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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 18

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  1. 1Hanne Fugl Eskjær spoke with CBC Radio recently about how it's important to embrace her country's idea of "hygge," a sense of coziness and comfort, during the pandemic. For which country does she serve as ambassador?Bild zu Frage 1
    1. ADenmark.
    2. BNorway.
    3. CEstonia.
    4. DSweden.
  2. 2Queen's University says it's decided, after lengthy public consultations, to rename its law school building. Who is the building currently named after?Bild zu Frage 2
    1. ASir John A. Macdonald.
    2. BDuncan Campbell Scott.
    3. CJohn Simcoe.
    4. DSir Charles Tupper.
  3. 3The University of Ottawa has been engulfed in a storm of controversy over the recent use of the N-word. In which of the following contexts was the word used?Bild zu Frage 3
    1. ADuring a public forum on the U.S. election.
    2. BDuring a lecture by a part-time professor.
    3. CIn an editorial in the student newspaper.
    4. DIn an online workshop that the instructor had left unattended.
  4. 4U.S. authorities have increased their scrutiny of a website run by retired University of Ottawa professor Michel Chossudovsky, claiming it does what?Bild zu Frage 4
    1. ASpreads Russian disinformation.
    2. BEncourages violence against police.
    3. COffers support to right-wing militias.
    4. DPublishes sensitive documents leaked by hackers.
  5. 5Dr. Paul Roumeliotis said Friday he would be issuing an order that would introduce tighter restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 in his region. Which health unit does he oversee?Bild zu Frage 5
    1. AThe Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
    2. BThe Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
    3. CKingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health.
    4. DThe Renfrew County and District Health Unit.
  6. 6EXO Construction president Mathieu Farley said this week his company plans to stop using the existing name for a series of new homes in Chelsea, Que., after the name received criticism. What did it make reference to?Bild zu Frage 6
    1. AAn Indigenous nation.
    2. BA 19th-century Quebec politician.
    3. CA slur used by certain online subcultures.
    4. DThe Black Lives Matter movement.
  7. 7Ottawa's transit commission agreed Wednesday to seek budget approval of up to $6 million to install which of the following on city buses?Bild zu Frage 7
    1. APlexiglas shields.
    2. BSignage in the Algonquin language.
    3. CFare readers that accept debit or credit cards.
    4. DHeated seats for bus drivers.
  8. 8Louis Létourneau is one of a number of people who spoke to Radio-Canada this week about the fact they're still suffering psychological problems caused by which traumatic event?Bild zu Frage 8
    1. AThe 2013 bus-train crash in Barrhaven.
    2. BThe 2014 shooting near the National War Memorial.
    3. CThe 2017 spring floods.
    4. DThe 2019 tornadoes.
  9. 9In which country has 32-year-old Carleton PhD student Cihan Erdal been held in solitary confinement for nearly one month?Bild zu Frage 9
    1. ATurkey.
    2. BArmenia.
    3. CChina.
    4. DNigeria.
  10. 10"We want to make sure our voices are heard, because it doesn't feel like we're being heard at all right now." Those were spoken by Rob Lavoie this week — what does he do?Bild zu Frage 10
    1. AHe runs a gym in Orléans.
    2. BHe's been protesting the moose hunt in Kitigan Zibi.
    3. CHe coaches an eastern Ontario junior hockey team.
    4. DHe's the director of a long-term care home in Hawkesbury.

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