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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 17

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  1. 1In which eastern Ontario city did this angry note recently appear on the windshield of a car with out-of-province plates, spurring condemnations from both the mayor and the chief of the nearby First Nations community?Image for question 1
    1. APembroke.
    2. BCornwall.
    3. CKingston.
    4. DBrockville.
  2. 2Restaurateur John Borsten called a $129-million revitalization plan going to city council in the coming days "the biggest thing to happen down here since I've been around." Which area of Ottawa-Gatineau is being revamped?Image for question 2
    1. AThe ByWard Market.
    2. BThe Glebe.
    3. COld Hull.
    4. DWestboro.
  3. 3Aidan Brown, 13, is being applauded by his neighbours after his motion-activated cameras captured which of the following?Image for question 3
    1. APredatory coyotes.
    2. BThieves stealing packages from front porches.
    3. CAn inebriated snowplow operator.
    4. DA rare songbird that failed to fly south for the winter.
  4. 4Quebec police say they won't be laying charges against a 12-year-old boy who allegedly did what Wednesday afternoon?Image for question 4
    1. ALed police officers on a 50-kilometre joyride.
    2. BUnfurled an anti-pipeline banner from the roof of his school.
    3. CShot a large dog that had wandered onto his family's farm.
    4. DHacked into the City of Gatineau's website and replaced the mayor's picture with a photo of Bernie Sanders.
  5. 5Jean and Estelle Laporte have decided to shut down their Orléans business, one that's been in the family for the past six decades. What did they operate?Image for question 5
    1. AA garden centre.
    2. BA toy store.
    3. CA millinery.
    4. DA butcher shop.
  6. 6Which federal agency announced this past week it was hiring tens of thousands of workers ahead of a major endeavour in 2021?Image for question 6
    1. AHealth Canada.
    2. BStatistics Canada.
    3. CCanada Post.
    4. DThe National Research Council.
  7. 7Mohamoud Hagi-Aden, founder of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa, said he was left in disbelief when he heard why his was agency had been denied federal funding. What reason was the centre given?Image for question 7
    1. AThey weren't considered Black enough.
    2. BGovernment records indicated Hagi-Aden had actually died five years earlier.
    3. CThey'd been placed on a terrorist organization list.
    4. DTheir application had been filled out in an "unacceptable ink colour."
  8. 8University of Ottawa theatre student Aly Murphy is one of countless Canadians who've decided to make the most of the fact COVID-19 has driven them online by doing what?Image for question 8
    1. ALearning a new language.
    2. BLaunching a podcast.
    3. CTaking online stand-up comedy courses.
    4. DBecoming a video game streamer.
  9. 9According to Ontario's fire marshal, what caused a Jan. 10 house fire in Oxford Mills, Ont., to accelerate out of control, ultimately killing four people inside?Image for question 9
    1. AA dry Christmas tree.
    2. BImproperly stored diesel fuel.
    3. CAn old upholstered sofa.
    4. DA stash of fireworks.
  10. 10On Friday afternoon, the City of Ottawa announced it had closed down which popular outdoor location due to "consistent large crowds"?Image for question 10
    1. AThe Rink of Dreams outside city hall.
    2. BThe Mooney's Bay tobogganing hill.
    3. CCross-country ski trails along the Rideau River.
    4. DThe Mer Bleue Bog.

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