CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of June 30

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
Trevor Pritchard
Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 5 months ago
Trevor Pritchard
Created by Trevor Pritchard 5 months ago
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Question 1

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According to Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project, a minor tornado touched down Sunday in which community northwest of Ottawa?
Answer
  • Cobden.
  • Deep River.
  • Golden Lake.
  • Westmeath.

Question 2

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Which 2023 Vezina Trophy winner, seen here, did the Ottawa Senators acquire Monday in an attempt to boost their goaltending ranks?
Answer
  • Linus Ullmark.
  • Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  • Marc-André Fleury.
  • Connor Hellebuyck.

Question 3

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"The level of capital to support the ___________ plans we have in place is going to exceed anything we've ever seen before." Fill in the blank with the word or words that Bryce Conrad spoke at Ottawa city council on Tuesday.
Answer
  • Electrification.
  • Tree planting.
  • Affordable housing.
  • Wastewater.

Question 4

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According to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stéphanie Plante, what was the motivation for a man who allegedly sent her a series of threatening emails and was charged by Ottawa police?
Answer
  • The fact she is francophone.
  • Her support for renaming a park in her ward.
  • A motion she introduced opposing "renovictions."
  • A social media post she made about the 2022 convoy protests.

Question 5

Question
Paid parking is set to come to THIS Ottawa street after the plan survived an attempt Thursday to delay it until the LRT extension is completed. Which street are we looking at?
Answer
  • Wellington Street W.
  • Beechwood Avenue.
  • Preston Street.
  • Merivale Road.

Question 6

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What recent makeover did city hall watcher Kevin O'Donnell describe as a "complete failure of branding"?
Answer
  • The new paint job on Ottawa Police Service cruisers.
  • OC Transpo's new maps for the Confederation and Trillium lines.
  • The redesign of Ottawa's official flag.
  • The bylaw department's "edgy" new mascot.

Question 7

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Which Canadian artist has cancelled tour dates until the end of July — including an upcoming show at Ottawa's Bluesfest — as some members of their band recover from an unspecified illness?
Answer
  • Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
  • Nickelback.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen.
  • The Beaches.

Question 8

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Karima Manji was given a three-year sentence in an Iqaluit courtroom Thursday morning after she pleaded guilty for doing what?
Answer
  • Defrauding Inuit groups to fund her daughters' eductation.
  • Selling stolen Dorset culture artifacts at her Ottawa gallery.
  • Running a dental clinic in Nunavut without being licensed.
  • Stealing from patients who were flying to Ottawa for medical treatment.

Question 9

Question
The longtime president of CHEO, Alex Munter, announced on Thursday he was leaving his position with eastern Ontario's children's hospital to do WHAT?
Answer
  • Take a leadership role with a national physician advocacy group.
  • Run for the NDP in the next federal election.
  • Become a policy adviser for the World Health Organization.
  • Teach health administration at Yale University.

Question 10

Question
Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari was ousted from the Ontario PC caucus Friday, not long after she spurred outrage in some quarters by doing what?
Answer
  • Meeting online with a far-right British activist.
  • Wearing a keffiyeh in the Ontario legislature.
  • Greasing up a pig at an eastern Ontario agricultural fair.
  • Billing taxpayers for flights to her Nova Scotia summer home.
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