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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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Which of the following accusations spurred the owners of the Stirling Park Retirement Home to suspend the home's manager?
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He allowed his wife to get a vaccine dose intended for a front-line worker.
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He spiked the residents' food with cannabis oil.
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He tried to sell a shipment of N95 respirator masks on eBay.
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He was forcing staff to work overtime and not adequately compensating them.
Question 2
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Seventeen people who live near this community centre are demanding officials relocate the COVID-19 isolation ward for homeless residents set up inside. Where is the centre located?
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Patro (binary/octet-stream)
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Centretown.
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Lowertown.
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Sandy Hill.
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Vanier.
Question 3
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Naomie Ceraqui had padlocks placed on her Gatineau, Que., business recently after keeping it open while the region was under Quebec's red zone restrictions. What sort of business is it?
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A hair salon.
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A gym.
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A restaurant.
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A pottery studio.
Question 4
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Ottawa Centre NDP MPP Joel Harden said this week he'd written to the province's minister of municipal affairs over what he described as "an improper eviction." Who was evicted?
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Harden (binary/octet-stream)
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Thirty-five residents of a Centretown rowhouse.
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The owner of a historic music club.
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Two former Syrian refugees who'd opened a small grocery store.
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A local non-profit that advocates for disabled Ontarians.
Question 5
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The Tragically Hip announced this week they were suing Toronto-based brewery Mill Street for alleged trademark infringement over the promotion of one of their beers. What Hip song does the beer name reference?
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Thehip (binary/octet-stream)
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At the Hundredth Meridian.
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Wheat Kings.
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Nautical Disaster.
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38 Years Old.
Question 6
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Kortney Force set a goal to collect and deliver 220 handmade Valentine's Day cards to a group of people facing challenges during COVID-19 — and ending up getting twice that number. Where did the cards go?
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To front-line hospital workers.
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To seniors at local long-term care homes.
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To elementary and secondary school teachers.
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To homeless Ottawans.
Question 7
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University of Ottawa historian Jan Grabowski says he plans to fight a Polish court's ruling that he must apologize for slander. What historical question did the case centre upon?
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Whether a woman's uncle collaborated with the Nazis in World War Two.
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Whether a pro-democracy advocate was actually a spy for the Soviet Union.
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What Pope John Paul II knew about sexual abuse in the Catholic church.
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Which country was responsible for first distilling vodka.
Question 8
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a small plane crashed Wednesday, killing the only person on board. Where did the plane go down?
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Tsb (binary/octet-stream)
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On a frozen lake in western Quebec.
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In a wooded area near a rural Ottawa airport.
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In a farmer's field just north of Cornwall.
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Just off Highway 174 near the Trim Road exit.
Question 9
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Three health units in eastern Ontario were given permission to reopen under the green alert level Wednesday as the province's stay-at-home order came to an end. Which of the following health units was NOT among them?
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Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health.
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Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health.
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The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
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The Renfrew County and District Health Unit.
Question 10
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The Ottawa Senators reacquired this player Saturday, two years after trading him away. Who is he?
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Ryan Dzingel.
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Mark Stone.
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Matt Duchene.
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Zack Smith.
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