News quiz Oct. 25 | It’s all about MLAs, TB and go Jays!

Last chance for a news quiz before voting day on Monday — so let’s go!

1. One thing is for certain, the territory will have a new premier after Monday’s vote because the current one, P.J. Akeeagok, is not seeking re-election. How will the new premier be chosen?

A. By voters, when they cast their ballots
B. In a vote by the new cabinet
C. In a vote of all MLAs after the election

2. Baseball fans across Nunavut and Nunavik joined the rest of Canada in cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays this week as the club advanced to the World Series. The Blue Jays do have a connection to Nunavut — what is it?

A. At least two Nunavummiut have played for the Jays since their inception in 1977.
B. Team manager John Schneider keeps a small inuksuk in his office as a good luck charm.
C. The Blue Jays have helped build ball diamonds in the territory.

3. Young Inuit and Cree female athletes got together in Nunavik last week for a sports jamboree. What sport did they play?

A. Basketball
B. Volleyball
C. Hockey

4. There was a healthy dose of good news from the Health Department this week when it provided an update on its efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in the territory. When does it hope to eliminate that illness in Nunavut by?

A. 2027
B. 2030
C. It doesn’t expect to eliminate TB, only to bring the caseload under control

5. Harry Flaherty, president and CEO of Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corp., recently revealed the corporation’s new $100-million fishing vessel will make its way to Nunavut in time for the 2026 fishing season. What is the boat’s name?

A. Narwhal II
B. Saputi II
C. SS Minnow

Young athletes and organizers prepare to leave Kuujjuaraapik recently after participating in what sport? From left are Dorothy Susurila, Russ Johnson, Aiva-Grace Mesher, Erika Amamatuak, Lakeisha Tulugak, Dave Webster, Taylor Adams and Iliana Beaulne. (Photo courtesy of Taylor Adams)

Answers

1. C — One of the first official duties of the 22 MLAs when they meet after the election will be to select a new premier to lead the government.
2. C — Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet both have baseball diamonds built with funding from the Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the big-league ball team.
3. A — It was basketball. The young athletes joined in the third annual women’s basketball jamboree, held in Kuujjuaraapik.
4. B — The Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. say they want to eliminate tuberculosis in the territory by the year 2030.
5. B — The Saputi II, at 76 metres in length, will head to Nunavut next year. It’s a whopper — the ship can carry up to 1,100 tonnes of shrimp or 750 tonnes of turbot.