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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 2 years ago
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Question 1
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The legend of a ghost that purportedly haunts Buck Hill Road in the Ottawa Valley has spooked people for decades — and not just on Halloween. According to local lore, what is the ghost doing?
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Searching for his missing daughter.
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Blowing a locomotive horn.
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Scaring away cattle rustlers.
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Singing a Scottish funeral song.
Question 2
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Cece Van Aert's organization is one of several in Ottawa that say the COVID-19 pandemic has caused their pool of volunteers to shrink. Who does her group work with?
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Children with autism.
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Cancer survivors.
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People with brain injuries.
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Refugees.
Question 3
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Dean Steacy, a blind man from Gatineau, Que., spoke to CBC's Go Public about his five-year fight to have "talking" technology installed on which of the following print-only items?
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Prescription labels at his pharmacy.
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Tax bills and other documents at city hall.
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Nutrition labels on grocery store items.
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Timetables and maps at transit stops.
Question 4
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What recently happened to an Ornge air ambulance, something that could lead to a fine of $100,000 or up to five years in prison for the perpetrator?
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It was struck by lasers.
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Someone flew a drone into its airspace.
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Someone took it for a joyride.
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Its catalytic converter was stolen.
Question 5
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Labour and cement shortages mean that the western extension of Ottawa's light rail network is now more than 18 months behind schedule. When is it now expected to be delivered to the city?
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Mid-2024.
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At the start of 2025.
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Late 2026.
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Early 2027.
Question 6
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With pressures mounting on CHEO and other children's hospitals in Ontario, hospitals that treat adults are now being asked to do what?
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Cheo (binary/octet-stream)
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Accept patients 14 and older to their intensive care units.
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Transfer some of their staff to children's hospitals.
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Reserve five per cent of all beds for patients 18 and under.
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Prioritize scheduled surgeries for children under the age of 12.
Question 7
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Speculation swirled this past week that actor Ryan Reynolds was interested in buying the Ottawa Senators. What OTHER sports team does Reynolds already have an ownership stake in?
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A Welsh soccer club.
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A Pakistani cricket team.
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A Mexican baseball team.
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An Australian rugby squad.
Question 8
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Ottawa police issued a warning this week after five similar incidents occurred between Tuesday and Thursday. What happened?
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Convenience stores were robbed.
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Pedestrians were hit by vehicles.
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Bomb threats were called in to schools.
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Fires were lit in garbage cans.
Question 9
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The force also announced Thursday it was launching an internal investigation based on testimony given at the Emergencies Act inquiry by Freedom Convoy lawyer Keith Wilson. What are Ottawa police investigating?
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The possibility officers made financial donations to the convoy.
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Allegations they leaked police information to the protest organizers.
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Allegations they gave protesters rides in police vehicles and provided them with supplies.
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Whether officers accepted bribes from protesters.
Question 10
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Much to the delight of patio dwellers, temperatures hit 23 C in Ottawa on Saturday — breaking the previous record for Nov. 5 and getting pretty close to the hottest November day ever in the nation's capital. In which year were those earlier records set?
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1910.
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1938.
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1986.
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2008.
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