CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Nov. 29

Beschreibung

How closely have you followed the past week in local news?
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Frage 1

Frage
Adrian Lloyd told CBC News he was recently exposed to COVID-19, and then tested positive — something he called a "highly avoidable mistake." Where did the exposure occur?
Antworten
  • In his hospital room.
  • At his dentist's office.
  • At his father's long-term care home.
  • At the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.

Frage 2

Frage
Bettina Vollmerhausen says she was blindsided when a notice appeared on her unit at the City Centre building, giving her 14 days to vacate the premises. Which of the following did she found?
Antworten
  • A furniture store.
  • An artisanal bakery.
  • A tool library.
  • An Indigenous friendship centre.

Frage 3

Frage
What is Laura Clark planning to use these donated coolers for?
Antworten
  • Providing winter shelter for feral cats.
  • Brewing beer outdoors in Gatineau Park.
  • Delivering Christmas hampers to food bank users.
  • Temporarily storing COVID-19 vaccines.

Frage 4

Frage
An advocacy group in Belleville, Ont., is raising concerns about the local police force's decision to purchase a device known colloquially by which diabolical name?
Antworten
  • The devil's chair.
  • Hellcuffs.
  • The Satan stick.
  • Dougie's inferno.

Frage 5

Frage
What promise are city officials trying to get the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group to agree to as the group seeks to renegotiate its 30-year Lansdowne Park deal?
Antworten
  • That they bankroll multi-million dollar renovations to the Aberdeen Pavilion.
  • That they keep the Ottawa Redblacks and 67's at TD Place.
  • That they offer lower rents for local businesses hoping to set up shop there.
  • That they improve Lansdowne Park's connection to the Rideau Canal.

Frage 6

Frage
For the third straight weekend, LRT service was suspended on the Confederation Line so crews could perform work. What have they been doing?
Antworten
  • Installing heaters.
  • Repairing cracks in the tracks.
  • Testing the overhead power connections.
  • Winterizing the stations.

Frage 7

Frage
Quebec Premier François Legault announced this week that holiday gatherings in red zones like Gatineau would be prohibited this year, while also encouraging Quebec residents to do what?
Antworten
  • Support local restaurants by ordering takeout Christmas dinner.
  • Have one-on-one visits with people who live alone, especially the elderly.
  • Send cards or letters to loved ones in long-term care homes.
  • Reschedule those gatherings for Valentine's Day.

Frage 8

Frage
According to Carleton University professor Cheryl Harasymchuk, which of the following demographic groups has proven to be quite resilient at handling the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Antworten
  • Senior citizens.
  • Single people.
  • Workers in the service industry.
  • Introverts.

Frage 9

Frage
One Stittsville family went to great lengths to recreate a scene from a classic holiday movie this year — even buying an old station wagon on Kijiji. What film does their lights display pay homage to?
Antworten
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
  • Home Alone.
  • Die Hard.
  • Scrooged.

Frage 10

Frage
University of Ottawa medical student Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw recently won an Indigenous innovation prize for her research into creating viruses that would do which of the following?
Antworten
  • Fight aggressive forms of cancer.
  • Break down plastics so that they can decompose.
  • Untangle proteins implicated in diseases like Alzheimer's.
  • Kill the bacteria behind long-standing boil water advisories in First Nations communities.
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