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2005 Year in Review News Quiz
CBC Manitoba | Holiday Special
2005 was an eventful year for Manitoba.

Test your memory with the questions below. After you submit your answers you will be able to read all the correct answers to our Manitoba News Quiz. 


1. The North Dakota government turned the taps on the Devils Lake outlet this year. For how many days did it operate?
a) 2 hours
b) 11 days
c) 3 months
d) It's still operating
2. How many Manitobans had invested money in the beleaguered Crocus Fund?
a) Less than 1,000
b) 1,000 - 10,000
c) 10,000 - 100,000
d) More than 100,000
3. Which Canadian artist did not play at the Juno Awards ceremony in Winnipeg?
a) The Tragically Hip
b) Neil Young
c) k.d. lang
d) Burton Cummings
4. Hundreds of residents of a northern Manitoba community were convinced the Bigfoot legend is real after a local man captured a strange creature on videotape. Which community was it?
a) Norway House
b) Thompson
c) Nelson House
d) Flin Flon
5. In 2003, 142 Manitobans were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. In 2004, only three cases were diagnosed. How many cases were diagnosed this year?
a) None
b) 58
c) 102
d) 429
6. A Manitoba author won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards. Who was it?
a) Sandra Birdsell, for Children of the Day
b) Margaret Sweatman, for When Alice Lay Down With Peter
c) David Bergen, for The Time In Between
d) Miriam Toews, for A Complicated Kindness
7. More than 60 enormous concrete bears graced Broadway and other locations in Winnipeg this summer, as part of a fundraiser for which group?
a) Save the Polar Bears
b) CancerCare Manitoba
c) Children's Wish Foundation
d) Winnie-the-Pooh Art Fund
8. The stork visited the zoo this spring! What were the names given to the two new lion cubs?
a) Malik and Moto
b) Mufusa and Simba
c) Clarence and Elsa
d) Tom and Jerry
9. Two back-to-back storms in mid-July felled hundreds of trees, cut power and flooded streets, underpasses and homes across Winnipeg. City officials said a storm of that magnitude hadn't hit Winnipeg in how long?
a) 10 years
b) 25 years
c) 50 years
d) 100 years
10. The City of Winnipeg and the Salisbury House restaurant chain faced heavy criticism after the burger joint was awarded the contract to set up shop in the commercial space on the footbridge from the Forks to St. Boniface. What's the name of the bridge?
a) Promenade Provencher
b) Via LaVerendrye
c) Burton's Bridge
d) Esplanade Riel

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