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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 14

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  1. 1An Ottawa man, 42-year-old Aziz Benharref, was among those killed in what disaster that happened in early September in Lisbon, Portugal?Image for question 1
    1. AA funicular car derailed.
    2. BA 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the city.
    3. CA nightclub caught fire.
    4. DAn 18th-century bridge collapsed.
  2. 2Arson investigators are looking into a pair of fires that broke out Monday morning — including this one, which ignited after a vehicle crashed into a business on Rideau Street. What sort of business was it?Image for question 2
    1. AA tattoo parlour.
    2. BA mushroom dispensary.
    3. CA payday lender.
    4. DA sneaker shop.
  3. 3Const. Richard Lemay received a one-year demotion this week in connection with an incident that took place while he was on duty roughly 15 years ago. What happened?Image for question 3
    1. AHe picked up a woman in his police cruiser and had sex with her.
    2. BHe fired two bullets through the window of a suspected drug dealer's home.
    3. CHe left work early to take part in an "ice bucket challenge" for ALS.
    4. DHe lost $3,000 in a poker game organized by a police informant.
  4. 4Police confirmed this week that a 33-year-old man had been arrested in Ottawa after allegedly doing what at the ÎleSoniq music festival in Montreal earlier this summer?Image for question 4
    1. APricking several people with needles.
    2. BStealing tens of thousands of dollars' worth of DJ-ing equipment.
    3. CSetting off a smoke bomb during one performer's set.
    4. DLacing dozens of people's drinks with drugs.
  5. 5This map outlines eight neighbourhoods in Ottawa. What ties them all together?
    1. AThey urgently need more trees.
    2. BThey have the highest rates of opioid overdoses.
    3. CThey're being considered for new community police stations.
    4. DThey have significant populations of one particular invasive beetle.
  6. 6Ottawa's election compliance audit committee decided that an "administrative error" by one city councillor over the value of old election signs was not worth forwarding along for potential charges under Ontario's Municipal Elections Act. Which councillor did it involve?Image for question 6
    1. AShawn Menard.
    2. BTheresa Kavanagh.
    3. CCathy Curry.
    4. DTim Tierney.
  7. 7Two youths have been charged in connection with a fire that destroyed this historic building in WHICH small community west of Kingston, Ont?Image for question 7
    1. ADeseronto.
    2. BPicton.
    3. COdessa.
    4. DBath.
  8. 8Gananoque, Ont., Mayor John Beddows has used strong mayor powers granted by the province to propose changing one town bylaw in order to address WHICH of the following problems?Image for question 8
    1. AQuebec drivers not paying parking tickets.
    2. BResidents fencing off public access to the shoreline.
    3. CCanada geese defecating excessively in public parks.
    4. DEncampments sprouting up in the community.
  9. 9Marg Rutka spoke to CBC Ottawa this past week about how honoured she was that WHICH of the following had been named after her?Image for question 9
    1. AA fossilized coral.
    2. BA brown dwarf star.
    3. CAn obscure chess opening.
    4. DA mitochondrial disorder.
  10. 10Why is the entire O-Train Line 1 closed this weekend?Image for question 10
    1. ATest trains are running all the way to the end of the eastern extension.
    2. BMaintenance crews are preparing the tracks for winter.
    3. CTrain axles and wheels are being inspected for damage.
    4. DThe overhead system that powers the trains broke Friday night.

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