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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
almost 4 years ago
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Question 1
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Ottawa's planning committee voted this week to make patio rules introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent. Which of the following is NOT one of those rules?
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Patio (binary/octet-stream)
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Amplified music is banned on patios within 30 metres of a home.
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Patios can be set up on parking lots, but not on accessible spaces.
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No buffer zone is needed between patios and residential properties.
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Patios in residential neighbourhoods must have sound barriers.
Question 2
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The organizers of this Monday night vigil handed out 23 roses to commemorate the number of local women who'd been killed in an intimate-partner homicide since the 1970s. Where did the vigil take place?
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Renfrew, Ont.
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Cornwall, Ont.
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Perth, Ont.
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Montebello, Que.
Question 3
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Alicia Kazobinka modelled this dress Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History. What do the flags on the dress represent?
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Countries where there are civil wars or other conflicts.
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Countries that persecute LGBTQ people.
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Countries that have little to no access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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Countries that face serious threats due to rising ocean levels.
Question 4
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Ontario Provincial Police announced Tuesday they'd laid charges against an Ottawa man in an investigation that involved the RCMP, the FBI and Europol. What is 31-year-old Matthew Philbert alleged to have done?
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Opp (binary/octet-stream)
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Orchestrated ransomware attacks and other cybercrimes.
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Masterminded a trans-Atlantic Ponzi scheme.
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Sold fentanyl and other opioids on the dark web.
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Forged works of art and sold them at auction.
Question 5
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In other crime news, a 73-year-old man from Iroquois, Ont., faces eight charges after he allegedly defrauded a pair of would-be buyers out of which of the following expensive items?
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Yachts.
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Diamond jewellery.
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Luxury RVs.
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Backyard swimming pools.
Question 6
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What were farmers giving away for free on Parliament Hill Wednesday, in an attempt to draw attention to a ban on U.S. exports?
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Bags of P.E.I. potatoes.
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Free-run chicken eggs from Quebec.
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Alberta beef sliders.
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Beer samples made with Saskatchewan-grown lentils.
Question 7
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Dave Pineau wrote a first-person piece for CBC Ottawa this week in which he talked the challenges he faces navigating the COVID-19 pandemic while also living with what?
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Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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A malignant brain tumour.
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Being HIV positive.
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Schizophrenia.
Question 8
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Why was this message of support — and others like it — left outside a Chelsea, Que., elementary school for teacher Fatemeh Anvari?
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She was on a ventilator in an ICU with COVID-19.
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She'd been removed from her position for wearing a hijab.
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She'd flown back to Afghanistan to help her family flee the Taliban.
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She was assaulted while protecting a transgender student.
Question 9
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Heather Watson was one of 170 workers who picketed Thursday afternoon in downtown Ottawa after going on strike due to a pay issue. Who is their employer?
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Oag (binary/octet-stream)
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The Ottawa Art Gallery.
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The Office of the Auditor General.
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The Outaouais Advocacy Group.
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The Optometrists' Association of Gatineau.
Question 10
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Three candidates announced Friday they'd run to be Ottawa's next mayor in 2022 after Jim Watson revealed he wouldn't seek re-election. Two are current city councillors. Who's the third?
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Watson (binary/octet-stream)
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A former two-term mayor.
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The CEO of a high-tech firm.
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A local MPP.
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A former Ottawa Senators player.
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