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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 3 years ago
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Question 1
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"When you ask him a question, he'll give you a straight answer." Who was Bryan Paterson, mayor of Kingston, Ont., referring to when he spoke those words this past week?
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Ontario's new chief medical officer of health.
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The city's new police chief.
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A consultant hired to improve race relations in the city.
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The leader of the Green Party of Ontario.
Question 2
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Why does Ann Marie Rochon of Rochon Garden say that her farm is likely going to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars this year?
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An unexpected frost decimated their strawberry crop.
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The power suddenly failed at their greenhouses.
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An invasive beetle destroyed many of their tomato plants.
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The federal government announced new rules around seasonal workers.
Question 3
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Ottawa firefighters spent hours fighting this blaze in the rural community of Carp on Tuesday. What caught fire?
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A recycling facility.
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An agricultural supply store.
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A series of storage units.
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A craft brewery.
Question 4
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After an announcement Wednesday by the premier, Joy Liu said she's cautiously optimistic she'll be able to do what later this month?
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Have an in-person high school graduation.
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Begin training with her rowing team.
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Start work as a lifeguard.
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Take her band on tour throughout Ontario.
Question 5
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City councillors Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney and Theresa Kavanagh issued a joint statement Wednesday calling for which of the following to be renamed?
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The parkway running through their wards.
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Ottawa's airport.
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An unused train bridge across the Ottawa River.
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The gardens at the Central Experimental Farm.
Question 6
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Former Truth and Reconiciliation Commission commissioner Marie Wilson said Thursday she was amazed that a guest on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning said they didn't know much about residential schools. Who was the guest?
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The director of one of the city's school boards.
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The local Catholic archbishop.
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The lead for the police force's race and diversity unit.
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The grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne.
Question 7
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According to sources with knowledge of what happened, what motivated this recent shooting on Alta Vista Drive that left two brothers dead and a third with serious injuries?
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A robbery involving money and drugs in the Dominican Republic.
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A $16,000 gambling debt.
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A dispute over profits from a Toronto nightclub.
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Revenge for a killing two days earlier in the Gloucester area.
Question 8
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Doug Manuel, a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital, says he's "definitely concerned" about the emergence of a COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in India and has recently been renamed what?
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The alpha variant.
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The delta variant.
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The epsilon variant.
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The gamma variant.
Question 9
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University of Ottawa professor Justin Piché says he's not surprised by a recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases involving which of the following populations?
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Piche (binary/octet-stream)
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Residents at a long-term care home.
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Staff and inmates at the city jail.
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Drivers and workers for OC Transpo.
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Teens who play rec soccer.
Question 10
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The operators of this O'Connor Street building won't be able to return until at least the end of the year as the building undergoes repairs and renovations. What's it normally used for?
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A women's emergency shelter.
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Subsidized housing for new immigrants.
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Drop-in arts programs for at-risk youth.
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A halfway house.
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