CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 21

Descripción

How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which eastern Ontario municipality will soon fly a Pride flag after council overturned a decades-old policy that prevented them from flying flags that supported any cause?
Respuesta
  • Perth.
  • Pembroke.
  • Petawawa.
  • Pakenham.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
An Ontario child welfare organization is recommending Canada establish a central registry for which of the following groups?
Respuesta
  • Unaccompanied minors fleeing the war in Ukraine.
  • Young people who've survived an opioid overdose.
  • Anyone under the age of 19 who travels to Canada as a migrant worker.
  • Indigenous children who are put up for adoption.

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What's depicted in this aerial image, one of seven such projects across Ontario given the green light by a provincial agency on Tuesday?
Respuesta
  • A 500-megawatt battery storage system near Napanee, Ont.
  • A large vertical farming project outside Chesterville, Ont.
  • A testing facility for self-driving vehicles on the outskirts of Cornwall, Ont.
  • A processing plant in Bath, Ont., for rare-earth minerals.

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police identified human remains pulled from Lake Ontario this winter as those of David Hannah, who was doing what in the Kingston area when he disappeared 40 years ago?
Respuesta
  • Working as a prison guard.
  • Coaching a local minor league hockey team.
  • Hitchhiking across the country.
  • Teaching engineering at Queen's University.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Police, firefighters and paramedics all responded to an apparent plane crash in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday night, only to discover once they got there, there was no crash. What was actually taking place?
Respuesta
  • Parachuters with the military college were putting on a demonstration.
  • A farmer was carrying out a controlled agricultural burn.
  • Film crews were shooting a scene for an upcoming CBC movie.
  • A small meteorite had crashed into a field, sparking a brush fire.

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
What's the latest news about this mansion in Gatineau, Que., which has been the subject of a roughly decade-long legal and administrative dispute?
Respuesta
  • It has to be demolished.
  • It's up for sale.
  • It's being turned into affordable housing.
  • It's been purchased by the Hell's Angels.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Barton McKinley spoke to CBC about how one year after last May's deadly derecho windstorm, he's still dealing with damage — and has no final repair date in sight. What happened to his property?
Respuesta
  • A tree pierced a hole in his roof.
  • Patio furniture was flung through his glass deck doors.
  • His chimney was partially ripped off.
  • His backyard shed caught fire when a power line landed on it.

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Some air travellers saw their long weekend plans upended when which carrier cancelled roughly 100 flights Friday — even though they'd reached a last-minute contract deal with their pilots?
Respuesta
  • WestJet.
  • Air Canada.
  • Porter.
  • Sunwing.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
What did the lawyers for 39-year-old Alain Bellefeuille, the man charged with killing OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller on May 11 and injuring two of his colleagues, dispute in both a public statement and an interview late this week?
Respuesta
  • Descriptions by police that the killing was an "ambush."
  • The way the three officers allegedly responded to the call.
  • Claims being made about their client's mental health.
  • An MPP's disparaging comments about any lawyer who'd choose to defend Bellefeuille.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Which Canadian sports icon and Olympic gold medallist announced Friday that they'd joined a bid to buy the Ottawa Senators?
Respuesta
  • Sprinter Donovan Bailey.
  • Hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser.
  • Speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes.
  • Boxer Lennox Lewis.
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