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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
almost 2 years ago
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Question 1
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Issa Khoury has been checking in on this shuttered embassy building since it closed in 2012 when what country's diplomats were expelled from Canada?
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Iran.
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Syria.
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Venezuela.
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Eritrea.
Question 2
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Diana Ayoub, the Ottawa woman who inspired the hit song "Diana," died recently at the age of 83. Which Canadian musician wrote the original hit?
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Paul Anka.
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Bryan Adams.
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Leonard Cohen.
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Ian Tyson.
Question 3
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Duane Gastant' Aucoin was one of several Pembroke, Ont., residents who told CBC they were shocked that Ron Gervais, the new mayor, had decided to unilaterally do what?
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Scrap the city's diversity committee.
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Remove an Indigenous-themed mural from the downtown.
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Disband the local police force.
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End online participation in municipal meetings.
Question 4
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Ontario Provincial Police said two people were badly injured when WHAT happened Monday evening near the town of Bainsville, Ont.?
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Opp (binary/octet-stream)
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Their plane went down on Highway 401.
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Fuel tanks exploded at the gas station where they work.
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Their tractor capsized and they were pinned inside for several hours.
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A meteorite crashed through the roof of their home.
Question 5
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Chrystal Wilson said this early Tuesday morning fire in Kingston, Ont., could have been a lot worse had residents and staff with her non-profit not stepped up to help. What burned to the ground?
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A cabin where homeless people can sleep.
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A food pantry for low-income residents.
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The city's lone supervised injection site.
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A quonset hut serving as a temporary respite centre.
Question 6
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This longtime Ottawa bar will not be hosting its annual Christmas Day community feast this year due to pressures facing restaurants and concerns about viruses. What bar is it?
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The Carleton Tavern.
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The Chateau Lafayette.
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Irene's Pub.
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Finnigan's Pub.
Question 7
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Marie-Ève Nault told CBC this week that she strongly believed a new Canadian professional women's sports league should have a team in the nation's capital when it launches in 2025. What sport will the league play?
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Soccer.
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Rugby.
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Hockey.
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Basketball.
Question 8
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Ottawa's new city council confirmed during its big governance review Wednesday that unelected citizens would no longer have seats on which of the following municipal bodies?
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Transit commission.
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The police board.
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The built heritage committee.
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The public health board.
Question 9
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A Quebec police ethics board found that two Gatineau officers breached the province's code of ethics when they arrested Antoine Trépanier in 2018. What was the context of Trepanier's arrest?
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He was a journalist working on an investigative story.
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He was a young father trying to get medical care for his son.
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He was an opposition MNA protesting a provincial bill.
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He was a university professor teaching a course on terrorism.
Question 10
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What does a new report into Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean, a man born in the early 1800s near Montreal, call into question?
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The Algonquin ancestry of hundreds of people.
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The official story of the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
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The origins of the sport of ice hockey.
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The activities of a French secret society based in Ottawa.
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