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2007 Year in Review News Quiz
CBC New Brunswick | Dec. 19, 2007
How well do you remember New Brunswick headlines from the last year?

Here's your chance. Enter your answers below. When you get your results, you can take the quiz again, or click on the answers key to read the stories that made these questions possible. 


1. Police called the theft of 22 pigs from a barn near Sussex, N.B., a tight squeeze because:
A. The pigs were stolen in a very short period of time.
B. The pigs were taken from the scene in a compact car.
C. The pigs had to be pushed through a hole in a fence.
D. When found, the pigs seemed scared and huddled together.
2. Who told RCMP officers he was a "big fish" and that they were going to be on television?
A. Conrad Black
B. Karlheinz Schreiber
C. Richard Lee McNair
D. Gregory Despres
3. The largest-ever New Brunswick investigation into this crime resulted in the arrest of seven people in October:
A. Drug trafficking
B. Human smuggling
C. Identity theft
D. Child pornography
4. A woman raised concerns about the security at Saint John Airport after she got through with what in her luggage:
A. A human liver
B. Firearms and ammunition
C. A live cat
D. 200 grams of cocaine
5. What Canadian family announced it is examining how to restructure its business empire?
A. The Irvings
B. The Aspers
C. The McCains
D. The Ganongs
6. Two students from Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton pleaded guilty to charges after doing this in May:
A. Defacing posters with racist graffiti.
B. Participating in a schoolyard fight.
C. Bringing an explosive substance to the school.
D. Internet bullying another student.
7. What was banned from the New Brunswick legislative assembly temporarily in an attempt to quiet a constant buzzing sound on the simultaneous translation system?
A. Cellular phones, even if they were turned off or put on vibrate.
B. BlackBerrys
C. Laptops connecting to wireless internet.
D. All of the above.
8. This famous tiger was expected to die in January, but held onto life until December:
A. Tony
B. Thomas
C. Tomar
D. Theo
9. This individual, known for his epic battle with Archie Moore, died in January.
A. Floyd Mayweather
B. Lennox Lewis
C. Cassius Clay
D. Yvon Durelle
10. An independent commission concluded there's no evidence the RCMP covered up allegations of sexual abuse at this youth facility:
A. Kingsclear Youth Training Centre near Fredericton
B. New Brunswick Youth Centre in Miramichi
C. York County Jail in Fredericton
D. Saint John Regional Correctional Centre
11. Former publisher Ken Langdon resigned from the Irving-owned Woodstock Bugle-Observer to do this:
A. Conduct research into competition laws in Canada.
B. Pressure the federal government to examine media monopolies.
C. Work with a partner to start a competing publication.
D. Retire early.
12. What was this quote in reference to? "It's like a death in the family. We have to mourn the death and turn around the next day and say, 'Hey, life still has to go on for other families, for the community.'":
A. The death of four Moncton teens in a car accident in a head-on collision.
B. The closure of the Dalhousie paper mill.
C. The death of Magnetic Hill's tiger, Tomar.
D. The death of 19-year-old Ashley Smith at an Ontario jail.
 
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