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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 4 years ago
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Question 1
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Hanne Fugl Eskjær spoke with CBC Radio recently about how it's important to embrace her country's idea of "hygge," a sense of coziness and comfort, during the pandemic. For which country does she serve as ambassador?
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Denmark.
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Norway.
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Estonia.
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Sweden.
Question 2
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Queen's University says it's decided, after lengthy public consultations, to rename its law school building. Who is the building currently named after?
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Queens (binary/octet-stream)
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Sir John A. Macdonald.
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Duncan Campbell Scott.
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John Simcoe.
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Sir Charles Tupper.
Question 3
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The University of Ottawa has been engulfed in a storm of controversy over the recent use of the N-word. In which of the following contexts was the word used?
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U+Of+O (binary/octet-stream)
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During a public forum on the U.S. election.
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During a lecture by a part-time professor.
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In an editorial in the student newspaper.
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In an online workshop that the instructor had left unattended.
Question 4
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U.S. authorities have increased their scrutiny of a website run by retired University of Ottawa professor Michel Chossudovsky, claiming it does what?
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Spreads Russian disinformation.
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Encourages violence against police.
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Offers support to right-wing militias.
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Publishes sensitive documents leaked by hackers.
Question 5
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Dr. Paul Roumeliotis said Friday he would be issuing an order that would introduce tighter restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 in his region. Which health unit does he oversee?
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Drpaul (binary/octet-stream)
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The Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
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The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
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Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health.
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The Renfrew County and District Health Unit.
Question 6
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EXO Construction president Mathieu Farley said this week his company plans to stop using the existing name for a series of new homes in Chelsea, Que., after the name received criticism. What did it make reference to?
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An Indigenous nation.
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A 19th-century Quebec politician.
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A slur used by certain online subcultures.
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The Black Lives Matter movement.
Question 7
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Ottawa's transit commission agreed Wednesday to seek budget approval of up to $6 million to install which of the following on city buses?
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Plexiglas shields.
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Signage in the Algonquin language.
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Fare readers that accept debit or credit cards.
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Heated seats for bus drivers.
Question 8
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Louis Létourneau is one of a number of people who spoke to Radio-Canada this week about the fact they're still suffering psychological problems caused by which traumatic event?
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The 2013 bus-train crash in Barrhaven.
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The 2014 shooting near the National War Memorial.
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The 2017 spring floods.
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The 2019 tornadoes.
Question 9
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In which country has 32-year-old Carleton PhD student Cihan Erdal been held in solitary confinement for nearly one month?
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Turkey.
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Armenia.
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China.
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Nigeria.
Question 10
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"We want to make sure our voices are heard, because it doesn't feel like we're being heard at all right now." Those were spoken by Rob Lavoie this week — what does he do?
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He runs a gym in Orléans.
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He's been protesting the moose hunt in Kitigan Zibi.
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He coaches an eastern Ontario junior hockey team.
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He's the director of a long-term care home in Hawkesbury.
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