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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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Elizabeth Sare says her brother's house was flooded and his roof was torn off when Typhoon Vamco slammed into to which south Asian country earlier this month?
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The Philippines.
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Malaysia.
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Sri Lanka.
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Vietnam.
Question 2
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University of Ottawa biophysicist Andrew Pelling is studying whether asparagus can be used to do which of the following?
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Help long-haul COVID-19 patients restore their sense of taste.
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Deliver insulin orally to people with diabetes.
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Prevent aneurysms by reinforcing weakened blood vessels.
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Heal damaged spinal cords.
Question 3
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Carleton University student Andrea Reid, right, interviewed elders and knowledge keepers from 18 First Nations for her PhD thesis. What did Reid study?
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Linguistic connections between Cree and Algonquin languages.
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Intergenerational trauma and the residential school system.
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Declining salmon stocks on the West Coast.
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Indigenous medicines and their potential to treat coronavirus.
Question 4
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Nine-year-old Mya Beaudry got help from her mom Marcie launching an online business that's putting a traditional Algonquin spin on which common accessory?
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Scrunchies.
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Hair berets.
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Ear and nose rings.
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Shoelaces.
Question 5
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On Monday, an Ottawa city committee approved a plan to install which of the following beneath Sparks Street?
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A sewer tunnel.
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A light rail line.
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A trio of pedestrian underpasses.
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An ecological preserve for Fraggles and Doozers.
Question 6
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Transit commission voted 6-3 on Wednesday in favour of a $672-million operating budget for OC Transpo that will see fares go up by how much as of New Year's Day?
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2.5 per cent.
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4.6 per cent.
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The increase will vary depending on a rider's income.
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Actually, fares will be frozen until March 2021.
Question 7
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Gatineau, Que., Mayor Maxime-Pedneaud Jobin said this week that his region had only been declared a COVID-19 red zone because of what?
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Maxime (binary/octet-stream)
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Decades of health care underfunding.
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The region's tourism attractions.
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A misinterpretation of COVID-19 case counts.
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Political allegiances in Quebec's National Assembly.
Question 8
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According to the Transportation Safety Board, which of the following factors directly contributed to a mid-air plane crash this June near Constance Bay?
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The two pilots were relying on their eyes alone.
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A sudden storm rolled in.
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One of the pilots became disoriented mid-air.
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The nearest airport provided them with confusing information.
Question 9
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Child-care worker Taylor Stuewe said her town's ability to stave off the COVID-19 pandemic has been 'an incredible thing.' Where does Stuewe call home?
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Arnprior.
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Embrun.
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Morrisburg.
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Prescott.
Question 10
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Ottawa police shut down a demonstration early Saturday morning that had been disrupting traffic near the University of Ottawa. Which of the following descriptions best matches what the demonstrators had been calling for?
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An end to systemic racism in Ottawa institutions, including the police force.
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An ethics investigation into the actions of the prime minister.
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A commitment to build thousands of affordable housing units.
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The resignation of an Ottawa city councillor who'd harassed his staff.
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