The Arctic primary school quiz

The sixth class in Scoil Realt Na Mara have teamed up with Charlie Bird on his Arctic adventure (irishtimes.com/arctic). To help you get involved they have created the Arctic primary school quiz - join in

This is a quiz for primary schools. It will run each weekday until March 14th. Each day the 6th class in Scoil Realt Na Mara in Skerries will set a new question and on the last day we will publish an online form to fill in all the answers and send them to us.

All the questions are based around Charlie Bird's videos of his trip to the Artic and you can find the answers by watching the videos. You can see them all at irishtimes.com/arctic.

Don't forget: The Irish Times will be releasing more questions every day, with a prize at the end for the school with the most correct answers, so check back often to keep up to date.

Arctic quiz
Arctic quiz

You can work in class teams or on your own. You can email gquinn@irishtimes.com if you need any information. Best of luck.

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TODAY'S QUESTION
How many times had Cuckan the dog been on a plane?

This was his first time

This was his fifth time

This was his 20th time

This was his 100th time

1. How long did Dublin nurse Mary Byrne originally plan to spend in the Arctic?

Twelve years

One year

Three years

Five years

2. How long will Charlie Bird be staying in Grise Fiord?

34 days

26 days

28 days

15 days

3. What is Grise Fiord/the Arctic also known as?

The table of the world

The cleaner of the world

The refrigerator of the world

The heater of the world

4. How many polar bears were reported to have been eating in the dump?

6

3

2

7

5. How much does a roundtrip ticket out of Grise Fiord cost?

$20

$120

$12,000

$1,200

6. What was written on Mary Byrne’s hat?

Alert XYZ

CFS Alert

CFS Ahead

CFF Albert

7. Name three animals that live in Grise Fiord?

Horses, dogs, musk ox

Polar bear, whales, seals

Whales, polar bears, pigs

Polar bears, cats, owls

8. Where was Charlie’s jumper made?

Dublin

Grise Fiord

Iniseer

Quebec

9. What was the coldest temperature recorded on the day Charlie arrived in Grise Fiord?

0 degrees

-10 degrees

-42.1 degrees

-54 degrees

10. What item of clothing could Larry make out of the seal pelt?

A hat

Boots

Trousers

Gloves

  11.  What piece of advice did Danny Osborne give to Charlie? 

Never go out in the dark

Always wear gloves

Always carry a gun

Never wrestle polar bears

12.  What type of dogs are the sleigh dogs?

Huskies

Golden Retrievers

Alsatians

Poodles

13.  What phrase did Larry use to describe what was happening in the clip about the seal?

What comes around goes around

Plenty more seals in the sea

The cycle of life

Water off a ducks back

14. What is traditional Inuit singing called?

Nose singing

Throat singing

Ear singing

Hand singing

15. How many times had Cuckan the dog been on a plane?

This was his first time

This was his fifth time

This was his 20th time

This was his 100th time