Would Winnipegers be ready to elect an Aboriginal mayor?
That's the question that Wabama 2010 asks and answers. The half-hour show mixes satire and rap videos to explore the likelihood of an Aboriginal mayor.
Videos
What the heck is all this Wabama talk all about anyway? And why is he running? Well hear it straight from the fresh Mayor himself in this autobiographical rap video.
Nov. 26, 11:35pm
Do you think Winnipeg is ready for an Aboriginal mayor?
Abo Quiz
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Aboriginal leaders were furious when Ottawa sent this item to Manitoba reserves during the H1N1 outbreak.
- a) Sympathy Cards
- b) Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul books
- c) Body Bags
- d) Left over Canada Day pins.
Answer: c) Body Bags
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Name one of the First Nations tribes associated with Manitoba
- a) Indian Posse
- b) Stony Mountain Boys
- c) Ojibway
- d) Manitoba Moose
Answer: c) Ojibway
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This Manitoba M.P stalled the Meech Lake Accord.
- a) Elijah Harper
- b) J. J Harper
- c) Stephen Harper
- d) Harper Lee
Answer: a) Elijah Harper
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This Manitoba actor starred for a season on the hit show Law and Order SVU
- a) Anna Paquin
- b) Tina Keeper
- c) Tom Jackson
- d) Adam Beach
Answer: d) Adam Beach
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According to the last census Manitoba has this many Aboriginal people.
- a) Too many.
- b) Must be nice not to have to pay tax!
- c) 150,000
- d) This many (hold up both hands)
Answer: c) 150,000
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In 2010 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tried to make amends for this shameful historical event.
- a) The hanging of Louis Riel
- b) The Manitoba School System
- c) The TV show North of Sixty
- d) The Residential School System.
Answer: c) The Residential School System.
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Ian Ross won a Governor General's Award for this play
- a) Dry Lips oughta move to Kapuskasing
- b) Hot Lips oughta move to Brandon
- c) Joe From Winnipeg
- d) FareWell
Answer: d) FareWell
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This preventable disease has ravished the Aboriginal community.
- a) Type 2 Diabetes
- b) Type 1 Diabetes
- c) The TV show North of Sixty
- d) St Vitus Dance.
Answer: a) Type 2 Diabetes
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Dry reserves are:
- a) Not on a lake
- b) Must collect water from off the reserve
- c) Alcohol prohibited
- d) Have little annual precipitation
Answer: c) Alcohol prohibited
Finish
Congratulations! You made it to the end!
Your score was: questions correct and answers wrong!
How ABO SAVVY IS YOU?
- 0-2 Correct: Minister of Indian Affairs
- 2-4 Correct: Not Even!
- 5-6 Correct: A few feather s short of a headdress
- 7-8 Correct: Bannock Bro!
- 9-10 Correct: Ever Sick!
