CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of July 18

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Question 1

Question
Ontario's Ministry of Transportation vowed Monday it would replace a highway sign in eastern Ontario that misspelled the name of a local community. What erroneous name appeared on the sign?
Answer
  • Borckville.
  • Castleman.
  • Cronwall.
  • Gananuqoe.

Question 2

Question
Which Ottawa city councillor is willing to personally drive their ward's residents to their COVID-19 vaccine appointments?
Answer
  • Carol Anne Meehan.
  • Jeff Leiper.
  • Riley Brockington.
  • Jenna Sudds.

Question 3

Question
Councillors Glen Gower and Scott Moffatt were named co-chairs Wednesday to which of the following municipal groups?
Answer
  • Planning committee.
  • Transit commission.
  • The Ottawa Police Services Board.
  • Agriculture and rural affairs committee.

Question 4

Question
Why is Deer Lake First Nation resident Linus Meekis currently in Cornwall, Ont.?
Answer
  • His son is getting life-saving medical treatment not available in their home community.
  • He's one of hundreds who've been evacuated from Deer Lake due to forest fires.
  • He's investigating reports of unmarked graves at a Catholic church in the city.
  • He's organizing one of the first powwows to be held since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question 5

Question
Why did a Quebec superior court judge rule that this mansion on chemin Fraser in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau, Que., must be demolished?
Answer
  • It was built too close to the street.
  • It had been used as a grow-op and was structurally unsound.
  • It was blocking neighbours from accessing their yards and driveways.
  • The materials used in its construction were leaching toxic chemicals into the ground.

Question 6

Question
Jennifer Nadon is among the residents of the Hendrick Farm subdivision in Chelsea, Que., who are angry that the developer has removed which feature from the development?
Answer
  • An organic farm.
  • A small canal.
  • A bluff of old-growth trees.
  • A roundabout.

Question 7

Question
Dominion City Brewing co-founder Josh McJannett spoke to CBC Ottawa about how the COVID-19 pandemic spurred an overhaul of Ontario's liquor laws. Of all the things he's now allowed to do, which was McJannett most enthusiastic about?
Answer
  • Delivering beer to customers' homes.
  • Opening a bottle shop.
  • Selling beer at farmers' markets.
  • Getting his brews into establishments in Quebec.

Question 8

Question
Ottawa police are investigating the city's 11th homicide of 2021 after a man was found stabbed to death Thursday in a bungalow on which Nepean street?
Answer
  • Sherry Lane.
  • Penny Way.
  • Carrie Crescent.
  • Laura Court.

Question 9

Question
Brad Stewart, co-founder of an eastern Ontario cannabis business, says one particular Health Canada regulation is stifling his industry's growth. What does the regulation prohibit?
Answer
  • Cannabis products that also contain caffeine.
  • Beverages sold as six-packs.
  • Flavoured or sweetened cannabis extracts.
  • Certain kinds of "flashy" advertising.

Question 10

Question
Mairi Brascoupé, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, plans to weave together beadwork and 20th-century maps to explore the idea of place as which institution's new artist-in-residence?
Answer
  • The Diefenbunker Museum.
  • The Canadian War Museum.
  • The City of Ottawa Archives.
  • The Ottawa Art Gallery.
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