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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 2 years ago
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Question 1
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Hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown Ottawa last Sunday — and again this weekend — after a young woman died in the custody of which country's morality police?
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Iran.
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Saudi Arabia.
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Belarus.
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Myanmar.
Question 2
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Stargazers in the region were treated to spectacular views this past week of which planet, as it made its closest approach to Earth in 59 years?
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Jupiter.
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Saturn.
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Venus.
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Neptune.
Question 3
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Roy Huetl of North Frontenac, Ont., is one of 6,044 people in the province who are doing a certain thing in 2022, down from 6,575 in 2018 and 7,196 in 2014. What is that thing?
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Operating an independent family farm.
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Running for municipal office.
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Filing a human rights complaint.
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Training to become a nurse.
Question 4
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Some Ontarians have been critical that the province's municipal election date falls right in the middle of which religious and cultural festival?
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Voting (binary/octet-stream)
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Diwali.
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Eid al-Adha.
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Sukkot.
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Nowruz.
Question 5
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Western Quebecers, meanwhile, are casting ballots Monday in their provincial election. What did Coalition Avénir Quebec leader François Legault call "a bit suicidal" this week, leading to criticism from his opponents?
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Allowing in tens of thousands of immigrants each year.
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Permitting municipalities to offer services in English.
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Building new hospitals.
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Hiking taxes on carbon emitters.
Question 6
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As was the case in August, another stretch of Highway 417 in Ottawa shut down this weekend for a bridge replacement. Where is that bridge located?
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Closed (binary/octet-stream)
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Rochester Street.
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Carling Avenue.
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Nicholas Street.
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The Vanier Parkway.
Question 7
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Where on Deschamps Avenue were suspected human remains discovered Wednesday?
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At a construction site.
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In a dumpster.
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Inside a city sewer.
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Beneath a park play structure.
Question 8
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Why has Vern White, Ottawa's former police chief, chosen to retire early from the Canadian Senate?
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He's moving to Europe to be closer to his daughter.
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He's planning to return to police work, possibly with Ottawa's force.
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He's been hired as a cybersecurity consultant with a U.S. firm.
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He took up woodworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and realized that it's his passion.
Question 9
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What's happened to the shoes that were placed on Parliament Hill in 2021, part of a memorial to the children who never made it back to their families after being forced to attend Canada's residential schools?
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They're being showcased at the Canadian Museum of History.
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Pairs have been shipped to First Nations across the country.
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They've been buried on one specific First Nation north of Ottawa.
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They were inadvertently damaged by mould and incinerated this summer.
Question 10
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The city of Gatineau, Que., has decided to change the name of Rue Amherst. Who is the street named after?
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An 18th-century British army commander.
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A prominent politician during the rebellions of 1837-1838.
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A lumber baron who made his fortunes in the late 19th century.
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An early 20th-century silent movie star.
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