News Quiz December 18, 2015

1. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is introducing new mortgage regulations to ease pressure on which two real estate markets?

Vancouver and Toronto

Vancouver and Calgary

Calgary and Edmonton

Saskatoon and Regina

To read more about the new mortgage regulations, visit http://ow.ly/VVYaB

Explanation

To read more about the new mortgage regulations, visit http://ow.ly/VVYaB

2. Shaw Communications has announced it is buying which telecom?

WIND Mobile

Koodo Mobile

Mobilicity

Telus

Check out BIV's story about Shaw announcing its intention to purchase WIND Mobile here: http://ow.ly/W6252

Explanation

Check out BIV's story about Shaw announcing its intention to purchase WIND Mobile here: http://ow.ly/W6252

3. How will the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hike affect B.C.'s economy?

Exports will get a boost because the Canadian dollar will fall

American and Chinese investors will buy more B.C. real estate

Money will flock to United States bonds and other investments

All of the above

To read more about how the rate hike will affect the provincial economy, visit: http://ow.ly/VVSfT

Explanation

To read more about how the rate hike will affect the provincial economy, visit: http://ow.ly/VVSfT

4. What is the cause of the shortage of Christmas trees in Vancouver?

The high American dollar is enticing growers to export trees to the U.S.

A drought throughout the summer

A pine beetle infestation

A strike by tree-grove workers

To read more about Vancouver's Christmas tree shortage, check out BIV's story at: http://ow.ly/W61Ge

Explanation

To read more about Vancouver's Christmas tree shortage, check out BIV's story at: http://ow.ly/W61Ge

5. Which Vancouver tech startup raised $15 million in funding this week — the largest amount in 2015 for Canada's financial tech sector?

Kabuni

Trulioo

Doofus

RentMoola

To read more about this funding, check out BIV's story at: http://ow.ly/VVXb4

Explanation

To read more about this funding, check out BIV's story at: http://ow.ly/VVXb4

6. When the final ship in the longest Vancouver cruise season in many years left the city December 15, what city was it headed for?

Los Angeles

Hawaii

San Diego

Puerto Vallarta

To read more about Vancouver's extra-long cruise ship season this year, visit: http://ow.ly/VVYUp

Explanation

To read more about Vancouver's extra-long cruise ship season this year, visit: http://ow.ly/VVYUp

7. A Carl's Jr. franchisee plans to open two restaurants in which suburb in January?

Coquitlam

Surrey

Richmond

Burnaby

Check out BIV's story about this franchisee here: http://ow.ly/VVZM8

Explanation

Check out BIV's story about this franchisee here: http://ow.ly/VVZM8

8. In what unusual location did protesters of the Site C dam set up camp December?

A cave under a waterfall

A former cemetery where early explorers are buried

On the steps of the police station in Fort St. John

A historic fur trade fort

To read about the protesters at the Rocky Mountain Fort, visit http://ow.ly/VVOxT

Explanation

To read about the protesters at the Rocky Mountain Fort, visit http://ow.ly/VVOxT

9. What's Catalyst Paper Corp.'s annual carbon tax bill?

Zero

$200,000 in municipal taxes in lieu

$9 million

$1.5 billion

To read BIV's story about how lifting the carbon tax freeze could burn B.C. industries, visit http://ow.ly/VVIOT.

Explanation

To read BIV's story about how lifting the carbon tax freeze could burn B.C. industries, visit http://ow.ly/VVIOT.

10. What company hit the top of BIV's top-performing mining stocks list in 2015?

Echo Beach Corp.

Goldcorp Inc.

Novagold Resources Inc.

Eco Oro Minerals Corp

Check out BIV's list of the top-performing B.C.-based mining stocks in 2015 here: http://ow.ly/W612J

Explanation

Check out BIV's list of the top-performing B.C.-based mining stocks in 2015 here: http://ow.ly/W612J

News Quiz December 18, 2015

1. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is introducing new mortgage regulations to ease pressure on which two real estate markets?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Shaw Communications has announced it is buying which telecom?

3. How will the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hike affect B.C.'s economy?

4. What is the cause of the shortage of Christmas trees in Vancouver?

5. Which Vancouver tech startup raised $15 million in funding this week — the largest amount in 2015 for Canada's financial tech sector?

6. When the final ship in the longest Vancouver cruise season in many years left the city December 15, what city was it headed for?

7. A Carl's Jr. franchisee plans to open two restaurants in which suburb in January?

8. In what unusual location did protesters of the Site C dam set up camp December?

9. What's Catalyst Paper Corp.'s annual carbon tax bill?

10. What company hit the top of BIV's top-performing mining stocks list in 2015?