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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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Jesus Revilla Sanchez died in December 1996 after falling 13 metres at an under-construction silo in Perth, Ont. What happened Monday, nearly 25 years later?
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Criminal charges were laid against the construction company.
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A coroner's inquest was launched into his death.
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The municipality honoured him with a statue near the site.
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His remains were returned to his family in South America.
Question 2
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This stone knife, estimated to be 4,000 years old, will be returned to the stewardship of two Ottawa-area First Nations after it was recently found where?
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Beneath Parliament Hill.
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In a farmer's field.
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On the site of a future LRT station.
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At the base of the Alexandra Bridge.
Question 3
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What "major milestone" did Ottawa reach this week in the fight against COVID-19, according to the city's public health unit?
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The first children under 12 received their vaccines.
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Ninety per cent of eligible residents have now had at least one shot.
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Eighty per cent of eligible residents are now fully vaccinated.
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Cases were low enough to close the Brewer Arena test centre.
Question 4
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City manager Steve Kanellakos told council via memo Monday that Ottawa's LRT network would likely resume operations by early November, but not before what happened first?
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued its findings in last month's derailment.
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A U.S.-based firm hired by the city reviewed the return-to-service plan.
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Seven of the trains were inspected by the manufacturer, Alstom.
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An investigation by the city's auditor general got underway.
Question 5
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What did Coun. Catherine McKenney pledge to spend their own money on Wednesday in an attempt to improve Ottawa's ailing transit network?
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A number of old articulated buses.
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Portable heaters for several bus stops.
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A new Para Transpo van.
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Free transit rides on the first day LRT resumes.
Question 6
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Dr. Maddie Venables and her team designed an app that won a Dragon's Den-style competition held recently at the University of Ottawa. Which two groups of people does the app try to connect?
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Family physicians and patients without doctors.
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Would-be pet owners and reputable breeders.
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Organ donors and potential recipients.
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People dealing with food insecurity and gardeners with bountiful harvests.
Question 7
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What forced the hospital in Kemptville, Ont., to shut down its ER Wednesday and cancel outpatient X-rays and ultrasounds?
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A cybersecurity breach.
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A water main break.
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A lightning strike.
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A shortage of nurses and other medical personnel.
Question 8
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Police believe a 2016 Kia Optima found in this parking lot is linked to the recent killing of two Ottawa men. Where did the double homicide occur?
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Bancroft.
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Cobden.
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Kingston.
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Vankleek Hill.
Question 9
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What has Glenn J. Lockwood built on his ancestral farm just south of Smiths Falls, Ont., a project that echoes the work his Irish ancestors did when they arrived in the area in the 19th century?
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A dry stone wall.
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A flour mill.
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A 400-metre canal.
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A wooden water wheel.
Question 10
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Ammarah Navab, left, is demanding eastern Ontario MPP Randy Hillier stop using a photo of her sister, Farisa, and issue an apology. What was Hillier suggesting when he used Farisa's photo?
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That she's an example of a "hard-working immigrant."
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That she'd died after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
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That she's a journalist spreading lies about the People's Party of Canada.
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That she was unfairly getting CERB payments.
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