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2006 Year in Review News Quiz

CBC Maritimes | Dec. 22 2006

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1. Fredericton City Council raised rink user fees for non-residents by 1,000 per cent this year. Why?
	A. To help pay for 10 new massage therapists hired by the city to help skaters work the kinks out.
	B. To help pay for construction of two new rinks and renovations to a third.
	C. Because the city wants suburban communities to build their own rinks.

2. "Help Wanted" signs sprung up as people headed west for jobs. How many Atlantic Canadians moved to Alberta between July 2005 and July 2006?
	A. 13,000
	B. 7,000
	C. 20,000

3. An independent report on the Northumberland Strait lobster fishery recommended the federal government buy back how many lobster licences in the Strait?
	A. 5 per cent
	B. 15 per cent
	C. 20 per cent

4. In November, a national survey on happiness ranked New Brunswickers the most blissful in the country. Which province ranked last?
	A. Ontario
	B. Quebec
	C. Nova Scotia

5. Who said this? "It's a little bit quicker to get in to see me than some of the physicians."
	A. P.E.I. Health Minister Chester Gillan
	B. nurse practitioner Sherri MacKinnon
	C. Malpeque MP Wayne Easter

6. Which company locked out its workers and reopened months later after securing cheaper power, wage cuts and lower taxes?
	A. Clearwater
	B. Michelin
	C. Stora

7. Which famous clown was kicked out of Fredericton school classrooms after preaching a fitness message?
	A. Krusty the Klown
	B. Ronald McDonald
	C. Marcel Marceau

8. Three airmen were killed and four injured when their search-and-rescue helicopter crashed in the ocean near which Nova Scotia community in July?
	A. Canso
	B. Yarmouth
	C. Ingonish

9. Who ruled that Rev. Gael Matheson had been a victim of sexual discrimination by the Presbyterian Church?
	A. P.E.I. Human Rights Commission
	B. P.E.I. Provincial Court
	C. P.E.I. Supreme Court

10. Rodney MacDonald became premier of Nova Scotia in February. In the provincial election four months later, how many seats did the Tories lose?
	A. 0
	B. 2
	C. 5

11. Who said this? "They had to come in in space suits."
	A. P.E.I. Development Minister Mike Currie
	B. Dr. Lamont Sweet, chief health officer
	C. Kim Klein, Friends of Montague Regional High School

12. The stabbing death of an American outside a Halifax nightclub brought attention to the issue of crime in the city�s bar district. What was Damon Crooks doing in Halifax?
	A. on holiday with his family
	B. sailor with USS Doyle up for navy exercises
	C. exchange student going to university

13. Heather Moyse of Summerside was the brakeman for the woman's two-man bobsleigh event at the Olympics in Italy, finishing fourth. In what other sport does she represent Canada?
	A. high jump
	B. rugby
	C. volleyball

14. Last June, New Brunswick blogger Charles LeBlanc was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice while covering a protest at a conference in Saint John. LeBlanc insisted he was not part of the protest but was only there to take pictures for his online journal. Following a trial in November, a judge agreed, and acquitted LeBlanc. What was the subject of the conference?
	A. Organic farming
	B. Creating an eastern trading bloc
	C. Avoiding unrest in public sector unions

15. Who said this? "If you pick one over the other, first of all, you're not going to have to waste $30 million building a new facility."
	A. Alberton Mayor Pat Murphy
	B. Carl Brothers, wind energy consultant
	C. Montague Mayor Richard Collins

16. Gas price regulation came to Nova Scotia this summer. How long is the price at the pumps supposed to be set for before it can be hiked up or down?
	A. two weeks
	B. two days
	C. one week

17. How long did the spring strike at UPEI last?
	A. 6 days
	B. 12 days
	C. 16 days

18. The Rolling Stones returned to the Maritimes in September to headline a mega concert on the Common. Municipal officials say it delivered how much money to the city?
	A. $20 million
	B. $8 million
	C. $2 million

19. Who did Charlottetown Rural High School say could no longer use staff washrooms in September?
	A. students
	B. school custodian
	C. school bus drivers

20. A ferry service linking New Brunswick and Nova Scotia nearly stopped running this year because of high fuel prices and few passengers, until Ottawa and the two provincial governments worked out a last-minute deal to save it. What's the name of the ferry?
	A. The Fundy Princess
	B. The Louis J. Robichaud
	C. The Princess of Acadia

21. How many Russians came to work at the Ocean Choice seafood processing plant in Souris on May 2?
	A. 12
	B. 19
	C. 40

22. The Nova Scotia government lifted the ban on Sunday shopping after two retailers challenged new regulations in court. Who are they?
	A. Atlantic Superstore and Wal-Mart
	B. Sobeys and Pete�s Frootique
	C. Sobeys and Atlantic Superstore

23. What surprise discovery was made by a hiker in P.E.I. National Park in July?
	A. a bomb
	B. rattlesnake plantain
	C. an 18th century house foundation

24. Four Canadian soldiers who grew up in Nova Scotia were killed in Afghanistan in 2006. Two of them were from which community?
	A. Lower Sackville
	B. Amherst
	C. Truro

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