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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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Ottawa was placed under the red COVID-19 alert level this week. Which of the following is NOT one of the red zone restrictions?
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Team sports must be limited to training only.
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Most retail shops are limited to 50 per cent capacity.
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Religious services are limited to five people inside and 25 outside.
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Karaoke is now prohibited.
Question 2
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Lee Demarbre told CBC News this week that the decision to put Ottawa under red zone restrictions is "a bit of a punch in the face." What does Demarbre do?
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Runs a hair salon.
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Operates a movie theatre.
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Oversees rec hockey leagues.
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Plays in a jazz trio.
Question 3
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Some members of one eastern Ontario curling club were told to self-isolate this week, as COVID-19 cases rose locally and the health unit tightened restrictions. Where did the outbreak occur?
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Almonte.
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Casselman.
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Perth.
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Sharbot Lake.
Question 4
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Why did Tim Dooley head down to the Kingston area last weekend?
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To celebrate his mother's 100th birthday at her long-term care home.
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To see a movie for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To receive a shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
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To bring his daughter home from Queen's University, which was experiencing an outbreak.
Question 5
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According to Ahmed Ibrahim, sales of which of the following are down roughly 50 per cent this season at his Mooney's Bay pharmacy?
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Cold and flu medication.
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Eye drops.
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Toilet and tissue paper.
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Birth control.
Question 6
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Funeral directors like Scott Miller say they've seen grieving family members increasingly do what for loved ones who've died during the pandemic?
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Write longer, more detailed obituaries.
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Request a "green" burial.
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Have their gravestones inscribed with the fact they'd died of COVID-19.
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Hold memorial services in online virtual worlds.
Question 7
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Connie Ndlovu says say low wages and exploitative working conditions are driving many workers out of her sector. What does she do?
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She's a home-care support worker.
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She's a public health nurse.
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She's a custodian.
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She's a dental hygienist.
Question 8
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Ottawa police said this week that they've seen a sharp rise in the number of reported hate crimes targeting which of the following groups?
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Black Ottawans.
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Ottawans of Asian descent.
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Ottawans who identify as transgender.
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Former Syrian refugees.
Question 9
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Walter McGee says he's been caring for an heirloom plant for nearly 70 years, and it's actually been in his family for more than a century. What kind of plant is it?
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A shamrock.
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A spider plant.
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A cactus.
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A fig tree.
Question 10
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Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario's finance minister, says he's directing the province's public service to finally phase out its use of which piece of outmoded technology?
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Fax machines.
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BlackBerry smartphones.
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Compact discs.
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Internet Explorer.
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