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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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Ottawa's Rachel Homan lost the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts last weekend, but it was still impressive that she made it that far at all. Why?
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She was eight months' pregnant.
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She was curling on a broken foot.
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Half of her normal team couldn't play because of COVID-19 restrictions.
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She'd spent the previous half-year training to be an Olympic cyclist.
Question 2
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Knitters spent a combined 500 hundred hours of work to create this scarf, which was recently installed where?
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On the frame of the Jos Montferrand sculpture on Gatineau's rue Montcalm.
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Inside a vaccination clinic at the Wabano Centre.
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Along the wall of a new ward at CHEO, the region's children's hospital.
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On the Man With Two Hats statue near Dows Lake.
Question 3
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What did Lanark County resident David Frisch describe this week as a "recipe for disaster"?
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A plan to relocate COVID-19 patients to the hospital in Perth, Ont.
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A snowmobile trail that allows both motorized vehicles and pedestrians.
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A proposal to amalgamate Carleton Place, Ont., with six neighbouring communities.
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A new wind farm slated to be built on a bird migration route.
Question 4
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Which of the following groups will soon be wearing green armbands in an attempt to reduce the amount of harassment they face from the public?
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Youth hockey referees.
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LRT ambassadors.
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Bylaw officers.
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Panhandlers.
Question 5
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The City of Ottawa got a $22-million discount to buy a swath of land, with development plans that involve expanding this recreation centre. Where is the land located?
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Little Italy.
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Overbrook.
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Mechanicsville.
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Carlington.
Question 6
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Which major project in Ottawa is almost four months behind schedule?
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The expansion of the Trillium line.
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The design for Ottawa's new central library.
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The renovation of Centre Block.
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The Zibi development on Victoria Island.
Question 7
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Casey Babb says it felt like a "gut punch" when he read a letter he'd been sent from Public Services and Procurement Canada. What did the letter say?
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That he'd been unknowingly paying into the wrong pension and owed $7,000.
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That he was being investigated for fraud related to a government contract.
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That he wouldn't be compensated for hearing damage caused by faulty interpreting equipment.
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That he'd won a GCSurplus auction for a rare 19th-century Canadian stamp.
Question 8
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Hair salon owner Sunita Robinson is vowing to fight a $1,130 ticket she got during the latest lockdown, claiming she wasn't cutting hair at the time she was cited. What does Robinson say she was doing instead?
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Painting the salon.
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Filming an online makeup tutorial.
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Collecting and reading her mail.
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Fixing a problem with the salon's plumbing.
Question 9
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The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Public Health Unit held a pop-up COVID-19 clinic Friday for people who might have patronized which bar in Carleton Place, Ont., during the last week of February?
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The Thirsty Moose.
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The Hungry Beaver.
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The Friendly Raven.
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The Cuddly Capybara.
Question 10
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Ottawans 80 and older began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, but they had to meet a certain condition first. What was it?
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They had to live in certain high-risk neighbourhoods.
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They had to have a pre-existing medical condition.
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They had to be staying in a congregate or group setting.
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They had to be able to get to the vaccination clinic on their own.
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