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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of April 12
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1Brandon Pacey has been waving daily to his 102-year-old grandmother through a window, after her long-term care home announced this past week it was experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. Where is her home located?

- ABrockville.
- BCarleton Place.
- CCornwall.
- DSmiths Falls.
2Which Ottawa city councillor hopes to open up a space for the city's homeless where they can rest and use the washroom during the pandemic?

- ACatherine McKenney.
- BJeff Leiper.
- CMathieu Fleury.
- DLaura Dudas.
3"We feel a sense of resiliency [and that's] a really important feeling in an uncertain time." What act was Elle Crevits referring to when she spoke those words on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning?
- ABaking bread.
- BFostering an animal.
- CPlanting a garden.
- DLearning a musical instrument.
4Denis Gilles warned this week that a number of businesses in which of the following industries may not reopen post-pandemic, without targeted financial support from the federal government?

- AThe hotel industry.
- BThe cannabis industry.
- CThe construction industry.
- DThe auto industry.
5On the other hand, Sarah Hunt says the COVID-19 pandemic has "actually increased our business by probably one and a half times the normal." What does she do?

- AShe's a maple syrup producer.
- BShe's a cattle farmer.
- CShe's a video game programmer.
- DShe runs a sex shop.
6Zak the therapy dog is used to helping people deal with stress, but with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing he's taken his efforts online. Where does he normally ply his trade?

- ACarleton University.
- BCHEO.
- CThe Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.
- DAt Ottawa Public Library branches.
7Samir Chowieri, the Gatineau-based president of the group that owns a Montreal long-term care home where more than two dozen seniors recently died, spent time in jail in the 1980s for various crimes. Which of these was an actual crime he was convicted of?

- AAcquiring more than 12 tonnes of cheese without paying.
- BSmuggling maple syrup across the U.S.-Canada border in a former school bus.
- CBribing officials at a prominent Quebec chess tournament.
- DOperating a zamboni without a license.
8What is the volunteer-run Together Apart website helping Ottawans do during the pandemic?

- ACo-ordinate public shows of support for health-care and other front-line workers.
- BFind stores and restaurants still open for pickup and delivery.
- CConnect with other Ottawans who need someone to deliver groceries.
- DHost online parties from the safety of their own homes.
9The National Capital Commission announced Friday that a partial stretch of which of the following streets would be closed to vehicular traffic until at least April 26?

- AColonel By Drive.
- BThe Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.
- CThe Queen Elizabeth Driveway.
- DThe Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway.
10Local artist Caroline Monnet learned this week she'd be getting $25,000, as the organizers of which prestigious art award announced they'd be recognizing all long-listed artists to help them get through the pandemic?

- AThe Sobey Art Award.
- BThe Governor General's Award.
- CThe RBC Canadian Painting Award.
- DThe American Art Award.
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