CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of April 11

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How closely did you follow the past week of local news?
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Questão 1

Questão
What "unprecedented" step did CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital, choose to take this week due to pressures caused by the pandemic's third wave?
Responda
  • It called in the Canadian Red Cross for help.
  • It began accepting adult patients.
  • It started transferring some children to Montreal.
  • It set up a field hospital in the parking lot.

Questão 2

Questão
What has Dr. Marisa Azad, a physician at The Ottawa Hospital, been creating and giving to families who've lost loved ones in the intensive care unit?
Responda
  • Digital paintings.
  • Pieces of pottery.
  • Handwoven tapestries.
  • Sculptures made of blown glass.

Questão 3

Questão
Sharon Charlebois survived COVID-19 earlier this year, and is currently part of a clinical trial to determine whether which of the following can help the body fight and recover from the disease?
Responda
  • Stem cells from the umbilical cord.
  • Vitamin D supplements.
  • A drug used to treat malaria.
  • Cannabis oil.

Questão 4

Questão
Despite living in the neighbourhood with Ottawa's second-highest rate of COVID-19, 66-year-old Michael Brisson says he's been unable to get vaccinated. Where does he live?
Responda
  • Overbrook.
  • Emerald Woods.
  • Heron Gate.
  • Britannia Heights.

Questão 5

Questão
After reports emerged of large weekend gatherings, what step did Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson propose Tuesday for city-run parks?
Responda
  • Imposing an 8 p.m. curfew.
  • Enforcing strict capacity limits.
  • Ticketing anyone caught loitering.
  • Posting one bylaw officer at each park.

Questão 6

Questão
Final drawings were released Tuesday of Ottawa's future central library, while a prominent Canadian was named honourary chair of the fundraising campaign. Who is taking on that role?
Responda
  • Beverley McLachlin, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • Former prime minister Jean Chretien.
  • Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
  • Actor and comedian Eugene Levy.

Questão 7

Questão
Jeff Letourneau, chief adminstrative officer for the Ottawa Police Service, was fired this week for allegedly doing what?
Responda
  • Using a police vehicle for personal use.
  • Taking part in a racist conversation.
  • Deleting a family member's speeding ticket from the system.
  • Claiming far more overtime than he'd actually worked.

Questão 8

Questão
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Que., mayor Tom Arnold is calling for which of the following creatures to be "eradicated" from his western Quebec town?
Responda
  • Beavers.
  • Mosquitoes.
  • Rabbits.
  • Squirrels.

Questão 9

Questão
"It sends a terrible signal ... it says if there's partisan gain to be achieved, then anything goes and that's not acceptable." Who spoke those words this week?
Responda
  • Dr. Peter Juni, director of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table.
  • Pontiac MP Will Amos.
  • Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney.
  • Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston MPP Randy Hillier.

Questão 10

Questão
Students in Jessica McIntyre's ESL class at Glebe Collegiate Institute worked together to unearth the story of Harry Timothy Jones. Who was he?
Responda
  • A soldier in Canada's only all-Black First World War battalion.
  • One of the first Black professional baseball players in North America.
  • A Canadian blues musician who rode the rails in the early 20th century.
  • A pastor who hid slaves escaping the U.S. via the Underground Railroad.

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