CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 17

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How closely did you follow the last week in local news?
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Questão 1

Questão
In which eastern Ontario city did this angry note recently appear on the windshield of a car with out-of-province plates, spurring condemnations from both the mayor and the chief of the nearby First Nations community?
Responda
  • Pembroke.
  • Cornwall.
  • Kingston.
  • Brockville.

Questão 2

Questão
Restaurateur John Borsten called a $129-million revitalization plan going to city council in the coming days "the biggest thing to happen down here since I've been around." Which area of Ottawa-Gatineau is being revamped?
Responda
  • The ByWard Market.
  • The Glebe.
  • Old Hull.
  • Westboro.

Questão 3

Questão
Aidan Brown, 13, is being applauded by his neighbours after his motion-activated cameras captured which of the following?
Responda
  • Predatory coyotes.
  • Thieves stealing packages from front porches.
  • An inebriated snowplow operator.
  • A rare songbird that failed to fly south for the winter.

Questão 4

Questão
Quebec police say they won't be laying charges against a 12-year-old boy who allegedly did what Wednesday afternoon?
Responda
  • Led police officers on a 50-kilometre joyride.
  • Unfurled an anti-pipeline banner from the roof of his school.
  • Shot a large dog that had wandered onto his family's farm.
  • Hacked into the City of Gatineau's website and replaced the mayor's picture with a photo of Bernie Sanders.

Questão 5

Questão
Jean and Estelle Laporte have decided to shut down their Orléans business, one that's been in the family for the past six decades. What did they operate?
Responda
  • A garden centre.
  • A toy store.
  • A millinery.
  • A butcher shop.

Questão 6

Questão
Which federal agency announced this past week it was hiring tens of thousands of workers ahead of a major endeavour in 2021?
Responda
  • Health Canada.
  • Statistics Canada.
  • Canada Post.
  • The National Research Council.

Questão 7

Questão
Mohamoud Hagi-Aden, founder of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa, said he was left in disbelief when he heard why his was agency had been denied federal funding. What reason was the centre given?
Responda
  • They weren't considered Black enough.
  • Government records indicated Hagi-Aden had actually died five years earlier.
  • They'd been placed on a terrorist organization list.
  • Their application had been filled out in an "unacceptable ink colour."

Questão 8

Questão
University of Ottawa theatre student Aly Murphy is one of countless Canadians who've decided to make the most of the fact COVID-19 has driven them online by doing what?
Responda
  • Learning a new language.
  • Launching a podcast.
  • Taking online stand-up comedy courses.
  • Becoming a video game streamer.

Questão 9

Questão
According to Ontario's fire marshal, what caused a Jan. 10 house fire in Oxford Mills, Ont., to accelerate out of control, ultimately killing four people inside?
Responda
  • A dry Christmas tree.
  • Improperly stored diesel fuel.
  • An old upholstered sofa.
  • A stash of fireworks.

Questão 10

Questão
On Friday afternoon, the City of Ottawa announced it had closed down which popular outdoor location due to "consistent large crowds"?
Responda
  • The Rink of Dreams outside city hall.
  • The Mooney's Bay tobogganing hill.
  • Cross-country ski trails along the Rideau River.
  • The Mer Bleue Bog.

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