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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 17
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1Jesus Revilla Sanchez died in December 1996 after falling 13 metres at an under-construction silo in Perth, Ont. What happened Monday, nearly 25 years later?
- ACriminal charges were laid against the construction company.
- BA coroner's inquest was launched into his death.
- CThe municipality honoured him with a statue near the site.
- DHis remains were returned to his family in South America.
2This stone knife, estimated to be 4,000 years old, will be returned to the stewardship of two Ottawa-area First Nations after it was recently found where?
- ABeneath Parliament Hill.
- BIn a farmer's field.
- COn the site of a future LRT station.
- DAt the base of the Alexandra Bridge.
3What "major milestone" did Ottawa reach this week in the fight against COVID-19, according to the city's public health unit?
- AThe first children under 12 received their vaccines.
- BNinety per cent of eligible residents have now had at least one shot.
- CEighty per cent of eligible residents are now fully vaccinated.
- DCases were low enough to close the Brewer Arena test centre.
4City manager Steve Kanellakos told council via memo Monday that Ottawa's LRT network would likely resume operations by early November, but not before what happened first?
- AThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued its findings in last month's derailment.
- BA U.S.-based firm hired by the city reviewed the return-to-service plan.
- CSeven of the trains were inspected by the manufacturer, Alstom.
- DAn investigation by the city's auditor general got underway.
5What did Coun. Catherine McKenney pledge to spend their own money on Wednesday in an attempt to improve Ottawa's ailing transit network?
- AA number of old articulated buses.
- BPortable heaters for several bus stops.
- CA new Para Transpo van.
- DFree transit rides on the first day LRT resumes.
6Dr. Maddie Venables and her team designed an app that won a Dragon's Den-style competition held recently at the University of Ottawa. Which two groups of people does the app try to connect?
- AFamily physicians and patients without doctors.
- BWould-be pet owners and reputable breeders.
- COrgan donors and potential recipients.
- DPeople dealing with food insecurity and gardeners with bountiful harvests.
7What forced the hospital in Kemptville, Ont., to shut down its ER Wednesday and cancel outpatient X-rays and ultrasounds?
- AA cybersecurity breach.
- BA water main break.
- CA lightning strike.
- DA shortage of nurses and other medical personnel.
8Police believe a 2016 Kia Optima found in this parking lot is linked to the recent killing of two Ottawa men. Where did the double homicide occur?
- ABancroft.
- BCobden.
- CKingston.
- DVankleek Hill.
9What has Glenn J. Lockwood built on his ancestral farm just south of Smiths Falls, Ont., a project that echoes the work his Irish ancestors did when they arrived in the area in the 19th century?
- AA dry stone wall.
- BA flour mill.
- CA 400-metre canal.
- DA wooden water wheel.
10Ammarah Navab, left, is demanding eastern Ontario MPP Randy Hillier stop using a photo of her sister, Farisa, and issue an apology. What was Hillier suggesting when he used Farisa's photo?
- AThat she's an example of a "hard-working immigrant."
- BThat she'd died after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
- CThat she's a journalist spreading lies about the People's Party of Canada.
- DThat she was unfairly getting CERB payments.
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