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Quiz von Trevor Pritchard, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Frage 1
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Nick McCarthy, Beechwood Cemetery's director of marketing communications, called a world record attempt held there last weekend "an opportunity for the community to celebrate each other." What record were they trying to break?
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Longest game of tag.
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Largest display of pavement chalk art.
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Most invasive plants removed in 24 hours.
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Creepiest seance.
Frage 2
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Two men were seriously injured in the Kanata area during Monday afternoon's severe thunderstorms, with one dying a few days later. What happened to them?
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They were struck by lightning while on a golf course.
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They were blown off a roof by a strong wind gust.
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A large tree branch snapped off and landed on them.
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They were hit by a car while cycling home from work.
Frage 3
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Why is Ottawa's bylaw department planning to lay charges against the organizers of the recent Escapade Music Festival.
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They failed to abide by the city's noise bylaw.
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Some of the pyrotechnics displays violated a burn ban.
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Too many people crowded onto the grounds at Lansdowne Park.
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The festival site wasn't accessible for people with disabilities.
Frage 4
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In which neighbourhood are these Ottawa Police Service vehicles parked? The community was the site of two fatal shootings this past week.
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Carlington.
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Mechanicsville.
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Old Ottawa East.
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Overbrook.
Frage 5
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Pamela Cross told CBC that she "burst into tears" this week when she learned the Ontario government had done what?
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Cross (binary/octet-stream)
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Rejected several recommendations out of an inquest to reduce intimate partner violence.
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Cut funding to an agency that supports rural LGBTQ youth.
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Hiked the maximum annual rent increase that landlords can pass on to tenants.
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Loosened regulations around developments on or near protected wetlands.
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This close-up of a new piece of public art, made largely from discarded tires, was installed Tuesday near the Pimisi LRT station. What dead animal does the artwork depict?
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Tires (binary/octet-stream)
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A coyote.
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A crow.
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A horse.
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A raccoon.
Frage 7
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Deteriorating masonry at this heritage building has forced Gatineau, Que., to close part of the nearby Voyageurs Pathway. What 19th-century businessman, known for manufacturing wooden matches and later pulp and paper, is the property named after?
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Philemon Wright.
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J.R. Booth.
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E.B. Eddy.
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Jacques Domtar.
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Where is developer Brigil planning to build these three towers? The local community association has concerns about their height and the shadows they'll cast, but hopes they can get affordable housing in return.
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At the former Greyhound bus terminal in Centretown.
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On the site of a former curling club in Westboro.
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Across from the Canadian Museum of History in Hull.
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Along a bike trail next to the Bayview LRT station.
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What was particularly newsworthy about this otherwise minor two-vehicle crash Thursday morning near a hair salon in Val-des-Monts, Que.?
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An eight-year-old girl was behind the wheel.
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A radioactive device was ejected from one of the vehicles.
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One driver was distracted after being attacked by a flock of about 60 birds.
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Police said one driver lost control because they were brushing their teeth.
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Which element of Saturday's Canada Day celebrations in Pembroke, Ont., ended up being postponed due to the weather conditions?
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The fireworks show.
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A community barbecue on the waterfront.
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A Royal Canadian Air Force flyover.
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A five-kilometre race.
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