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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Feb. 6
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1Matias Munoz says he was left shaken after two people apparently came into his downtown apartment building early Sunday morning and did what?
- AScrawled racist slurs on the walls.
- BTried to set a fire in the lobby.
- CStole more than a dozen bicycles from a storage area.
- DEmptied an envelope with white powder in an elevator.
2Ottawa police said Tuesday that their ability to handle the ongoing COVID-19 mandate protests was being hampered by the fact nearly one quarter of the trucks involved had what?
- ATheir air brakes engaged.
- BFlammable materials in their trailers.
- CNo licence plates.
- DChildren inside.
3A 20-year-old U.S. man could face charges in relation to the protests after he allegedly did what?
- ADraped a "F-ck Trudeau" banner off the Thousand Islands Bridge.
- BMistakenly called in a bomb threat to police in Ottawa, Ohio.
- CPainted an eagle with the colours of the Canadian flag and brought it to Parliament Hill.
- DHacked into the City of Ottawa's YouTube page and disrupted a council meeting.
4Andrea Waddell told CBC News the cumulative stress from two years of a pandemic and the protests has caused her hair to fall out. What does Waddell do?
- AShe's an OC Transpo bus driver.
- BShe's a nurse at The Ottawa Hospital.
- CShe's a cashier at the Farm Boy at the Rideau Centre.
- DShe's a soon-to-be-retired bylaw officer.
5Which Ottawa-based agency said this week it was "blown away" by nearly $750,000 in donations that had rolled in since the start of the protests?
- AThe Shepherds of Good Hope.
- BThe Ottawa Food Bank.
- CThe Centretown Community Health Centre.
- DThe Ontario Trucking Association.
6Marcie Stevens, a survivor of the 2019 bus crash at Westboro station, was one of the people who spoke out in favour of which project that got the thumbs-up Thursday from Ottawa's planning committee?
- AThe parking garage for the future Civic hospital campus.
- BA state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation centre.
- CA slate of accessibility improvements at OC Transpo stations.
- DA 12-storey supportive housing complex in Stittsville.
7In a rare step, Ottawa city council overturned a previous decision by the planning committee this week and nixed which of the following projects?
- AEmbassies that were to be built on Mechanicsville green space.
- BA trio of warehouses planned for Walkley Road.
- CA proposed expansion of a ByWard Market homeless shelter.
- DA luxury car dealership that would have opened in Vanier.
8According to a senior source in Doug Ford's government, Ontario is looking at doing away with the fee for which of the following?
- ARenewing a vehicle licence.
- BVisiting or camping at provincial parks if you're a senior citizen.
- CFiling a freedom of information request.
- DRecycling electronic products.
9Standing six-foot-four and weighing 290 pounds, Chris Fournier is one of five Ottawa-raised athletes hoping to launch pro careers this April in which of the following sports?
- AAmerican football.
- BBaseball.
- CMixed martial arts.
- DSumo wrestling.
10On Friday, Cody McNeil met some of the firefighters who saved his life five years earlier when he was just a toddler. What had happened?
- AHis crib caught fire.
- BHe fell through the Rideau River ice.
- CCarbon monoxide leaked into his family's apartment.
- DHe was trapped under a collapsed play structure.
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