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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of July 19
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1Demolition crews razed this structure near Cornwall, Ont., earlier this month, ending a decades-long fight to preserve it. What sort of structure was it?
- AA former convent.
- BOne of the region's oldest jails.
- CAn inn run by Ontario's first premier.
- DA grist mill.
2Due to scheduled maintenance work, what stretch of the Confederation LRT line closed for two weeks on Monday?
- ATunney's Pasture station to Rideau station.
- BHurdman station to Blair station.
- CLyon station to uOttawa station.
- DLees station to Tremblay station.
3What do the red hexagons on this map of the ByWard Market and its surrounding area represent?
- AAreas where Ottawa police are planning to step up their patrols.
- BPotential locations for a new 2,500-seat music venue.
- CEstablishments that reported rodent infestations to the city in 2023.
- DSuspicious fires that have been set over the past four months.
4Corey Hurren, seen at his sentencing hearing in 2021, was recently granted a conditional release. What had he been convicted of doing?
- ACrashing his truck through the gates of Rideau Hall.
- BBurning down a church east of Ottawa.
- CHarassing and extorting a teen girl online.
- DOrchestrating a cyberattack on the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
5Ottawa public servant Kevin Brown told CBC how he's been living through a bureaucratic nightmare because someone with his same name and birthdate did WHAT more than 30 years ago?
- AReceived a driver's licence suspension.
- BRobbed a convenience store.
- CGot turned away at the U.S. border.
- DFailed to pay a parking ticket.
6Nouzha Idrissi says it's nearly impossible to spend time outside her Gatineau, Que., home because of the presence of which vicious insect that once stung her husband so severely he ended up at the ER?
- AThe European fire ant.
- BThe Asian giant hornet.
- CThe African tiger beetle.
- DThe American bullet wasp.
7Rowan Warr-Hunter installed this message on the window of his Picton, Ont., business to protest an order issued by provincial officials. What does Warr-Hunter sell at the shop?
- AVaping supplies.
- BCannabis products.
- CNon-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits.
- DElectric bicycles.
8Which local Liberal MP was named the country's labour minister Friday following the resignation of Seamus O'Regan?
- ASteven MacKinnon.
- BAnita Vandenbeld.
- CYasir Naqvi.
- DMark Gerretsen.
9These workers have been on the picket lines in Ottawa since July 8, and their strike captain told CBC this week they've had no official discussions with their employer since the strike began. Where do they work?
- AThe local children's aid society.
- BThe LCBO.
- CSeven different Ottawa dental clinics.
- DThe Ottawa International Airport.
10Ottawa Public Health said Friday that they'd confirmed someone had fallen ill — in what was the city's first case of 2024 — with which of the following?
- AWest Nile virus.
- BAvian influenza.
- CListeriosis.
- DMeasles.
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