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GoobNet is having Nunavut

Yes, it’s time to celebrate Nunavut.

Nunavut, the most recently formed Canadian territory, is also the least celebrated. That means, of course, that it is up to us to celebrate Nunavut. Join us as we immerse ourselves in the Inuit culture, learn Inuit languages, and explore the Canadian Arctic. From Akimiski Island to Ellesmere Island, from Iqaluit to Kugluktuk, this is a vast land with much to discover. Which is good, because that’s exactly what we’re going to do as Nunavut approaches its 16th anniversary on WED 01 APR 2015.

But how much do you actually know about Nunavut? It is now time to find out.

1. The total number of Canadian provinces and territories, other than Nunavut, is:

2. Nunavut’s total land area is larger than all of these nations except:

3. Nunavut’s capital of Iqaluit was formerly known as:

4. A 1995 plebiscite asked voters for their preference for the capital of Nunavut between the choices of Iqaluit and:

5. Of these world cities, the one at closest latitude to Iqaluit is:

6. The number of voting members of the Canadian House of Commons representing Nunavut is:

7. The Nunavut license plate was redesigned in 2012, replacing the previous plate in the shape of:

8. The name of the Nunavut community of Kugluktuk translates as:

9. The northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world is the Nunavut community of:

10. Historians now believe that Helluland, visited by Leif Eriksson around AD 1000, is the island today known as:

11. According to the 2011 census, Iqaluit had a smaller population than all of these municipalities except:

12. The only portion of Nunavut that does not use daylight saving time is:

13. All of these islands lie entirely within the territory of Nunavut except:

14. Of these islands in Nunavut, the only one with a permanent population is:

15. The Legislative Building of Nunavut opened in 1999, but before that time, the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut met in:

16. Jordin Tootoo is the first person who grew up in Nunavut to:

Error: Answer all sixteen questions

SCORE: /16

To find out which questions you answered correctly, simply change some of your answers and recalculate your score.

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