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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 10 months ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
10 months ago
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Question 1
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This 149-year-old heritage building was slowly relocated this past week so it could be embedded into a 21-storey tower just east of the Rideau Centre. What purpose did the building once serve?
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It was Ottawa's first police station.
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It was the city registry office.
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It was a one-room schoolhouse.
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It was a provincial jail.
Question 2
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What unexpected catch did one angler haul out of a lake south of Maniwaki, Que., on Monday morning?
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Fish (binary/octet-stream)
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A Ziploc bag containing more than $130,000.
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A three-metre-long sea snake.
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His mother's long lost wedding ring.
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A human foot.
Question 3
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According to emails obtained by CBC through access-to-information legislation, which institution has been dealing with vermin and mould issues in the wake of a $27-million investment in 2021 to improve its kitchen?
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The Department of National Defence headquarters.
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The Royal Military College of Canada.
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The Canadian War Museum.
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CFB Petawawa.
Question 4
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A team of investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were dispatched to the Alexandria, Ont., area on Wednesday after what happened that afternoon?
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Tsb (binary/octet-stream)
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A freight train derailed.
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A small plane crashed.
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A hot air balloon struck a communications tower.
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A boat collided with a ferry.
Question 5
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What have people been dropping off in droves on Stephenie LaMaina's property after the Casselman, Ont., woman issued a call for help?
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Bottled water.
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Diapers and other child-rearing supplies.
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Naloxone kits.
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Pet food.
Question 6
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Abdulhakim Moalimishak, president of the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque, said that while it was a "long and protracted process" he's happy that his mosque has finally done what?
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Resettled nine Afghan families who fled the Taliban.
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Regained its charitable status after losing it five years ago.
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Recruited a new imam after their previous spiritual leader died in 2021.
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Won a lawsuit against the developer of the 36-storey condo next door.
Question 7
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Which local MP is now Canada's minister of families, children and social development after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overhauled his cabinet Wednesday?
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Jenna Sudds.
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Francis Drouin.
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Anita Vandenbeld.
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Chandra Arya.
Question 8
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Why did Flair Airlines issue an apology to Jamie Christensen of Arnprior, Ont.?
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They sold him tickets for a flight that didn't exist.
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They lost his pet cat.
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His in-flight meal sent him into anaphylactic shock.
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He was booted from a flight so that an MP could travel.
Question 9
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Which prolific goal scorer — seen here with one of two NHL clubs he spent time with last season — did the Ottawa Senators sign Thursday to a one-year, $5-million US contract?
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Vladimir Tarasenko.
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Tomas Tatar.
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Patrick Kane.
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Phil Kessel.
Question 10
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The site of this large concrete slab in downtown Cornwall, Ont., has been slated for dozens of affordable housing units. What existed there before it was demolished in 2013?
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A hockey arena.
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An outdoor waterpark.
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The former central library branch.
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A large-scale abbatoir.
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