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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 5
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1Issa Khoury has been checking in on this shuttered embassy building since it closed in 2012 when what country's diplomats were expelled from Canada?
- AIran.
- BSyria.
- CVenezuela.
- DEritrea.
2Diana Ayoub, the Ottawa woman who inspired the hit song "Diana," died recently at the age of 83. Which Canadian musician wrote the original hit?
- APaul Anka.
- BBryan Adams.
- CLeonard Cohen.
- DIan Tyson.
3Duane Gastant' Aucoin was one of several Pembroke, Ont., residents who told CBC they were shocked that Ron Gervais, the new mayor, had decided to unilaterally do what?
- AScrap the city's diversity committee.
- BRemove an Indigenous-themed mural from the downtown.
- CDisband the local police force.
- DEnd online participation in municipal meetings.
4Ontario Provincial Police said two people were badly injured when WHAT happened Monday evening near the town of Bainsville, Ont.?
- ATheir plane went down on Highway 401.
- BFuel tanks exploded at the gas station where they work.
- CTheir tractor capsized and they were pinned inside for several hours.
- DA meteorite crashed through the roof of their home.
5Chrystal Wilson said this early Tuesday morning fire in Kingston, Ont., could have been a lot worse had residents and staff with her non-profit not stepped up to help. What burned to the ground?
- AA cabin where homeless people can sleep.
- BA food pantry for low-income residents.
- CThe city's lone supervised injection site.
- DA quonset hut serving as a temporary respite centre.
6This longtime Ottawa bar will not be hosting its annual Christmas Day community feast this year due to pressures facing restaurants and concerns about viruses. What bar is it?
- AThe Carleton Tavern.
- BThe Chateau Lafayette.
- CIrene's Pub.
- DFinnigan's Pub.
7Marie-Ève Nault told CBC this week that she strongly believed a new Canadian professional women's sports league should have a team in the nation's capital when it launches in 2025. What sport will the league play?
- ASoccer.
- BRugby.
- CHockey.
- DBasketball.
8Ottawa's new city council confirmed during its big governance review Wednesday that unelected citizens would no longer have seats on which of the following municipal bodies?
- ATransit commission.
- BThe police board.
- CThe built heritage committee.
- DThe public health board.
9A Quebec police ethics board found that two Gatineau officers breached the province's code of ethics when they arrested Antoine Trépanier in 2018. What was the context of Trepanier's arrest?
- AHe was a journalist working on an investigative story.
- BHe was a young father trying to get medical care for his son.
- CHe was an opposition MNA protesting a provincial bill.
- DHe was a university professor teaching a course on terrorism.
10What does a new report into Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean, a man born in the early 1800s near Montreal, call into question?
- AThe Algonquin ancestry of hundreds of people.
- BThe official story of the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
- CThe origins of the sport of ice hockey.
- DThe activities of a French secret society based in Ottawa.
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