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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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What "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?
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It called in the Canadian Red Cross for help.
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It began accepting adult patients.
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It started transferring some children to Montreal.
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It set up a field hospital in the parking lot.
Question 2
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What 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?
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Digital paintings.
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Pieces of pottery.
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Handwoven tapestries.
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Sculptures made of blown glass.
Question 3
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Sharon 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?
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Stem cells from the umbilical cord.
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Vitamin D supplements.
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A drug used to treat malaria.
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Cannabis oil.
Question 4
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Despite 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?
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Overbrook.
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Emerald Woods.
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Heron Gate.
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Britannia Heights.
Question 5
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After reports emerged of large weekend gatherings, what step did Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson propose Tuesday for city-run parks?
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Imposing an 8 p.m. curfew.
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Enforcing strict capacity limits.
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Ticketing anyone caught loitering.
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Posting one bylaw officer at each park.
Question 6
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Final 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?
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Beverley McLachlin, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Former prime minister Jean Chretien.
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Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Actor and comedian Eugene Levy.
Question 7
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Jeff Letourneau, chief adminstrative officer for the Ottawa Police Service, was fired this week for allegedly doing what?
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Using a police vehicle for personal use.
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Taking part in a racist conversation.
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Deleting a family member's speeding ticket from the system.
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Claiming far more overtime than he'd actually worked.
Question 8
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Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Que., mayor Tom Arnold is calling for which of the following creatures to be "eradicated" from his western Quebec town?
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Beavers.
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Mosquitoes.
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Rabbits.
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Squirrels.
Question 9
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"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?
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Dr. Peter Juni, director of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table.
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Pontiac MP Will Amos.
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Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney.
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Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston MPP Randy Hillier.
Question 10
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Students in Jessica McIntyre's ESL class at Glebe Collegiate Institute worked together to unearth the story of Harry Timothy Jones. Who was he?
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A soldier in Canada's only all-Black First World War battalion.
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One of the first Black professional baseball players in North America.
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A Canadian blues musician who rode the rails in the early 20th century.
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A pastor who hid slaves escaping the U.S. via the Underground Railroad.
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