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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 1 year ago
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Question 1
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Barratou Barry says she was left feeling dehumanized after her Royal Bank of Canada branch called the police on her during a recent visit. What had she been trying to do that day?
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Barry (binary/octet-stream)
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Pick up a new credit card.
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Take out a business loan.
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Get approval for a mortgage.
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Set up online banking for her mother.
Question 2
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Peggy O'Meara is one of several Ottawa residents frustrated by the delays around which city infrastructure project, hinted at by the now out-of-date sign she's standing in front of?
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Omeara (binary/octet-stream)
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The replacement of a bridge over Highway 417.
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The reopening of the Trillium rail line.
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The redevelopment of a complex of early 20th-century federal buildings.
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The construction of a new hospital campus.
Question 3
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What did Ottawa's auditor general deem to be an "inappropriate" gift for the retiring head of the Manotick Business Improvement Area?
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An all-expenses-paid vacation to the Yucatan.
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A $2,400 gift card.
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A night in a luxury box at an Ottawa Senators game.
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A CBC Gem premium subscription.
Question 4
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Michel Villeneuve says three nights of frost back in May have decimated which of his crops? It's an industry that, according to a recent report prepared for the Ontario government, could face "very high" risk by 2050 due to climate change.
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Apples.
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Pumpkins.
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Soy beans.
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Barley.
Question 5
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The City of Ottawa, with input from Ottawa police, denied a demonstration permit to a local group that wanted to protest at the Russian Embassy by doing what?
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Using lasers to display pro-Ukraine messages on the building's exterior.
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Reading the entirety of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace via a loudspeaker.
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Flashing embassy workers with anti-war slogans painted on their bodies.
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Painting the sidewalks red to represent the blood of fallen Ukrainians.
Question 6
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"We've been asking for it for a long time, and we are thrilled with it." What was Michelle Hurtubise, executive director of the Centretown Community Health Centre, referring to when she spoke those words?
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A new phone line for people going through mental health crises.
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A pilot program that involves prescribing small doses of heroin.
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Funding for three new on-site physicians.
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A bylaw that would keep anti-LGBTQ protesters away from their site.
Question 7
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According to research, what species could disappear from the west end of Ottawa within the next few years due to urban growth near its habitat?
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Blanding's turtle.
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Kirtland's warbler.
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Butler's garter snake.
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Fowler's toad.
Question 8
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Internal emails suggest the National Capital Commission was contemplating a lengthier summer closure of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway than what was ultimately blocked off to motor vehicles. Which stretch were staff considering?
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Somerset Street to Preston Street.
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Somerset Street to Bronson Avenue.
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Laurier Avenue to Preston Street.
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Laurier Avenue to the Bank Street overpass.
Question 9
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OC Transpo announced Friday that the opening of the expanded north-south Trillium Line had been delayed yet again. If it DOES open on the new date officials gave, roughly how long, in total, will the line's shutdown have lasted?
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Eighteen months.
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About two-and-a-half years.
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A few months short of four years.
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Five years.
Question 10
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After 13 years on Canada's long-track speed skating team, what national championship event did Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin participate in instead over the weekend in Montreal?
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Skeleton.
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Track cycling.
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Archery.
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Short-track speed skating.
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