CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of April 28

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

Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Audrey Leduc is the new Canadian women's record-holder in WHICH athletic discipline, after the 25-year-old from Gatineau, Que., bested a mark that had been set by Angela Bailey all the way back in 1987?
Respuesta
  • The 100-metre dash.
  • Freestyle 400-metre swimming.
  • Pole vaulting.
  • The marathon.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Gatineau police were called to a retirement home in the Lac-Beauchamp district on Monday when 81-year-old Réjean Lavigne, seen here in an undated photo, was stabbed while doing what?
Respuesta
  • Raking leaves in the garden.
  • Waiting for the bus.
  • Playing pétanque on the front lawn.
  • Practising tai chi.

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
By the end of 2024, what will be the speed limit on the vast majority of Highway 416, as well as on three additional stretches of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario?
Respuesta
  • 90 km/h.
  • 100 km/h.
  • 110 km/h.
  • 120 km/h.

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Moira Stephen told CBC how she had to be taken to hospital with serious bruising and cuts on her legs after she and her dog Duchess were attacked by WHAT?
Respuesta
  • Three unleashed dogs.
  • A wild coyote.
  • A flock of Canada geese.
  • A pair of raccoons.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What measure is Ontario's labour minister expected to announce in forthcoming legislation — a measure designed to reduce the amount of work facing the province's family physicians?
Respuesta
  • Medical schools will have to relax their admission requirements.
  • Pharmacists will be able to prescribe medication for 16 new conditions.
  • Employers will no longer be able to require sick notes from workers.
  • Every family doctor in Ontario will get a robotic assistant.

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
According to sources, what's complicating the federal government's plan for a buyback program that seeks to remove some 144,000 banned firearms from private hands?
Respuesta
  • Canada Post won't collect the firearms.
  • Several banks are refusing to process the transactions.
  • The plant where the weapons would be recycled has shut down.
  • Recent data breaches have raised concerns about the gun owners' privacy.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Claudie Larouche is being hailed as a hero by some Ottawans for untangling WHAT city data and presenting it on her own website for others to use?
Respuesta
  • Athletic and social event schedules.
  • Agendas and minutes from city meetings.
  • OC Transpo bus and train schedules.
  • City construction projects, including road and pathway closures.

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a spree of stabbings Wednesday night that left three people with life-threatening injuries in which Highway 62 community?
Respuesta
  • Bancroft.
  • Madoc.
  • Marmora.
  • Tweed.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Sheldon Bestgreen pleaded guilty Thursday to violating Ontario's workplace safety laws in the death of an employee on May 5, 2023. What happened to the worker that day?
Respuesta
  • He was electrocuted while trimming a hedge.
  • He fell six metres from scaffolding at a construction site.
  • A backhoe pinned him up against a wall.
  • He suffered heatstroke while installing shingles.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Another e-scooter season is underway in Ottawa, with several changes in place for 2024. Which of the following is NOT, however, among those changes?
Respuesta
  • The daily riding window has been extended from 5 a.m. until 1 a.m.
  • Riders will have to prove they're sober after 11 p.m.
  • If riders hop off a scooter in the ByWard Market after 11 p.m., they can't book another one.
  • Riders will be able to use NCC pathways after 6 p.m. and on weekends.
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