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Test Your Skills   [Answers will be revealed here at 1:00 pm on Monday February 13, 2012]

  1. This is Canada's 12th minority government. The election that resulted in the first one was held in what year?
  2. Leonard Preyra, the MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island, told the legislature on Dec. 11, 2007, the story of Leo Karunanayake. The Sri Lankan paid Nova Scotia $130,000 as part of the province's controversial immigrant nominee mentorship program -- and ended up working in a restaurant. What was Karunanayake's occupation in Sri Lanka?
  3. Who is the MLA for the person at phone number 902-662-2438?
  4. According to the federal government, what was the total value of Nova Scotia's exports to other countries in 2008? (Goods only, not services)
  5. What is the assessed value of the property at 2074 Beech St. in Halifax? And who lives there?
  6. According to Interpol, who is the oldest Canadian national currently wanted in a forgery investigation?


Estimated time: 25 minutes