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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
almost 3 years ago
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Question 1
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Isabella Pileggi is one of thousands of people in eastern Ontario waiting for non-urgent surgery as hospitals try to clear a backlog caused by COVID-19 shutdowns. What does she suffer from?
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Gallstones.
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A degenerative hip.
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Chronic sinus infections.
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A benign tumour on her foot.
Question 2
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Ottawa's Jonathan David scored one goal and helped set up the other last weekend to secure his club's spot as champions of which European soccer league?
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The English Premier League.
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The German Bundesliga.
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The French Ligue 1.
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The Turkish Süper Lig.
Question 3
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Ottawa city council voted 18-6 Monday in favour of having its integrity commissioner investigate how a confidential memo leaked to reporters. What was the memo about?
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A tax break for a Porsche dealership in Vanier.
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The city's lawsuit over the Rideau Street sinkhole.
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Allegations of sexual misconduct involving a city councillor.
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A shelved report about improving safety on the Transitway.
Question 4
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This is one of five design proposals for a monument in Ottawa that Veterans Affairs wants public feedback on. What would the monument commemorate?
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The Afghan war.
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The arrival of refugees after the Vietnam war.
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LGBTQ members of the Canadian military.
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The Bosnian war.
Question 5
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The Outaouais saw a number of COVID-19 restrictions lift Friday, with more to follow Monday when the region moves to the orange zone. Which of the following, however, will likely not happen until mid-June?
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Bars welcoming back patrons indoors.
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The end of the overnight curfew.
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Non-essential travel between regions of Quebec.
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Full-time school for grades 9 to 11.
Question 6
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Police are investigating Ottawa's fourth homicide of 2021 after 22-year-old Abdulqadir Yusuf was found dead of a gunshot wound Wednesday night in what part of the city?
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Alta Vista.
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Barrhaven.
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Gloucester.
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South Keys.
Question 7
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Ottawa police charged 57-year-old Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie, with dozens of new sex offences this week involving 14 former students. What did Watkins teach?
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Kindergarten.
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Grade 7 and 8 math.
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Grade 11 and 12 chemistry.
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High school concert and jazz bands.
Question 8
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A coroner's investigation found this week that the 2019 death of 72-year-old Louise Lortie Séguin was entirely preventable. How did she die?
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She drove into a giant hole formed by a washed-out road.
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She was electrocuted when the Ottawa River caused her home to flood.
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She was given the wrong opioid dose by an ICU nurse.
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She slipped on wet stairs at an LRT station and hit her head.
Question 9
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Lansdowne Park will play home in the coming months to an "immersive" digital projection of hundreds of works by which great European painter?
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Vincent Van Gogh.
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Salvador Dalí.
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Claude Monet.
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Caravaggio.
Question 10
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What is slated to close in Smiths Falls, Ont., by next June, creating uncertainty for the more than 100 people who work there?
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An Ontario Provincial Police communications centre.
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A cannabis production facility.
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The local agricultural college.
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A meat packing plant.
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