling for the airport to be relocated entirely due to safety concerns at the current location. Where is the airport now? (File photo by Daron Letts)

Answers:

1. B — Pangnirtung’s airport is nestled right in the centre of the hamlet. Visibility, wind and turbulence can make takeoffs and landings difficult, says Pangnirtung MLA Johnny Mike.
2. C – The Nunavut government’s new post-devolution department will be MNRL, or the Department of Mines, Natural Resources, and Land.
3. C – Pond Inlet’s new research and training centre won’t offer nursing but it will offer first-year translation and interpretation, and first-year fur production and design.
4. B — According to Statistics Canada, 60 per cent of Nunavut women have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual assault.
5. C – Stephanie Mikki Adams drew on more than 2,000 poems for the collection she published last month.