CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 17

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Frage 1

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Jesus Revilla Sanchez died in December 1996 after falling 13 metres at an under-construction silo in Perth, Ont. What happened Monday, nearly 25 years later?
Antworten
  • Criminal charges were laid against the construction company.
  • A coroner's inquest was launched into his death.
  • The municipality honoured him with a statue near the site.
  • His remains were returned to his family in South America.

Frage 2

Frage
This stone knife, estimated to be 4,000 years old, will be returned to the stewardship of two Ottawa-area First Nations after it was recently found where?
Antworten
  • Beneath Parliament Hill.
  • In a farmer's field.
  • On the site of a future LRT station.
  • At the base of the Alexandra Bridge.

Frage 3

Frage
What "major milestone" did Ottawa reach this week in the fight against COVID-19, according to the city's public health unit?
Antworten
  • The first children under 12 received their vaccines.
  • Ninety per cent of eligible residents have now had at least one shot.
  • Eighty per cent of eligible residents are now fully vaccinated.
  • Cases were low enough to close the Brewer Arena test centre.

Frage 4

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City manager Steve Kanellakos told council via memo Monday that Ottawa's LRT network would likely resume operations by early November, but not before what happened first?
Antworten
  • The Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued its findings in last month's derailment.
  • A U.S.-based firm hired by the city reviewed the return-to-service plan.
  • Seven of the trains were inspected by the manufacturer, Alstom.
  • An investigation by the city's auditor general got underway.

Frage 5

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What did Coun. Catherine McKenney pledge to spend their own money on Wednesday in an attempt to improve Ottawa's ailing transit network?
Antworten
  • A number of old articulated buses.
  • Portable heaters for several bus stops.
  • A new Para Transpo van.
  • Free transit rides on the first day LRT resumes.

Frage 6

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Dr. Maddie Venables and her team designed an app that won a Dragon's Den-style competition held recently at the University of Ottawa. Which two groups of people does the app try to connect?
Antworten
  • Family physicians and patients without doctors.
  • Would-be pet owners and reputable breeders.
  • Organ donors and potential recipients.
  • People dealing with food insecurity and gardeners with bountiful harvests.

Frage 7

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What forced the hospital in Kemptville, Ont., to shut down its ER Wednesday and cancel outpatient X-rays and ultrasounds?
Antworten
  • A cybersecurity breach.
  • A water main break.
  • A lightning strike.
  • A shortage of nurses and other medical personnel.

Frage 8

Frage
Police believe a 2016 Kia Optima found in this parking lot is linked to the recent killing of two Ottawa men. Where did the double homicide occur?
Antworten
  • Bancroft.
  • Cobden.
  • Kingston.
  • Vankleek Hill.

Frage 9

Frage
What has Glenn J. Lockwood built on his ancestral farm just south of Smiths Falls, Ont., a project that echoes the work his Irish ancestors did when they arrived in the area in the 19th century?
Antworten
  • A dry stone wall.
  • A flour mill.
  • A 400-metre canal.
  • A wooden water wheel.

Frage 10

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Ammarah Navab, left, is demanding eastern Ontario MPP Randy Hillier stop using a photo of her sister, Farisa, and issue an apology. What was Hillier suggesting when he used Farisa's photo?
Antworten
  • That she's an example of a "hard-working immigrant."
  • That she'd died after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • That she's a journalist spreading lies about the People's Party of Canada.
  • That she was unfairly getting CERB payments.
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