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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 14
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1Some residents of Wilno, Ont., are still touchy about a 1972 report by Slavic folklorist Jan Perkowski, who wrote about legends that WHICH supernatural creatures infested the Ottawa Valley town?
- AWerewolves.
- BVampires.
- CChupacabras.
- DBaba Yagas.
2The local French public school board says that next year it will rename one of its schools "Grande-Ourse," which translates into English as Ursa Major, the constellation that holds the Big Dipper. Who is the school currently named after?
- ASir John A. Macdonald.
- BJulie Payette.
- CMaurice Duplessis.
- DAlex Trebek.
3What did work crews do last weekend at the Rideau LRT station during a partial shutdown of the Confederation Line?
- AThey pumped hundreds of litres of grout into the tunnel walls.
- BThey completely reinstalled the station's multi-storey escalator.
- CThey tore up and reoriented a section of the tracks.
- DThey reinforced the station with stronger concrete to prevent another sinkhole.
4Five people were injured and the driver of this van died after they collided with WHAT in South Stormont, Ont., on Monday afternoon?
- AA school bus.
- BAn ambulance.
- CA group of cyclists.
- DA moose.
5Ottawa city council debated the possibility of dropping the speed limit from 80 km/h to 60 km/h on a stretch of this suburban road, due to the number of crashes. Which road is it?
- AMarch Road.
- BTrim Road.
- CGreenbank Road.
- DCastlefrank Road.
6This graph shows how bylaw calls in Ottawa have increased between 2019 and 2022 for which of the following complaints?
- AAggressive dogs.
- BVehicles parked in bike lanes.
- CPublic drinking and drug use.
- DNoise violations.
7What's depicted in this crop of a larger image?
- AThe reverse of a Canada's new $100 bill.
- BA page from the country's redesigned passport.
- CArtwork that will be installed at Ottawa's future central library.
- DAn NFT that once belonged to former Sens owner Eugene Melnyk.
8An Ontario bill called Garrett's Legacy Act — named in memory of Garrett Mills, a 15-year-old boy who died in Napanee in 2017 — could become law later this year. What recreational amenities would the bill regulate?
- ASoccer nets.
- BPlayground swings.
- CField goal posts.
- DOutdoor rinks.
9Sgt. Eric Mueller, the OPP officer who was shot and killed Thursday in Bourget, Ont., had also been seriously injured in an arrest gone wrong 15 years earlier. What happened?
- AA tractor-trailer driver struck him while fleeing the scene.
- BA woman wanted for outstanding warrants doused him with acid.
- CHe was stabbed while breaking up a bar fight.
- DHe was mauled by a pit bull.
10Roger Romero and Giselle Valazero say they've been left disappointed and disheartened by the police force in Kingston, Ont. What do they accuse the force of doing?
- AAllowing a report they helped write to collect dust on a shelf.
- BPromoting white officers ahead of racialized officers with equal qualifications.
- CFailing to share documents that should legally be available to the public.
- DRefusing to look outside Kingston for the city's next police chief.
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