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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 5 months ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
5 months ago
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Question 1
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Stuart Hendin recently recounted to CBC Ottawa how he witnessed WHAT take place while on board a cruise ship off the coast of west Africa?
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The daring rescue of dozens of asylum seekers.
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An attempted takeover of the cruise ship by pirates.
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The surfacing of whales that were thought to be extinct.
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The explosion of an underwater volcano.
Question 2
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Who was seriously injured during a Canada Day performance on Parliament Hill?
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A Skyhawks parachutist.
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An RCMP horse.
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An air force mechanic.
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A fireworks technician.
Question 3
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As of July 1, the excise tax on WHAT increased in Ontario, spurring fears among some customers that the costs will be passed down to them?
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Money (binary/octet-stream)
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Vaping products.
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Beer and wine.
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Soils and fertilizers.
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Baby formula.
Question 4
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The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne held its general election last weekend, with voters choosing their first new grand chief in nine years. What else was notable about the election?
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The vote for grand chief was tied and was decided by a coin toss.
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The vast majority of the chiefs elected were women.
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Results were delayed because several ballot boxes fell into the St. Lawrence River.
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Three teenagers were elected.
Question 5
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Junot Raphael told CBC how he spent weeks waiting to get paid by a mysterious company operating near the Ottawa International Airport. What did he do for the company?
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He delivered packages.
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He answered tech support calls.
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He walked people's dogs.
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He designed websites.
Question 6
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Dr. Brian Nadler was acquitted Tuesday on eight charges — four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of criminal negligence causing death — in connection with the deaths of four of his patients at WHICH hospital?
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Nadler (binary/octet-stream)
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Hawkesbury and District General Hospital.
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Pontiac Hospital.
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Queensway Carleton Hospital.
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Renfrew Victoria Hospital.
Question 7
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Which Ottawa city councillor is is denying accusations made in an email to parents that he disrupted a summer camp program and swore at childcare staff in front of children?
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Clarke Kelly.
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David Hill.
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Rawlson King.
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Allan Hubley.
Question 8
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These three towers got the green light from a City of Ottawa committee Wednesday, despite worries that nearby roads are too dangerous for an expected onrush of cyclists. Where are the towers being built?
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On the former Greyhound bus terminal.
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Across the street from Lansdowne Park.
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On a Carling Avenue strip mall.
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Next to the future Corso Italia LRT station.
Question 9
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Several charges laid in February against Alex Silas were dropped on Friday. What was Silas doing at the time of his arrest?
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Rallying in support of striking military base workers.
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Protesting the removal of trees near Ottawa's airport.
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Draping a pro-Palestinian banner over a Highway 417 overpass.
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Running a psilocybin store in downtown Ottawa.
Question 10
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Adepeju Makinde is fighting to keep her husband Dapo, who is being held at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, and their family from being deported after seven years in Canada. Where are they slated to be deported to?
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Burundi.
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Eritrea.
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Nigeria.
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Somalia.
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