CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 16

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Quiz on CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 16, created by Trevor Pritchard on 19/01/2022.
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Question 1

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Eight-year-old Clayton McGuire's quick thinking Monday morning may have saved someone's life. Who did he come to the aid of?
Answer
  • A man in his 70s who'd collapsed in the snow.
  • A woman who'd driven her car into the Ottawa River.
  • A toddler who was being attacked by a dog.
  • A worker who was pinned under his garbage truck.

Question 2

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Myriam Gaudet has taken to storing some of the roughly 200,000 items she's saved from the landfill over the years in plastic-wrapped boxes in her barn near Cornwall, Ont. What does she collect?
Answer
  • Unwanted books.
  • Old toys and games.
  • Paper maps.
  • Restaurant menus.

Question 3

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Christie Cowan, top left, started a Facebook group during the Omicron-driven wave of COVID-19 that's gained more than a thousand members. What does the group do?
Answer
  • Tracks self-reported cases at schools and daycares.
  • Facilitates the sharing of extra N95 masks.
  • Co-ordinates outdoor activities for school-aged children.
  • Brings food and supplies to families in isolation.

Question 4

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Why was the number 753 newsworthy this week?
Answer
  • That's how many crashes there were on Ottawa's roads during Monday's storm.
  • U of O researchers used it to solve a 256-year-old math problem.
  • It's the Sussex Drive address where the prime minister is temporarily living.
  • It will soon become the region's newest area code.

Question 5

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The "slush cannon" also made local headlines this week. What is it?
Answer
  • A combination ski run/slip-and-slide installed this winter at Camp Fortune.
  • A device that would spray water and slush on the Rideau Canal Skateway so that it could open sooner.
  • A TikTok craze that involves hurtling one's self into a pile of melting snow.
  • A socially distanced dessert fired into one's mouth from a safe distance.

Question 6

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With sightings on the rise, experts shared some tips with CBC Ottawa readers this week — including the "garbage bag method" — for how to handle encounters with what creatures?
Answer
  • Coyotes.
  • Wild boars.
  • Black bears.
  • Raccoons.

Question 7

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Ontario Provincial Police charged two men Wednesday in the 2020 killing of 39-year-old Greg Slewidge, whose father was a former OPP officer and known in Ottawa for doing what?
Answer
  • Singing the anthem at Ottawa Senators games.
  • Standing guard outside the National War Memorial.
  • Grooming a popular cross-country ski trail.
  • Announcing the stops on OC Transpo trains and buses.

Question 8

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Who was being remembered Thursday by this gathering of truck drivers?
Answer
  • A tow truck operator struck and killed by a snowplow.
  • The six victims of the fatal Eastway Tank explosion.
  • A well-known garage owner who died of COVID-19.
  • A semi-trailer driver killed in a chain-reaction crash on Highway 401.

Question 9

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The National Capital Commission announced that Toronto-based Dream was the winning bidder to develop the "library parcel" at LeBreton Flats. What other project are they involved with?
Answer
  • The Zibi development on the Ottawa River.
  • The future Tewin suburb.
  • The Stage 2 LRT stations.
  • The Booth Street government complex redevelopment.

Question 10

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Dean Bowes says times are good at his farm near Pakenham, Ont., as he's benefitting from supply chain problems and western Canada's bad 2021 harvest. What does he sell to local businesses?
Answer
  • Barley.
  • Chick peas.
  • Oats.
  • Soybeans.
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