News quiz May 25 | A king, a crisis and praise for an animal
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Former Nunavut premier Peter Taptuna leads Charles, who was then prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, then the duchess of Cornwall, up a gravel trail June 29, 2017, as part of a busy afternoon of visits in Nunavut before the royal couple made their way to Ontario for the 150th anniversary that year of Confederation and Canada Day. Which community in Nunavut did the pair visit? (File photo by Steve Ducharme)
It’s the weekend once again — time for the news quiz!
1. King Charles will be in Ottawa on May 27 to read the speech from the throne in the House of Commons, one day after the opening of Parliament. Charles has visited Nunavut a few times, back when he was just a prince waiting (and waiting) to wear the big crown. What was the last community he visited?
A. Iqaluit
B. Cambridge Bay
C. Rankin Inlet
2. Searchers recently located two people who had gone missing on the land while travelling between two Nunavut communities. Which communities?
A. Chesterfield Inlet and Rankin Inlet
B. Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet
C. Kugaaruk and Taloyoak
3. A New York-based art magazine recently singled out a drawing by a famed Nunavut artist as one of the best artworks of the 21st Who was that Inuk artist?
A. Kenojuak Ashevak
B. Annie Pootoogook
C. Tim Pitsiulak
4. In a column for Nunatsiaq News last week, former Nunavut senator Dennis Patterson recalled one of the lighter moments from his long political career when as an MLA he rose in the legislature to pay tribute to an animal. What kind of animal was it?
A. Sled dog
B. Pig
C. Chicken
5. The Nunavik community of Puvirnituq has been under a boil water advisory for nine weeks. Now, problems with the water system have forced an early end to the school year and elders and health-centre patients to be evacuated temporarily to the south. What caused the problem?
A. A water pipe was vandalized.
B. Unclean water clogged the intake pipe.
C. The water pipe froze.
People in Puvirnituq have lived under a boil water advisory for nine weeks. (File Photo)
Answers
- A — Charles and his wife, Camilla, visited Iqaluit on June 29, 2017. Many northern observers thought the royal couple might also slip into Cambridge Bay for the official opening of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. But nope.
- C — They were travelling between Kugaaruk and Taloyoak when they were found safe by rescuers. They had been missing since May 16 and were located on May 19.
- B — The late Annie Pootoogook, who died in 2016, was singled out for that praise by ARTNews for her drawing titled, Man Abusing His Partner.
- B — Patterson was moved to speak in the legislature by the death of a 700-pound pig known as Abigail of the Arctic. The popular porker was owned by colourful Iqaluit resident Bill Mackenzie.
- C — A frozen pipe is to blame for the situation in Puvirnituq, complicated by bad winter weather and mechanical problems with several of the water delivery trucks.
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