CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 5

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Question 1

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Ottawa's planning committee voted this week to make patio rules introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent. Which of the following is NOT one of those rules?
Answer
  • Amplified music is banned on patios within 30 metres of a home.
  • Patios can be set up on parking lots, but not on accessible spaces.
  • No buffer zone is needed between patios and residential properties.
  • Patios in residential neighbourhoods must have sound barriers.

Question 2

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The organizers of this Monday night vigil handed out 23 roses to commemorate the number of local women who'd been killed in an intimate-partner homicide since the 1970s. Where did the vigil take place?
Answer
  • Renfrew, Ont.
  • Cornwall, Ont.
  • Perth, Ont.
  • Montebello, Que.

Question 3

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Alicia Kazobinka modelled this dress Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History. What do the flags on the dress represent?
Answer
  • Countries where there are civil wars or other conflicts.
  • Countries that persecute LGBTQ people.
  • Countries that have little to no access to COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Countries that face serious threats due to rising ocean levels.

Question 4

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Ontario Provincial Police announced Tuesday they'd laid charges against an Ottawa man in an investigation that involved the RCMP, the FBI and Europol. What is 31-year-old Matthew Philbert alleged to have done?
Answer
  • Orchestrated ransomware attacks and other cybercrimes.
  • Masterminded a trans-Atlantic Ponzi scheme.
  • Sold fentanyl and other opioids on the dark web.
  • Forged works of art and sold them at auction.

Question 5

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In other crime news, a 73-year-old man from Iroquois, Ont., faces eight charges after he allegedly defrauded a pair of would-be buyers out of which of the following expensive items?
Answer
  • Yachts.
  • Diamond jewellery.
  • Luxury RVs.
  • Backyard swimming pools.

Question 6

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What were farmers giving away for free on Parliament Hill Wednesday, in an attempt to draw attention to a ban on U.S. exports?
Answer
  • Bags of P.E.I. potatoes.
  • Free-run chicken eggs from Quebec.
  • Alberta beef sliders.
  • Beer samples made with Saskatchewan-grown lentils.

Question 7

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Dave Pineau wrote a first-person piece for CBC Ottawa this week in which he talked the challenges he faces navigating the COVID-19 pandemic while also living with what?
Answer
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • A malignant brain tumour.
  • Being HIV positive.
  • Schizophrenia.

Question 8

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Why was this message of support — and others like it — left outside a Chelsea, Que., elementary school for teacher Fatemeh Anvari?
Answer
  • She was on a ventilator in an ICU with COVID-19.
  • She'd been removed from her position for wearing a hijab.
  • She'd flown back to Afghanistan to help her family flee the Taliban.
  • She was assaulted while protecting a transgender student.

Question 9

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Heather Watson was one of 170 workers who picketed Thursday afternoon in downtown Ottawa after going on strike due to a pay issue. Who is their employer?
Answer
  • The Ottawa Art Gallery.
  • The Office of the Auditor General.
  • The Outaouais Advocacy Group.
  • The Optometrists' Association of Gatineau.

Question 10

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Three candidates announced Friday they'd run to be Ottawa's next mayor in 2022 after Jim Watson revealed he wouldn't seek re-election. Two are current city councillors. Who's the third?
Answer
  • A former two-term mayor.
  • The CEO of a high-tech firm.
  • A local MPP.
  • A former Ottawa Senators player.
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