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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 31

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  1. 1According to COVID-19 data released this week by Ottawa Public Health, which demographic group makes up roughly 60 per cent of all confirmed cases?Image for question 1
    1. APeople living below the poverty line.
    2. BPeople older than 60.
    3. CResidents of long-term care homes.
    4. DWomen.
  2. 2Which multi-day September event in Ottawa is the latest to have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic?Image for question 2
    1. AThe Canada Army Run.
    2. BThe CityFolk music festival.
    3. CDoors Open Ottawa.
    4. DThe Dragon Boat festival.
  3. 3What reopened this week at Britannia Park, Andrew Haydon Park, Westboro Beach, Mooney's Bay Beach and Petrie Island?Image for question 3
    1. AWashrooms.
    2. BLifeguard stations.
    3. CPlayground equipment.
    4. DFood trucks.
  4. 4Ryan Murphy has just wrapped up a game show that he ran from his home in Perth, Ont., during the COVID-19 pandemic. What did contestants on his DIY show have to guess?Image for question 4
    1. AThe kinds of vehicles that would drive by his house.
    2. BThe types of birds that would show up at his bird feeder.
    3. CWhat his kids would want to eat for dinner.
    4. DFacts and figures related to the pandemic in Ontario.
  5. 5Who appeared on CBC Radio's The Current this week to talk about changes to police funding, amid mass protests over police brutality and calls to defund forces?Image for question 5
    1. AOttawa's police chief.
    2. BThe city's lone black city councillor.
    3. CThe head of the University of Ottawa's criminology department.
    4. DMayor Jim Watson.
  6. 6On Wednesday, an Ottawa committee approved a pilot project that would see the city follow other municipalities' leads and do what until the end of October?Image for question 6
    1. AAllow e-scooters on paths and bike lanes.
    2. BPermit alcohol consumption in certain parks.
    3. CMake face coverings mandatory on public transit.
    4. DDeclare an amnesty for COVID-19 bylaw fines.
  7. 7Coun. Carol Anne Meehan says she'll be hiring a trapper in order to bring attacks in her ward by which of the following creatures under control?Image for question 7
    1. ABears.
    2. BCoyotes.
    3. CCanada geese.
    4. DWild turkeys.
  8. 8The Roger Neilson House palliative care home for children, seen here, is one of the Ottawa agencies facing uncertain times after a big split involving a major charitable foundation this past week. Who did the foundation part ways with?Image for question 8
    1. AThe Ottawa Senators.
    2. BShopify.
    3. CThe United Way.
    4. DThe Ottawa Hospital.
  9. 9Lucas Nault told CBC Ottawa this week his business is "in peril" and that he'll be "lucky [to] make it to the end of the summer." What does he do?Image for question 9
    1. AHe runs a board game café.
    2. BHe's a hairdresser.
    3. CHe's a wedding planner.
    4. DHe books touring musicians.
  10. 10The Belleville Police Service is facing pressure to fire a veteran officer after social media posts emerged this past week showing him doing what?Image for question 10
    1. APosing with the Confederate flag.
    2. BSupporting the officers charged in the death of George Floyd.
    3. CMaking fun of a prisoner in custody.
    4. DSpreading conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.

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