Language
How can you talk without words in Inuktitut?
With facial expressions
What are the two main ways to travel in Iqaluit?
Plane and snowmobile
Who are the knowledge keepers and historians in Nunavut?
The Elders
What sport involves kicking both feet at a target?
The two footed high kick?
What does the staar in the Nunavut flag represent?
The North Star
How many dialects are spoken in Nunavut
100
What territory was split to form Nunavut?
Northwest Territories
What product did the Early Europeans want from the Northern oceans?
Whale oil
The world record for the one footed high jump is 9 feet 7 inches. What is that rounded up?
9' 7" = 10"
What is missing in the Iqaluit elementary school?
Windows
What is the main language of Iqaluit?
Inuktitut
What is the name of the biggest island in Canada that comprises most of Iqaluit?
Baffin Island
Did the first Europeans arrive in 1056, 1556 or 1956
1556
What competition do high kickers perform at?
The Arctic Winter Games
What does the elementary school in Iqaluit look like?
An ice cube tray
Quammak means side house. What building is named after the side house?
The meeting place.
How big is Iqaluit?
2 million square kilometers
In 1899 Otto Sverdrup named Grise fjord after pigs, but there were never pigs there. Why ‘pig fiord’
Because walruses sounded like pigs to him.
What type of music is limited to Inuit women?
Throat singing
What is the Catholic Cathedral in Iqaluit shaped like?
An igloo
Why is Grise Fiord named after pigs?
Norwegian for the sound that walruses make.
What is the Cryosphere?
All the water on earth that is permanently frozen
What People lived in Nunavut before the Inuit in the years 800 BCE to about 600 CE?
The Dorset people.
Because throat singing was banned for 100 years, the first competition was held in the 2000's. What year?
2001
Why is the hood in the Amauti so big?
(women's parka)
To carry babies