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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
almost 4 years ago
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Question 1
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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?
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In his hospital room.
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At his dentist's office.
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At his father's long-term care home.
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At the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
Question 2
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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?
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A furniture store.
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An artisanal bakery.
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A tool library.
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An Indigenous friendship centre.
Question 3
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What is Laura Clark planning to use these donated coolers for?
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Providing winter shelter for feral cats.
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Brewing beer outdoors in Gatineau Park.
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Delivering Christmas hampers to food bank users.
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Temporarily storing COVID-19 vaccines.
Question 4
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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?
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The devil's chair.
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Hellcuffs.
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The Satan stick.
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Dougie's inferno.
Question 5
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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?
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That they bankroll multi-million dollar renovations to the Aberdeen Pavilion.
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That they keep the Ottawa Redblacks and 67's at TD Place.
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That they offer lower rents for local businesses hoping to set up shop there.
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That they improve Lansdowne Park's connection to the Rideau Canal.
Question 6
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For the third straight weekend, LRT service was suspended on the Confederation Line so crews could perform work. What have they been doing?
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Installing heaters.
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Repairing cracks in the tracks.
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Testing the overhead power connections.
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Winterizing the stations.
Question 7
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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?
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Support local restaurants by ordering takeout Christmas dinner.
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Have one-on-one visits with people who live alone, especially the elderly.
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Send cards or letters to loved ones in long-term care homes.
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Reschedule those gatherings for Valentine's Day.
Question 8
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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?
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Senior citizens.
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Single people.
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Workers in the service industry.
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Introverts.
Question 9
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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?
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
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Home Alone.
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Die Hard.
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Scrooged.
Question 10
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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?
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Fight aggressive forms of cancer.
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Break down plastics so that they can decompose.
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Untangle proteins implicated in diseases like Alzheimer's.
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Kill the bacteria behind long-standing boil water advisories in First Nations communities.
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