Do you know Your Yukon? Have you been paying attention to this column? Test your environmental knowledge with our Christmas quiz.

(P.S. If you'd like to cheat, all of the answers can be found in the columns in this archive.)

1. What is the Yukon Spill Line?
    
   
   1. The high-water mark when the Yukon River floods.
   2. A kind of fishing line designed for use near the spillway of the Whitehorse dam.
   3. An emergency phone line for reporting spills of hazardous wastes.
   4. The line left in the saucer after you pour your spilled coffee back into the cup.
   
   
2. Used plastic containers can be made into:
    
   
   1. Emergency bailers for small boats.
   2. Fleece jackets.
   3. Backing for carpets.
   4. All of the above.
   
   
3. What is a benthic invertebrate?
    
   
   1. An extremely expensive and rare German sports car.
   2. A particularly stable kind of camping stove fuel.
   3. A verb form.
   4. A tiny creature living in the sediment at the bottom of a stream.
   
   
4. What is a Magnolia Warbler?
    
   
   1. A member of the latest hockey club to join the NHL.
   2. A small bird that nests in the La Biche River valley.
   3. The nickname of a famous American soprano.
   4. An Appalachian version of the bagpipes.
   
   
5. If global climate change leads to significant warming, as many scientists predict, the Yukon might see the following:
    
   
   1. The valley of the Yukon River will become a huge lake lined with groves of coconut palms.
   2. Wheat and other grains might ripen in the fields around Whitehorse, Mayo and Dawson.
   3. Watson Lake will become famous for its lush forests of tropical hardwood.
   4. Winter tourism operators will trade in their dogsleds for fleets of sailboards and racks of skimpy bathing suits.
   
   
6. What do Barrow's Goldeneye male ducks do on Old Crow Flats in the summer?
    
   
   1. Woo Barrow's Goldeneye female ducks.
   2. Hang out at the corners of lakes and make rude comments to passing swans.
   3. Shed all their flight feathers and swim around in huge flocks for several weeks until they can fly again.
   4. Guard Barrow's Goldeneye ducklings until they are old enough to look after themselves.
   
   
7. Which of the following would NOT be considered a waste site under Canada's Arctic Environmental Strategy?
    
   
   1. An old car rusting away in the bush.
   2. An abandoned mine.
   3. A pile of bear droppings in the middle of a berry patch.
   4. Steel drums dumped in a remote lake.
   
   
8. What is Devil's Club?
    
   
   1. A particularly nasty medieval weapon with three spikes protruding from a heavy iron ball.
   2. A secret society of devoted card players.
   3. A plant common along the Pacific Coast and recently found in the southeast Yukon.
   4. An organization formed to promote traditional observance of Hallowe'en.
   
   
9. Which of the following are NOT consulted by meteorologists when forecasting winter weather in the Yukon?
    
   
   1. A satellite orbiting earth above the equator.
   2. The density of fur on winter pelts collected by Yukon trappers.
   3. The size of the chief meteorologist's woodpile.
   4. Information from weather balloons sent aloft in other parts of Canada.
   
   
10. Under current placer mining regulations in the Yukon, placer miners must have:
     
    
    1. At least one gold pan for every worker on site.
    2. A mining plan that includes restoring the creekbed when mining is finished.
    3. An ancestor who came over the Chilkoot Trail during the gold rush.
    4. A current Yukon fishing licence.
    
    

Have a happy holiday season, from the staff at Environment Canada, Yukon.