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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of July 30
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1This 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?
- AIt was Ottawa's first police station.
- BIt was the city registry office.
- CIt was a one-room schoolhouse.
- DIt was a provincial jail.
2What unexpected catch did one angler haul out of a lake south of Maniwaki, Que., on Monday morning?
- AA Ziploc bag containing more than $130,000.
- BA three-metre-long sea snake.
- CHis mother's long lost wedding ring.
- DA human foot.
3According 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?
- AThe Department of National Defence headquarters.
- BThe Royal Military College of Canada.
- CThe Canadian War Museum.
- DCFB Petawawa.
4A team of investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were dispatched to the Alexandria, Ont., area on Wednesday after what happened that afternoon?
- AA freight train derailed.
- BA small plane crashed.
- CA hot air balloon struck a communications tower.
- DA boat collided with a ferry.
5What have people been dropping off in droves on Stephenie LaMaina's property after the Casselman, Ont., woman issued a call for help?
- ABottled water.
- BDiapers and other child-rearing supplies.
- CNaloxone kits.
- DPet food.
6Abdulhakim 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?
- AResettled nine Afghan families who fled the Taliban.
- BRegained its charitable status after losing it five years ago.
- CRecruited a new imam after their previous spiritual leader died in 2021.
- DWon a lawsuit against the developer of the 36-storey condo next door.
7Which local MP is now Canada's minister of families, children and social development after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overhauled his cabinet Wednesday?
- AJenna Sudds.
- BFrancis Drouin.
- CAnita Vandenbeld.
- DChandra Arya.
8Why did Flair Airlines issue an apology to Jamie Christensen of Arnprior, Ont.?
- AThey sold him tickets for a flight that didn't exist.
- BThey lost his pet cat.
- CHis in-flight meal sent him into anaphylactic shock.
- DHe was booted from a flight so that an MP could travel.
9Which 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?
- AVladimir Tarasenko.
- BTomas Tatar.
- CPatrick Kane.
- DPhil Kessel.
10The 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?
- AA hockey arena.
- BAn outdoor waterpark.
- CThe former central library branch.
- DA large-scale abbatoir.
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