CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 22

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
Trevor Pritchard
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Questão 1

Questão
Architecture students Dani Berno and Nupur Agrawal were among several people who collected pieces of common buckthorn from Carlington Woods last weekend to use in their projects. Why was the wood available in the first place?
Responda
  • A grove of buckthorn trees was knocked down in a powerful fall windstorm.
  • Advocates chopped it down as common buckthorn is an invasive species.
  • It had been removed for the expansion of a nearby school.
  • The trees were at the end of their life cycle and had died naturally.

Questão 2

Questão
What has world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt decided to donate to OrKidstra, a local charity that supports children in underserved communities through music?
Responda
  • Fifty of the dresses she's worn at concerts.
  • The piano she learned to play on.
  • A month's worth of one-on-one piano lessons.
  • An orchestral score signed by opera legend Luciano Pavarotti.

Questão 3

Questão
What multi-billion dollar project did these officials break ground on Monday in Loyalist Township, west of Kingston, Ont.?
Responda
  • A battery component plant.
  • A nuclear generating station.
  • A superconductor processing facility.
  • An intercity light rail network.

Questão 4

Questão
What University of Ottawa mainstay has seen its future thrown into doubt after students recently voted to stop paying a roughly $5 levy to support it?
Responda
  • The campus radio station.
  • The university newspaper.
  • A student-run café and pub.
  • The sexual health clinic.

Questão 5

Questão
Where has Claude Lurette, a former housing and peer support worker who got an eviction notice nearly eight months ago, been living since August?
Responda
  • In his broken-down Mazda.
  • In the spare bedroom of one city councillor.
  • In a local farmer's stable.
  • In a storage unit he's been renting.

Questão 6

Questão
What is the Indigenous-language name of the building seen here, which marked a major milestone in its construction on Wednesday?
Responda
  • Adàwe.
  • Ādisōke.
  • Kìwekì.
  • Zibi.

Questão 7

Questão
An Ottawa public school principal has apologized after asking an elementary student to remove an online profile picture that featured which flag?
Responda
  • The Ukrainian flag.
  • The Palestinian flag.
  • The rainbow flag.
  • The Mohawk warrior flag.

Questão 8

Questão
What might some Ottawa taxi drivers be asked to do at the start of next month, if a new program gets the go-ahead?
Responda
  • Take low-priority patients to hospital instead of ambulances.
  • Pick up disabled riders when no Para Transpo vehicles are available.
  • Offer subsidized fares to people who live in parts of the city with poor transit options.
  • Deliver food, alcohol and cannabis to residents who order it.

Questão 9

Questão
According to the National Capital Commission, what issue on the Rideau Canal is causing "health and safety concerns for the public" but won't be fully addressed until late 2025?
Responda
  • An increasing number of algae blooms.
  • Cracks in the canal walls.
  • Deteriorating light fixtures.
  • Locks that aren't raising and lowering boats properly.

Questão 10

Questão
In the wake of the 2022 death of Outaouais teen Sarah-Émilie Hubert, Quebec's coroner has called attention to a lack of specialized treatment services in the region for WHICH of the following?
Responda
  • Allergies.
  • Traumatic brain injuries.
  • Bipolar disorder.
  • Asthma attacks.

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