News Quiz May 16 | We are acting, building, curling, writing and naming names

It’s been a busy week. Have you been keeping track of the headlines? Let’s get this show on the road!

1. A Nunavut-based athlete competed in a curling world championship earlier this month in Edmonton. Which country did she represent?

A. South Korea
B. Turkey
C. The Philippines

2. Whit Fraser has kept himself busy putting pen to paper during his wife Mary Simon’s tenure as the King’s representative in Canada. His most recent work name-checks a famous place in Yellowknife. Which is it?

A. Rat Lake
B. Tin Can Hill
C. Ragged Ass Road

3. Iqaluit middle school students showed their acting chops onstage last weekend with an adaptation of which famous children’s story?

A. The Little Mermaid
B. Little Women
C. The Three Little Pigs

4. Arctic Fresh announced the general contractor for which anticipated project that’s coming to Iqaluit?

A. A second water reservoir
B. The Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre
C. A hydroelectric project

5. The City of Ottawa renamed a park last week for which Nunavut-based person?

A. Mary Simon
B. Mary Papatsie
C. Mary Killiktee

Eighteen-year-old Arianna Mae Atienza of Iqaluit, right, represented which country at the World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Champions last week in Edmonton, along with her partner Elijah Mojado of Winnipeg? (Photo courtesy of World Curling Photo Library)

Answers

1. C — Arianna Mae Atienza travelled to Edmonton last week to represent the Philippines at the World Junior Mixed Doubles World Championship. In the end, Japan took gold, Canada silver, and Scotland bronze.

2. C — Whit Fraser’s memoir is titled From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall. It chronicles his journalism career in Yellowknife.

3. A — The public got the chance to see Iqaluit middle school students put on their best Ariel, Sebastian and Flounder performances with an adaptation of The Little Mermaid.

4. B — Arctic Fresh will manage the construction of the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre. Once built, it will house artifacts and cultural belongings that are currently in the south.

5. B — The City of Ottawa christened a park in the Vanier neighbourhood Mary Papatsie Park on May 5, which was also Red Dress Day. Mary Papatsie was originally from Pangnirtung. She went missing in Ottawa in 2017, and her remains were discovered in the Vanier area in 2022. Her death remains unsolved, and her family came out to the renaming event to proclaim they are still searching for justice.