CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 14

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How closely did you follow the last week in local news?
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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

Question
Some residents of Wilno, Ont., are still touchy about a 1972 report by Slavic folklorist Jan Perkowski, who wrote about legends that WHICH supernatural creatures infested the Ottawa Valley town?
Answer
  • Werewolves.
  • Vampires.
  • Chupacabras.
  • Baba Yagas.

Question 2

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The local French public school board says that next year it will rename one of its schools "Grande-Ourse," which translates into English as Ursa Major, the constellation that holds the Big Dipper. Who is the school currently named after?
Answer
  • Sir John A. Macdonald.
  • Julie Payette.
  • Maurice Duplessis.
  • Alex Trebek.

Question 3

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What did work crews do last weekend at the Rideau LRT station during a partial shutdown of the Confederation Line?
Answer
  • They pumped hundreds of litres of grout into the tunnel walls.
  • They completely reinstalled the station's multi-storey escalator.
  • They tore up and reoriented a section of the tracks.
  • They reinforced the station with stronger concrete to prevent another sinkhole.

Question 4

Question
Five people were injured and the driver of this van died after they collided with WHAT in South Stormont, Ont., on Monday afternoon?
Answer
  • A school bus.
  • An ambulance.
  • A group of cyclists.
  • A moose.

Question 5

Question
Ottawa city council debated the possibility of dropping the speed limit from 80 km/h to 60 km/h on a stretch of this suburban road, due to the number of crashes. Which road is it?
Answer
  • March Road.
  • Trim Road.
  • Greenbank Road.
  • Castlefrank Road.

Question 6

Question
This graph shows how bylaw calls in Ottawa have increased between 2019 and 2022 for which of the following complaints?
Answer
  • Aggressive dogs.
  • Vehicles parked in bike lanes.
  • Public drinking and drug use.
  • Noise violations.

Question 7

Question
What's depicted in this crop of a larger image?
Answer
  • The reverse of a Canada's new $100 bill.
  • A page from the country's redesigned passport.
  • Artwork that will be installed at Ottawa's future central library.
  • An NFT that once belonged to former Sens owner Eugene Melnyk.

Question 8

Question
An Ontario bill called Garrett's Legacy Act — named in memory of Garrett Mills, a 15-year-old boy who died in Napanee in 2017 — could become law later this year. What recreational amenities would the bill regulate?
Answer
  • Soccer nets.
  • Playground swings.
  • Field goal posts.
  • Outdoor rinks.

Question 9

Question
Sgt. Eric Mueller, the OPP officer who was shot and killed Thursday in Bourget, Ont., had also been seriously injured in an arrest gone wrong 15 years earlier. What happened?
Answer
  • A tractor-trailer driver struck him while fleeing the scene.
  • A woman wanted for outstanding warrants doused him with acid.
  • He was stabbed while breaking up a bar fight.
  • He was mauled by a pit bull.

Question 10

Question
Roger Romero and Giselle Valazero say they've been left disappointed and disheartened by the police force in Kingston, Ont. What do they accuse the force of doing?
Answer
  • Allowing a report they helped write to collect dust on a shelf.
  • Promoting white officers ahead of racialized officers with equal qualifications.
  • Failing to share documents that should legally be available to the public.
  • Refusing to look outside Kingston for the city's next police chief.
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