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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 2 years ago
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Question 1
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Several animal shelters and rescues in Ottawa spoke to CBC News this past week about a "historic" shortage of which of the following?
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Foster families.
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Bulk pet food.
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Medicines for ringworm and other illnesses.
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Shelter volunteers.
Question 2
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More rain fell in Ottawa on Sunday and Monday than the city typically sees in all of August. How much came down on those two days?
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48 millimetres.
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85 millimetres.
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106 millimetres.
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133 millimetres.
Question 3
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On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland denounced "any instance of brutality, of police brutality, towards anyone in our country" after being asked about an altercation involving Gatineau police and a diplomat from which nation?
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Singapore.
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Senegal.
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Suriname.
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Saudi Arabia.
Question 4
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Which local MPP reintroduced a private member's bill this week that would allow for badly-behaving city councillors to be removed from office?
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Stephen Blais.
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Joel Harden.
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Goldie Ghamari.
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Lucille Collard.
Question 5
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Mayor Jim Watson urged candidates running to replace him NOT to use which powers that were introduced Wednesday in the Ontario legislature?
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"Tough mayor" powers.
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"Strong mayor" powers.
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"Smart mayor" powers.
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"Sexy mayor" powers.
Question 6
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An Ottawa couple dropped their lawsuit against Osgoode Coun. George Darouze this week. What had they accused Darouze of doing?
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Failing to pay for promotional materials they'd printed.
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Damaging their reputations in the community.
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Unjustifiably firing their daughter from a temporary position.
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Spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
Question 7
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Which animals are the Canadian Wildlife Federation releasing into the wild, after raising hundreds of them in a new incubator at their Ottawa offices?
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Turtles.
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Frogs.
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Monarch butterflies.
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Tarantulas.
Question 8
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Ontario's cannabis wholesaler said Friday that hundreds of pot shops would once again start receiving product deliveries. Why had those deliveries been temporarily halted?
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One of its partners was hit by a cyberattack.
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Its warehouses were significantly short of staff.
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A fungal infection had ruined a large portion of their product.
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It had to change delivery methods to comply with new Health Canada regulations.
Question 9
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What happened to Premier Doug Ford at a public appearance on Friday, causing him to lament that it was "going to be played over and over again"?
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He struck someone with an errant golf shot.
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He fell off of an e-scooter.
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He swallowed a bee.
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He got stuck going through a transit turnstile.
Question 10
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What sort of festival returned Friday to the town of Almonte, Ont., six years after it was cancelled due to a lack of funding and volunteers?
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A heavy metal festival.
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A puppetry festival.
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An international film festival.
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A garlic festival.
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