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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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Olga Zouozoulas told CBC News that her sister, Demetra, had ended up on a ventilator with COVID-19 after not qualifying earlier in the pandemic for a vaccine. What puts her at higher risk?
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Olga (binary/octet-stream)
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She has Down syndrome.
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She was a living liver donor.
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She has cerebral palsy.
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She suffers from serious asthma.
Question 2
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Anne Marie Hopkins says it's been "devastating" to see deaths from which of the following nearly double during the pandemic?
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Opioid overdoses.
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Heart attacks and strokes.
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Drownings.
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Treatable cancers.
Question 3
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Hundreds of people attended this vigil Tuesday night in downtown Ottawa. Who was being mourned?
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Vigil (binary/octet-stream)
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Palestinians killed in the current conflict with Israel.
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People who've died during a devastating COVID-19 surge in India.
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Protesters killed during weeks-long demonstrations in Colombia.
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Victims of intimate partner violence here in Canada.
Question 4
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Former Mountie Kevin Gregson, who was convicted in the 2009 killing of Ottawa police officer Eric Czapnik, is now appealing that conviction. What is he arguing in his appeal?
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That his attorney lied about also being an RCMP officer.
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That he was suffering from the early stages of dementia at the time of the killing.
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That one of Czapnik's fellow constables fabricated evidence.
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That the judge used blackmail to get her seat on the bench.
Question 5
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The City of Ottawa has set new recreation facility targets, and while there are no plans to open new wading pools or lawn bowling fields, the city does want to build 39 of which of the following?
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Pickleball courts.
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Skateboard parks.
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Outdoor ice surfaces.
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Soccer pitches.
Question 6
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Some city residents derided a tax break approved by an Ottawa committee this past week as nothing more than "social assistance for millionaires." What is the tax break going toward?
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A future Porsche dealership.
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The expansion of a yacht club.
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New luxury seating options at the Canadian Tire Centre.
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A monocle and top hat factory.
Question 7
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Why were some people living in Ottawa's Hunt Club neighbourhood forced to flee their homes Thursday afternoon?
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A fire at a car dealership sent toxic fumes into the air.
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An underground pipe was leaking natural gas.
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A sudden thunderstorm caused sewers to back up.
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A king cobra escaped its enclosure and was spotted on a cul-de-sac.
Question 8
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Ontario released its COVID-19 reopening plan Thursday, but not everyone is happy -- including Lydia Nganga, who said the pace of the rollout was making her go "crazy." What does she do?
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She owns a beauty salon.
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She's a bartender at an Elgin Street pub.
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She teaches her three children at home.
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She's the curator of a local art gallery.
Question 9
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The end of the week saw a back-and-forth over whether which of the following outdoor amenities would be allowed to open?
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Splash pads.
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Golf courses.
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Campsites.
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The locks on the Rideau Canal.
Question 10
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Camille Bérubé is part of a group of Paralympians who've been trying to make the Great Trail of Canada more accessible. What's her sport?
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Swimming.
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Sledge hockey.
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Basketball.
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Taekwondo.
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