CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 5

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
Trevor Pritchard
Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
Trevor Pritchard
Created by Trevor Pritchard over 2 years ago
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Question 1

Question
Danny Sivyer told CBC News this week his venue was "at the end of [its] rope" and would be shutting down Sept. 18 after nearly four decades in business. What does he run?
Answer
  • A music venue in the ByWard Market.
  • An independent theatre in Old Ottawa South.
  • An LGBTQ bookstore in Sandy Hill.
  • A movie rental store in the Glebe.

Question 2

Question
According to local officials, what did someone who took part in a Cornwall, Ont., hospital protest against COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday allegedly do?
Answer
  • Show up with an active case of COVID-19.
  • Scrawl a racist message on a nurse's car.
  • Throw a large rock through a hospital window.
  • Overdose on ivermectin.

Question 3

Question
What happened near Hunt Club and Conroy roads late Tuesday afternoon that prompted an investigation by the Special Investigations Unit, Ontario's police watchdog?
Answer
  • Three people were hospitalized after a crash involving a police cruiser.
  • An officer shot a man who was wielding a can of bear spray.
  • A man jumped from an apartment window during a drug raid.
  • A journalist was arrested while trying to photograph a crime scene.

Question 4

Question
Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly said Wednesday night that "short-term thinking" would not solve which of the following problems?
Answer
  • The steadily climbing number of opioid overdoses.
  • Motor vehicle collisions that injure cyclists and pedestrians.
  • Violence in the ByWard Market.
  • Structural racism within policing.

Question 5

Question
City of Ottawa official Anthony Di Monte announced this week he would be retiring at the end of October. What position has he held for the past few years?
Answer
  • General manager of emergency services.
  • Head of OC Transpo.
  • Director of the bylaw department.
  • Integrity commissioner.

Question 6

Question
Which eastern Ontario city issued an emergency order that came into effect Friday, following a string of long weekend street parties that violated the Reopening Ontario Act?
Answer
  • Brockville.
  • Cornwall.
  • Kingston.
  • Napanee.

Question 7

Question
What change does a Gatineau, Que., public health advisory committee say should be implemented on more than 1,500 streets in the western Quebec city?
Answer
  • Kids should be allowed to play street hockey on them.
  • Segregated bike lanes should be added.
  • Street signs should also be translated into Anishinaabemowin.
  • They should be blocked off to most motorized vehicles during the summer.

Question 8

Question
Hélène Barette-Mousseau has complained to the oversight board for western Quebec's health authority after she spent hours in pain on the floor of the Hull Hospital ER with which medical condition?
Answer
  • A perforated appendix.
  • Kidney stones.
  • Acute pancreatitis.
  • A slipped disc.

Question 9

Question
Where did Ottawa police apparently discover a human leg Friday afternoon?
Answer
  • At a recycling plant.
  • Off to the side of a forested trail.
  • In a garbage bin behind a hospital.
  • In a corn field.

Question 10

Question
Barry Blondin says he's still haunted by what he saw in New York after the 9/11 attacks, which occurred 20 years ago Saturday. Why was he in the city?
Answer
  • He'd driven down after the attack to help with the search efforts.
  • He was visiting his daughter and staying two blocks away from the World Trade Center.
  • His law firm was scheduled to have a meeting in the North Tower that afternoon.
  • He was part of the engineering team that analyzed how the towers collapsed.
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