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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of July 9
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1Eric Duquette is one of three new co-owners of what Outaouais fast food institution in Wakefield, Que., that had been closed since the previous owners retired in 2021?
- AJacques Burger.
- BJean Burger.
- CMarcel Burger.
- DGaetan Burger.
2According to Ottawa's former transit commission chair, what could have prevented massive crowds from disrupting Canada Day LRT service at Pimisi station?
- AHaving better communication from police and OC Transpo.
- BBuilding the station according to its initial multi-platform design.
- CRunning trains according to the original Confederation Line schedule.
- DAllowing vehicles more access to some surrounding streets.
3July 4 was proclaimed this week as Jesse Luketa Day, in honour of the National Football League linebacker who grew up in the nation's capital. For which NFL team does Luketa ply his trade?
- AArizona Cardinals.
- BMiami Dolphins.
- CMinnesota Vikings.
- DTennessee Titans.
4What unusual incident happened Wednesday afternoon on Sparks Street, prompting the local BIA to reassure people that no one was injured?
- ATens of thousands of bees swarmed a tree.
- BA large sculpture of a bear was struck by lightning.
- CA few dozen beer kegs left in an hot delivery truck exploded.
- DProtesters smashed the windows of a shop selling tourist knick-knacks.
5Police cracked one of Canada's best-known cold cases this week, identifying this woman whose body was found in 1975 and laying a murder charge against the man alleged to have killed her. What eastern Ontario geographical moniker was Jewell Parchman Langford known by all this time?
- ANation River Lady.
- BBurritts Rapids Lady.
- COpeongo Road Lady.
- DRideau Falls Lady.
6Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, was charged with three offences week after he allegedly created propaganda for a group the federal government deems a terrorist entity. Which of the following best describes that group?
- AIt's an al-Qaeda offshoot based in the United Kingdom.
- BIt's a neo-Nazi group that wants to prompt the collapse of society.
- CIt's a political party that calls for the eradication of Israel and an independent Palestine.
- DIt's a loose collective of cells that commit eco-terrorism.
7Ontario's police watchdog said Thursday it found no reasonable grounds to lay charges against an Ottawa Police Service officer who fired his rifle at a man on Walkley Road in March. What was the man doing at the time?
- AWielding a sword.
- BShooting off fireworks.
- CRobbing a convenience store.
- DUrinating on a police cruiser.
8Cénédra Poulin and Anne Budge canoed up and down the Coulonge River in western Quebec this June, paddling between 60 and 100 kilometres during that time. What were they searching for?
- AAmerican eels.
- BWood turtles.
- CVarious invasive carp species.
- DA sense of purpose in this bleak, uncaring world.
9Ottawa-raised writer and illustrator Rosemary Mosco recently told CBC how she uses cartooning to navigate the anxiety she feels about which issue?
- AClimate change.
- BAnti-LGBTQ prejudice and violence.
- CHer own chronic illness.
- DThe war in Ukraine.
10The National Art Gallery's windowed facade will soon be home to a two-storey mural by Montreal-based artist Deanna Bowen called The Black Canadians (after Cooke). Who was Cooke?
- AA writer who argued against Black immigration from the U.S.
- BOne of the first artists to depict the everyday lives of Black Canadians.
- CA doctor who performed medical experiments on Black people without their consent.
- DA politician who encouraged Black people to build homesteads on the Canadian prairies.
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