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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
almost 4 years ago
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Question 1
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Coun. Scott Moffatt is leading a bid to rename his own municipal ward after recently learning it was named after who?
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Henry Goulburn, the owner of a plantation in Jamaica.
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Thaddeus Knox, an Anglican bishop and proponent of residential schools.
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Dr. James Osgoode, who published tracts on eugenics.
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Benjamin Quentin Innes, a Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
Question 2
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Osgoode Coun. George Darouze apologized and said he accepted "full responsibility" after he was caught doing what during a city meeting that was being livestreamed on YouTube?
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Texting while driving.
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Insulting a fellow councillor.
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Berating an employee.
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Viewing a pornographic website.
Question 3
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Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Carol Anne Meehan described a report tabled Tuesday as "95 pages of horror stories." What did the report document?
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Meehan (binary/octet-stream)
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Delays and mechanical issues with LRT.
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The management of the city's 1,000-plus buildings.
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Mental health complaints from city employees.
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Construction projects in the Greenbelt and other ecologically sensitive spaces.
Question 4
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Vanessa Dorimain is no longer interested in meeting with the Ottawa Police Services Board to talk about issues around racism after which of the following happened?
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The board approved an increase to the police force's budget.
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The mayor denied the existence of systemic racism.
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She learned her phone was being tapped.
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She was arrested.
Question 5
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After three of his previous works of public art were either defaced or painted over, Kalkidan Assefa painted this mural to pay tribute to his heritage. What does it depict?
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An Ethiopian minstrel.
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A Senegalese artisan.
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A Somali goat herder.
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An Eritrean farmer.
Question 6
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Syed Sattar, a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, said "the thinking has certainly shifted" around the role which of the following plays in the transmission of COVID-19?
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Surfaces like door handles and countertops.
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Handshakes and other brief moments of physical contact.
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Cross-border travel.
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Indoor air.
Question 7
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A bill put forward by Jeremy Roberts, the Progressive Conservative MPP for Ottawa West—Nepean, passed at Queen's Park on Wednesday. What does it propose to abolish in Ontario?
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Twice-yearly clock changes.
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Conversion therapy.
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Speed limits on 400-series highways.
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The office of the ombudsman.
Question 8
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Orléans business owner Andrew Bascoe says he was left "speechless" after someone scammed him out of $75,000 worth of which item?
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Disposable gloves.
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N95 masks.
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Hand sanitizer.
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Elastic bands.
Question 9
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Former Canadian national team member Jevohn Shepherd was hired this week as general manager of which Ottawa sports club?
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The Ottawa Blackjacks.
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The Ottawa Redblacks.
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The Ottawa Aces.
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Atlético Ottawa.
Question 10
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Ashley Spencer said she was 'floored' when someone recently returned this purse that she'd lost more than two years ago. What had happened to it?
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It had fallen into a lake.
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She'd left it on the Paris subway.
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A bird had flown off with it.
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It had disappeared when a tornado touched down.
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