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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 21
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1Which eastern Ontario municipality will soon fly a Pride flag after council overturned a decades-old policy that prevented them from flying flags that supported any cause?
- APerth.
- BPembroke.
- CPetawawa.
- DPakenham.
2An Ontario child welfare organization is recommending Canada establish a central registry for which of the following groups?
- AUnaccompanied minors fleeing the war in Ukraine.
- BYoung people who've survived an opioid overdose.
- CAnyone under the age of 19 who travels to Canada as a migrant worker.
- DIndigenous children who are put up for adoption.
3What's depicted in this aerial image, one of seven such projects across Ontario given the green light by a provincial agency on Tuesday?
- AA 500-megawatt battery storage system near Napanee, Ont.
- BA large vertical farming project outside Chesterville, Ont.
- CA testing facility for self-driving vehicles on the outskirts of Cornwall, Ont.
- DA processing plant in Bath, Ont., for rare-earth minerals.
4On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police identified human remains pulled from Lake Ontario this winter as those of David Hannah, who was doing what in the Kingston area when he disappeared 40 years ago?
- AWorking as a prison guard.
- BCoaching a local minor league hockey team.
- CHitchhiking across the country.
- DTeaching engineering at Queen's University.
5Police, firefighters and paramedics all responded to an apparent plane crash in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday night, only to discover once they got there, there was no crash. What was actually taking place?
- AParachuters with the military college were putting on a demonstration.
- BA farmer was carrying out a controlled agricultural burn.
- CFilm crews were shooting a scene for an upcoming CBC movie.
- DA small meteorite had crashed into a field, sparking a brush fire.
6What's the latest news about this mansion in Gatineau, Que., which has been the subject of a roughly decade-long legal and administrative dispute?
- AIt has to be demolished.
- BIt's up for sale.
- CIt's being turned into affordable housing.
- DIt's been purchased by the Hell's Angels.
7Barton McKinley spoke to CBC about how one year after last May's deadly derecho windstorm, he's still dealing with damage — and has no final repair date in sight. What happened to his property?
- AA tree pierced a hole in his roof.
- BPatio furniture was flung through his glass deck doors.
- CHis chimney was partially ripped off.
- DHis backyard shed caught fire when a power line landed on it.
8Some air travellers saw their long weekend plans upended when which carrier cancelled roughly 100 flights Friday — even though they'd reached a last-minute contract deal with their pilots?
- AWestJet.
- BAir Canada.
- CPorter.
- DSunwing.
9What did the lawyers for 39-year-old Alain Bellefeuille, the man charged with killing OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller on May 11 and injuring two of his colleagues, dispute in both a public statement and an interview late this week?
- ADescriptions by police that the killing was an "ambush."
- BThe way the three officers allegedly responded to the call.
- CClaims being made about their client's mental health.
- DAn MPP's disparaging comments about any lawyer who'd choose to defend Bellefeuille.
10Which Canadian sports icon and Olympic gold medallist announced Friday that they'd joined a bid to buy the Ottawa Senators?
- ASprinter Donovan Bailey.
- BHockey player Hayley Wickenheiser.
- CSpeed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes.
- DBoxer Lennox Lewis.
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