CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 2

Descrição

How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
Trevor Pritchard
Quiz por Trevor Pritchard, atualizado more than 1 year ago
Trevor Pritchard
Criado por Trevor Pritchard aproximadamente 2 anos atrás
2853
0

Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

Questão
Ottawa Small Landlord Association founder Tony Miller says the province's Landlord and Tenant Board has "collapsed," with the wait time for a hearing having ballooned from 25 days to roughly how long?
Responda
  • Seventy-six days.
  • Five months.
  • Eight months.
  • More than a year.

Questão 2

Questão
Quebecers went to the polls Monday, returning François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec to another four years in office. Which was the only western Quebec riding NOT won by the CAQ?
Responda
  • Pontiac.
  • Chapleau.
  • Hull.
  • Gatineau.

Questão 3

Questão
Grocery retailer Farm Boy was recently fined $90,000 after one of its workers was injured. What happened?
Responda
  • They fell three metres in an accident at a warehouse.
  • They were pinned against a wall by a forklift.
  • A crate of citrus fruits toppled onto them.
  • They suffered burns when a pizza oven malfunctioned.

Questão 4

Questão
Sébastien Vachon-Desjardins of Gatineau, Que., was given a 20-year prison sentence Tuesday, with the presiding judge describing him as "Jesse James meets the 21st century." What did Vachon-Desjardins do?
Responda
  • He encrypted organizations' data and demanded ransom payments.
  • He blackmailed users of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
  • He stole credit card information from customers of food delivery apps.
  • He masterminded a ring of thieves that stole catalytic converters from vehicles.

Questão 5

Questão
The National Capital Commission announced Tuesday that Nepean Point would be rechristened as Kìwekì Point. What does Kìwekì mean in Algonquin?
Responda
  • "Returning to one's homeland."
  • "Watching the sun rise."
  • "The lookout."
  • "Where ships launch."

Questão 6

Questão
"I get that it's out of a lot of people's hands, but it sucks." What was bike mechanic Lauryn LeBlanc referring to when she spoke those words Wednesday?
Responda
  • The delayed opening of the Chief William Commanda Bridge.
  • An upcoming closure of the Laurier Avenue bike lanes.
  • Ongoing rehabilitation work in downtown Smiths Falls.
  • A shortage of bike parts due to supply chain issues.

Questão 7

Questão
West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry tabled a last-minute motion at a council meeting Wednesday that would require councillors to disclose which of the following pieces of information?
Responda
  • Personal relationships with staffers or other city employees.
  • Texts or messaging app chats that concern municipal issues.
  • Meetings with unions or community advocacy groups.
  • Reports of energy-inefficient city facilities in their wards.

Questão 8

Questão
Police charged six young people this week in connection with an incident that happened in September near Gloucester High School. What are they accused of doing?
Responda
  • Attacking an orphaned teenage refugee.
  • Spray-painting swastikas and other hateful imagery in the area.
  • Stealing video games and musical instruments from the nearby library branch.
  • Getting into a vicious brawl during a ball hockey game.

Questão 9

Questão
What reason did Peter Sloly give Thursday for resigning as chief of the Ottawa Police Service in the middle of this past winter's Freedom Convoy crisis?
Responda
  • He feared trust in his leadership was eroding.
  • He was frustrated that levels of government weren't working together.
  • He was opposed to the federal Emergencies Act.
  • He felt he was in over his head handling the scale of the protest.

Questão 10

Questão
Protesters descended on Parliament Hill Saturday to call for an end to violence against which country's Hazara minority?
Responda
  • Afghanistan.
  • Turkmenistan.
  • Myanmar.
  • Eritrea.

Semelhante

ADJETIVOS
Viviana Veloso
Plano de Estudo - Semana 1
Alessandra S.
COMO APRENDER MAIS RAPIDO
Nataniel Neto
PRINCÍPIOS DO DIREITO PROCESSUAL PENAL
GraSousa
Enem - o que estudar
Luiz Fernando
Constituição Federal - Artigos 1 à 5
GoConqr suporte .
Liderança
Liliane Tubino
Figuras de linguagem.
Livia Oliveira
Planejamento e Controle da Produção
Luciana Amaral Pereira Freire
SIMULADO 1 - CTFL - AT
Jorge Ricardo
Apresentação da disciplina - Desenvolvimento e Sustentabilidade Ambiental - Medicina
Jéssica Meireles