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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of April 11

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  1. 1What "unprecedented" step did CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital, choose to take this week due to pressures caused by the pandemic's third wave?Image for question 1
    1. AIt called in the Canadian Red Cross for help.
    2. BIt began accepting adult patients.
    3. CIt started transferring some children to Montreal.
    4. DIt set up a field hospital in the parking lot.
  2. 2What has Dr. Marisa Azad, a physician at The Ottawa Hospital, been creating and giving to families who've lost loved ones in the intensive care unit?Image for question 2
    1. ADigital paintings.
    2. BPieces of pottery.
    3. CHandwoven tapestries.
    4. DSculptures made of blown glass.
  3. 3Sharon Charlebois survived COVID-19 earlier this year, and is currently part of a clinical trial to determine whether which of the following can help the body fight and recover from the disease?Image for question 3
    1. AStem cells from the umbilical cord.
    2. BVitamin D supplements.
    3. CA drug used to treat malaria.
    4. DCannabis oil.
  4. 4Despite living in the neighbourhood with Ottawa's second-highest rate of COVID-19, 66-year-old Michael Brisson says he's been unable to get vaccinated. Where does he live?Image for question 4
    1. AOverbrook.
    2. BEmerald Woods.
    3. CHeron Gate.
    4. DBritannia Heights.
  5. 5After reports emerged of large weekend gatherings, what step did Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson propose Tuesday for city-run parks?Image for question 5
    1. AImposing an 8 p.m. curfew.
    2. BEnforcing strict capacity limits.
    3. CTicketing anyone caught loitering.
    4. DPosting one bylaw officer at each park.
  6. 6Final drawings were released Tuesday of Ottawa's future central library, while a prominent Canadian was named honourary chair of the fundraising campaign. Who is taking on that role?Image for question 6
    1. ABeverley McLachlin, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
    2. BFormer prime minister Jean Chretien.
    3. CPerry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
    4. DActor and comedian Eugene Levy.
  7. 7Jeff Letourneau, chief adminstrative officer for the Ottawa Police Service, was fired this week for allegedly doing what?Image for question 7
    1. AUsing a police vehicle for personal use.
    2. BTaking part in a racist conversation.
    3. CDeleting a family member's speeding ticket from the system.
    4. DClaiming far more overtime than he'd actually worked.
  8. 8Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Que., mayor Tom Arnold is calling for which of the following creatures to be "eradicated" from his western Quebec town?Image for question 8
    1. ABeavers.
    2. BMosquitoes.
    3. CRabbits.
    4. DSquirrels.
  9. 9"It sends a terrible signal ... it says if there's partisan gain to be achieved, then anything goes and that's not acceptable." Who spoke those words this week?Image for question 9
    1. ADr. Peter Juni, director of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table.
    2. BPontiac MP Will Amos.
    3. CSomerset Coun. Catherine McKenney.
    4. DLanark—Frontenac—Kingston MPP Randy Hillier.
  10. 10Students in Jessica McIntyre's ESL class at Glebe Collegiate Institute worked together to unearth the story of Harry Timothy Jones. Who was he?Image for question 10
    1. AA soldier in Canada's only all-Black First World War battalion.
    2. BOne of the first Black professional baseball players in North America.
    3. CA Canadian blues musician who rode the rails in the early 20th century.
    4. DA pastor who hid slaves escaping the U.S. via the Underground Railroad.

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