CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of June 13

Beschreibung

How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
Trevor Pritchard
Quiz von Trevor Pritchard, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
Trevor Pritchard
Erstellt von Trevor Pritchard vor mehr als 3 Jahre
3117
0

Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

Frage
On Monday, conservation officers with the National Capital Commission tranquilized and relocated a bear that had spent much of the day holed up where?
Antworten
  • In a tree in a Barrhaven backyard.
  • Inside one of Gatineau Park's yurts.
  • In some bushes near a Kanata school.
  • On a sandbar in the Rideau River.

Frage 2

Frage
After nearly one year of public consultation and debate, what did the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board vote to do Monday evening?
Antworten
  • Remove police officers from its schools.
  • Rename any schools that commemorate Canada's "colonial heritage."
  • Eliminate the "quadmester" system.
  • Stop issuing report cards.

Frage 3

Frage
Queen's University says it's standing behind faculty members who were anonymously accused in an online dossier of doing what?
Antworten
  • Fabricating their Indigenous ancestry.
  • Having inappropriate relationships with students.
  • Using racist terminology in their lectures.
  • Interfering in student government elections.

Frage 4

Frage
Farhat Rehman shared her concerns with CBC Ottawa about how the province had taken away a "safety net" by eliminating oversight boards for which institutions?
Antworten
  • Jails.
  • Long-term care homes.
  • The Children's Aid Society.
  • Humane shelters.

Frage 5

Frage
Carleton University PhD student Cihan Erdal was released from prison overseas after telling court he'd only joined a pro-Kurdish political party to make his country a better place. Where had he been imprisoned?
Antworten
  • Hungary.
  • Turkey.
  • Egypt.
  • Iraq.

Frage 6

Frage
On Wednesday, Ottawa police charged 67-year-old John Rietveld with sex crimes involving children, some of which dated to the late 1970s. What organization was Rietveld long involved with?
Antworten
  • The Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
  • Scouts Canada.
  • The Ontario Hockey League.
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa.

Frage 7

Frage
In a recent vote, the board of directors for the Canadian Museum of History only narrowly approved the institution's next CEO. Why was the candidate so divisive?
Antworten
  • They weren't fully fluent in French.
  • They refused to relocate to the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
  • They had no experience working with or overseeing museums.
  • They were investigated for workplace harassment in their previous position.

Frage 8

Frage
Sylvia Bakker is one of a number of residents unhappy with plans to convert part of the Hunt Club Forest into what?
Antworten
  • A car dealership parking lot.
  • A package delivery warehouse.
  • A landing strip for the airport.
  • An off-road trail for ATVs and dirt bikes.

Frage 9

Frage
In COVID-19 news, the Ontario government made a major announcement Thursday that will take effect June 28. What's going to happen on that date?
Antworten
  • All adults will be able to book a second vaccine dose.
  • The second stage of the province's reopening will begin.
  • Masks will no longer be mandatory in certain public settings.
  • Ontarians will once again be allowed to travel into Quebec.

Frage 10

Frage
Dr. Alykhan Abdulla, a family doctor in Manotick, says it's been "a bit of a struggle" dealing with which of the following pandemic-related problems?
Antworten
  • Handling vaccine appointment "no-shows."
  • Finding time to file vaccination-related paperwork.
  • Getting a constant supply of mRNA vaccine doses.
  • Convincing people not to wait for their preferred dose.
Zusammenfassung anzeigen Zusammenfassung ausblenden

ähnlicher Inhalt

Lernvideos zu Deutsch
Christian Schett
Kleines Latein-Quiz
anna.grillborzer0656
B, Kapitel 1.2, Grundlagen der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft
Stefan Kurtenbach
Englisch Lernwortschatz A1-C1 Teil 1
Chiara Braun
Shakespeare
Antonia C
Stundenplan
Damian Wierzchowski
PAED
Anna Huber
Säuren und Basen
Maxima Mehner
Steop Meko Fragen
Adrienne Tschaudi
POLKO 1-8 Politische Kommunikation Übungsfragen
Lidia Pv
QUANTI 2021
Julia W.