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TRIVIA 

1.  What vehicle is pictured above?  

2.  Which of the NWT's official languages are linguistically related to Apache?

3.  The Hardy Boys:
       a) In what book did the teen sleuths visit Yellowknife?  
       b) What is the relationship between the Hardy Boys and Hockey Night in Canada?

4.  In Yellowknife a character named Danny watches detective shows on TV and sees an unlikely bunch of heroes.  Who are they?

5.  The Yellowknife Golf Club has a raven rule.  What is it?

6.  What is the difference between a carat and a karat?  

7.  Which of the following is true about John Hornby during WWI?
       a)  He served as a sniper.
       b)  He served as an intelligence officer.
       c)  He served with the British army.
       d)  He served with the Canadian army.
       e)  He was decorated for valour.
        f)  He deserted.

8.  The logo of the Government of the NWT consists of a polar bear on a blue circle.  How many legs does the polar bear have?

9.  What is Yellowknife's airport code?
       a) YKS
       b) YMX
       c) YYZ
       d) YZF

10.  Nunavut became a territory in 1999.  What does the word "Nunavut" mean?  

11.  "She gave Nora a quick tour, pointing out scrimshaw and lava, a lacquered rice bow, a canopic jar, the tail of a marsupial wolf, and a stuffed European warbler, either a chiffchaff or a figpecker, she couldn't remember which."   What is another name for a marsupial wolf?  

12.  Can you identify the following image?

13.  Match the northern characters with the novels they appear in:

14.  Which country produces more diamonds, Canada or South Africa?

15.  Which of the following is an aboriginal actor born in the NWT and named one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1993?
       a) Adam Beach
       b) Tantoo Cardinal
       c) Margot Kidder 
       d) Eric Schweig

16.  How many political parties have seats in the NWT Legislature?
       a) one
       b) two
       c) three
       d) none of the above

17.  Match the event with the correct location.

18.  "He'd only been a kid in 1972, but the Summit Series was part of the hockey mythology he'd grown up with, and the remarkable comeback of the Canadians was embedded in his psyche.  All through minor hockey, two seasons in the OHL, and the oldtimers league in Yellowknife, whenever he needed to pump himself up, he thought of the series-winning goal scored with less than a minute to go in the final game." 
       a) Who scored the goal?
       b) What was his sweater number?
       c) Is he in the Hockey Hall of Fame? 

19.  One of the videogames that Tyrone plays in Yellowknife is Duke Nukem.  What are the four levels of difficulty in Duke Nukem 3D (Atomic Edition)?
       a) ______________________
       b) ______________________
       c) ______________________
       d) ______________________

20.  Early one morning after a long coding session Pfang went to his favorite Chinese restaurant and ordered a dish of laser chicken.  When he went to pay, he realized he'd left his wallet at home.  Since he was a regular, the owner agreed to accept an IOU, which Pfang scribbled on a napkin.  
       The owner smiled and handed it back, saying, "The food's not that expensive here."
       Pfang saw that he had written 1100 as the amount.  "Sorry," he said, correcting the mistake.  
       "Still wrong," said the owner.
       Pfang saw that this time he'd written the letter C.  
       What was the cost of his meal?

ANSWERS

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