News quiz Sept. 5 | It’s show time!

We’ve run a lot of stories, but how closely have you read them? Check out your knowledge of current events with this week’s quiz. Let’s roll!

1. Chesterfield Inlet’s Randy Boiteau is assembling a prefabricated cabin made by a company called Bunkie Life. Bunkie Life was featured on which reality show?

A. Dragon’s Den
B. Canada’s Got Talent
C. Nathan for You

2. Alongside former NHL hockey player Jordin Tootoo, who is going to be inducted this fall into the newly created Nunavut Sport and Recreation Hall of Fame?

A. Andy Attagutalukutuk
B. Attima Hadlari
C. Drew Bell

3. Tasiujaq hosted a music festival last weekend, which got crowds on their feet. What changes do organizers want to make to Nitjautik Music Festival next year?

A. They are considering adding an extra night to the two-day festival.
B. They want to add other activities like film screenings and a hot dog eating contest.
C. The plan is to construct a permanent festival grounds just outside the village, which can also be used for other events throughout the year.

4. A group of young Inuit took to the stage in Montreal last month. What was their performance?

A. It was a musical performance with interpretive dance.
B. They put on a circus act that incorporated Inuit games.
C. They put on a production of the 2017 play The Breathing Hole.

5. Chesterfield Inlet artist Dawny Tanuyak has taken on what role in a study of oil spills?

A. She is providing her testimony of an oil spill she observed near the hamlet eight years ago.
B. She is monitoring tracking devices and report data to a Winnipeg-based team of researchers.
C. She is creating illustrations for the project.

Answers:

Dawny Tanuyak painted this depiction of Sedna, commissioned by the Chesterfield Co-op. (Photo courtesy of Dawny Tanuyak)

1. A — Bunkie Life was featured on Dragon’s Den in 2021, and ended up getting contributions from all five investors. Now, a man in Chesterfield Inlet owns the Spruce Lodge model of Bunkie Life cabins. He said building it was “easy.”
2. B — Inuit games legend Attima Hadlari is joining Jordin Tootoo as the inaugural inductees this fall into the Nunavut Sport and Recreation Hall of Fame.
3. A — Organizers of Nitjautik Music Festival are looking to add an extra night next year, says Billy Cain, president of the festival’s committee.
4. B — A group of Inuit performed flying trapeze, Inuit drumming and other games Aug. 28 at Sanaaq Centre, after completing a two-week circus camp called Nikurrautaq.
5. C — Dawny Tanuyak is creating illustrations for a study of oil spills out of the University of Manitoba.