CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of March 27

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Yannick Nadon told CBC News how his friend Guillaume Breton, seen here, would always help when anyone was in need. What was Breton doing when he was fatally struck by a car near Quyon, Que.?
Answer
  • Trying to assist a driver stuck in a ditch.
  • Running a fundraiser for his son's hockey team.
  • Searching for a neighbour's missing dog.
  • Bringing goods to a local church for the Ukraine relief efforts.

Question 2

Question
Where has the COVID-19 test site for children at the Brewer Park Arena now been relocated to?
Answer
  • CHEO.
  • The Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus.
  • Ottawa City Hall.
  • The Tom Brown Arena.

Question 3

Question
Why does Martin Joseph Anglehart of Hope, B.C., now say he regrets showing his support for the Freedom Convoy that took over downtown Ottawa earlier this year?
Answer
  • He ended up spending his life savings to help the occupiers.
  • He was fired by his trucking company.
  • He came down with severe COVID-19 while at the protests.
  • His wife filed for divorce and one daughter has stopped speaking to him.

Question 4

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What did Cumberland Coun. Catherine Kitts do this week for the first time since winning a byelection nearly 18 months ago?
Answer
  • Sit in her designated seat at Ottawa's council table.
  • File her election expense report.
  • Ride Ottawa's LRT network.
  • Go maskless at a community event.

Question 5

Question
Christal Ratt, an Anishinaabe artist from the Algonquins of Barriere Lake in western Quebec, is seen here with two sets of armour she made out of birch bark. What work of science fiction inspired her creation?
Answer
  • The Mandalorian.
  • Dune.
  • The Expanse.
  • Farscape.

Question 6

Question
In which sport did Ottawa's Collinda Joseph win bronze at the recently-wrapped Beijing Paralympics?
Answer
  • Biathlon.
  • Cross-country skiing.
  • Curling.
  • Snowboarding.

Question 7

Question
This aerial photograph shows a plan, approved Thursday at planning committee, to significantly redevelop which part of Ottawa over the next several decades?
Answer
  • Craig Henry.
  • Heron Gate.
  • Manor Park.
  • Tewin.

Question 8

Question
What does Dr. Brent Moloughney, Ottawa's deputy medical officer of health, attribute to a recent rise in coronavirus levels in the city's wastewater?
Answer
  • The removal of public indoor capacity limits.
  • The end of the provincial mask mandate.
  • The waning effectiveness of COVID-19 booster shots.
  • A recalibration of the way the viral load is measured.

Question 9

Question
Lionel Carmant, Quebec's junior health minister, said this past week there were no immediate plans to reopen which of the following departments at the Pontiac Hospital?
Answer
  • The birthing unit.
  • The cardiac care ward.
  • The emergency department.
  • The intensive care unit.

Question 10

Question
Michael Doucet, seen here in 2015, was one of three people appointed Friday to do what?
Answer
  • Sit on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.
  • Rule on appeals to Ontario's development tribunal.
  • Fill empty seats on the Ottawa Police Services Board.
  • Run the forthcoming LRT inquiry.
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