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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 1 year ago
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Question 1
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What is the name of the baby alpaca that went missing from a farm in Kingston, Ont., this week?
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Fergie (binary/octet-stream)
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Princess
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Fergie
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Lulu
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Madonna
Question 2
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Microsoft removed a travel article generated by computer algorithms this week because it advised tourists to visit this Ottawa "attraction" on an empty stomach.
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The Ottawa Mission
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The Service Ontario office at Ottawa City Hall
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The Ottawa Food Bank
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The Department of National Defence cafeteria
Question 3
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Council's planning and housing committee voted in favour of two controversial towers on Carling Avenue this week. What federal agency/department has objected to the towers and why?
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Transport Canada for their impact to flight paths
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Coporation due to a lack of affordable units
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Environment and Climate Change Canada due to LEED certification issues
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Agriculture and Agri-food Canada due to shadow impacts on the Central Experimental Farm
Question 4
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How much sewage was released into the Ottawa River after last week's flash floods overwhelmed the city's Combined Sewer Storage Tunnel, according to data released this week?
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River (binary/octet-stream)
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One million litres
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23 million litres
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316 million litres
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1.4 billion litres
Question 5
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Residents are speaking out after a months-long advisory against drinking water from a natural spring in which community?
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Spring (binary/octet-stream)
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Wakefield, Que.
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Casselman, Ont.
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Montebello, Que.
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Smiths Falls, Ont.
Question 6
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The City of Pembroke has ordered a charity leasing a city building to dismantle a community garden there. Which concerns did councillors raise?
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Garden (binary/octet-stream)
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Loitering and cigarette butts.
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Risk of attracting wildlife.
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Contaminated soils.
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Zoning issues related to lost parking spaces.
Question 7
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Which Ottawa based company announced this week that it was laying off nine per cent of its global workforce?
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Shopify
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Ross Video
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Corel
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Gabriel Pizza
Question 8
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Which chocolate company has bought cannabis producer Canopy Growth's facility in Smiths Falls, Ont.?
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Ferrero Canada Ltd.
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Mars, Inc.
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Nestle Canada, Inc.
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Hershey Canada, Inc.
Question 9
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The Township of South Stormont is doing something innovative about its garbage. What?
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Using artificial intelligence to help with garbage pickup
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Building a new waste-to-energy facility at its dump
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Using robots to sort recyclables
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Implementing a bag tag program
Question 10
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Monday marked the 20th anniversary of which major event?
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The disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia during reentry.
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The first case of SARS in Canada.
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The begining of the power blackout that affected more than 50 million North Americans.
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The ruling of the Court of Appeal for Ontario that struck down the ban on same-sex marriage.
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