CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Feb. 5

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
A recent University of Ottawa study has found "large gaps in research" when it comes to how which of the following maladies affects Black people in Canada?
Respuesta
  • Cancer.
  • Heart disease.
  • Skin disorders.
  • COVID-19 and related respiratory illnesses.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Police are investigating a former employee of the Kingston Health Sciences Centre who was recently fired by the hospital. What is that former worker alleged to have done?
Respuesta
  • Forged documents to get a job as a nurse.
  • Stolen opioids and sold them online.
  • Wrote malicious code that brought down the hospital's IT network.
  • Refunded the cost of parking for friends and family members.

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Dump truck driver Dan Berry shared this photo of a scary situation that happened Wednesday night on the Wolfe Island Ferry near Kingston. According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, what took place?
Respuesta
  • The ferry became separated from the dock while passengers were getting off.
  • One of the ferry's turbines caught fire.
  • Another vehicle fell into the water as it tried to disembark.
  • The ferry was rammed by another ship in the harbour.

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Moe Hussain says his barbecue restaurant in the Towngate Shopping Plaza was extensively damaged after thieves allegedly used it as a staging ground to break into what business next door?
Respuesta
  • A jewelry store.
  • An antiques warehouse.
  • An LCBO outlet.
  • An electronics retailer.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
According to Richard Holder, the city's director of engineering services, what happened to wires connecting LRT trains to the overhead power system during a bout of freezing rain last month? The damage resulted in a roughly week-long service disruption.
Respuesta
  • They "melted."
  • They "shattered."
  • They "disintegrated."
  • They "vaporized."

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Canopy Growth Corp. announced this week it would soon be closing its headquarters in Smiths Falls, Ont., seen here. Before the cannabis company took it over, what function did the building serve?
Respuesta
  • It was a chocolate factory.
  • It was a television station.
  • It was an RCMP training site.
  • It was a car part manufacturing facility.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
What item was recently removed from this concrete post near Carleton University?
Respuesta
  • A memorial to a bike crash victim.
  • A historical plaque marking an event from just last year.
  • A fake radar gun.
  • A poster for an upcoming lecture series on the war in Ukraine.

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Four men were charged this week in connection with the death of 35-year-old Kyle Andrades, who was known in Ottawa as a well-liked member of what profession?
Respuesta
  • Physiotherapist.
  • Dentist.
  • Mechanic.
  • Postal worker.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Ontario Provincial Police retracted certain information on Friday, not long after sending it out to media outlets and issuing a warning to people in and around Lanark County. What did that information concern?
Respuesta
  • Two men believed to be armed and dangerous.
  • A young person who allegedly called in a bomb threat.
  • A bear spotted in the parking lot of a school.
  • A phishing email they believed came from a local town hall office.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
According to a new report, production of which of the following goods has dropped sharply in Ontario over the past five years, from more than 900,000 litres in 2018 to just over 100,000 litres in 2022?
Respuesta
  • Maple syrup.
  • Icewine.
  • Hard cider.
  • Ketchup.
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