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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 1 year ago
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Question 1
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Tom Ryan is one of several Ottawans who voiced their frustration with this letter that showed up recently in their mailboxes. What does the letter concern?
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A new tax on vacant units.
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Significant property value reassessments.
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A plan to install dozens of new speed cameras.
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Impending closures of several city recreation facilities.
Question 2
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Melissa Cummings says she's considering legal action against Sunwing after the airline cancelled her flight home, forcing her to spend five extra nights out of the country — one of which she spent sleeping on a park bench. Where was she stranded?
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Mexico.
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Cuba.
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Costa Rica.
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Belize.
Question 3
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The contents of these boxes were stolen from Adrian Benjamin's SUV last week. What was inside them?
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Groceries for the Ottawa Food Bank.
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Presents for low-income Vanier families.
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Toys and pet food for overworked animal shelters.
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Photos and memorabilia intended for Kingston's city archive.
Question 4
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Jason Leduc told CBC how he tried to douse a fire on Cathcart Street last weekend while his partner, Anna Cheung, called 911. What was aflame?
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A nativity scene.
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A pair of e-scooters.
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A hot tub.
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A Tesla.
Question 5
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Which local ski hill was forced to briefly close this week after a fire broke out at one of its snow-making buildings?
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Calabogie Peaks.
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Camp Fortune.
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Ski Vorlage.
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Mount Pakenham.
Question 6
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In a bid to free up employee time, Ottawa-based Shopify announced this week it would be doing what?
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Delivering pre-made meals to employees' workspaces.
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Paying for transit passes so they can work while commuting.
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Scrapping most meetings.
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Blocking most social media apps.
Question 7
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What comic book character graces both sides of Ottawa Senators goaltender Cam Talbot's new mask?
Image:
Talbot (binary/octet-stream)
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Astro Boy.
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Batman.
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Deadpool.
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Enid Coleslaw.
Question 8
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Ottawa musician Nick Durocher, better known as TALK, saw his mournful ballad Run Away to _______ explode on social media this past year. What interstellar location goes in that blank?
Image:
Nick (binary/octet-stream)
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Andromeda.
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Mars.
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Saturn.
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The Oort cloud.
Question 9
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St. Margaret Mary Church in Old Ottawa South closed in 2022, but it will soon has new life as what?
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A concert venue-slash-cocktail bar.
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A mosque.
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Headquarters for a local tech company.
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An escape room.
Question 10
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A stretch of Ottawa's LRT network has been offline since a bout of freezing rain hit the city Wednesday, and attempts to fix the line have caused further damage. What have crews been trying to do?
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Remove stuck trains near Lees station.
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Chip ice off of tracks between Cyrville and Tremblay stations.
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Restore power to signals between Bayview and Lyon stations.
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Fix cracks in the tunnel near Rideau station.
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