It's time for the weekly CBC Ottawa news quiz

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11 February 2024 at 4:00 am

Time for the weekly CBC Ottawa news quiz. How closely have you been paying attention over the past seven days? (Trevor Pritchard/CBC - image credit)

Why is the future of the historic Château Montebello suddenly a bit unsettled?

What will Ontario history students in grades 7, 8 and 10 begin learning about under a curriculum change rolling out in 2025?

And which Ottawa singer-songwriter nabbed five nominations for the 2024 Juno Awards?

These are just a few of the questions designed to vex and perplex you in this week's CBC Ottawa news quiz.

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LA Times
Sex tourism in Indonesia sells itself as Islamic temporary marriage
Saudi sex tourists are buying weeklong marriages to young women in Indonesia. It's an economic lifeline for villages. For the women, it's 'torture.'
Evening Standard
Otter attack in Malaysia leaves woman bloodied and unable to stand
Mariasella Harun was ambushed while jogging in Perdana Park
Evening Standard
Kylian Mbappe 'agreed to join Liverpool' after huge transfer betrayal
France superstar joined Real Madrid this summer
Sky News
Former model and Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic 'pureed' in blender by husband - reports
A former model who was a finalist in the Miss Switzerland contest was allegedly murdered and "pureed" in a blender by her husband, officials in Switzerland are reported to have said. Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was found dead in her home in Binningen, near Basel, Switzerland, in February this year. According to local news outlet BZ Basel, a man named Thomas, 41, had an appeal for release from custody denied by the Federal Court in Lausanne on Wednesday after he reportedly confessed to killing his wife, with whom he had two children.
The Telegraph
‘Trump debated three people and won’: Telegraph readers on the presidential debate
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went head-to-head in their first and possibly only debate on Tuesday night.
BuzzFeed
18 Awkward, Yikes, Or Otherwise Ridiculous Presidential Debate Moments
Trump telling Harris to stop laughing at him was a real thing that happened multiple times.
WWD
Blackpink’s Lisa Makes a Dramatic Arrival to MTV VMAs 2024 Red Carpet in Theatrical Mugler Dress With Veil Detail
The Louis Vuitton brand ambassador favored a dramatic look for the awards show on Wednesday.
INSIDER
Kamala Harris trolled Trump about his crowd size at rallies. Then Trump went off the rails.
Kamala Harris goaded Donald Trump during their debate by saying people leave his rallies early. Trump took the bait and got visibly flustered.
HuffPost
'Holy S**t': Jon Stewart Nails Exact Moment Kamala Harris 'Crushed' Trump At Debate
The "Daily Show" host hit the former president for an "insanely false" claim at the debate.
Sky News
Jon Bon Jovi helps 'distraught' woman to step away from ledge of Nashville bridge
Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been captured on camera helping to persuade a "distraught" woman to step away from the ledge of a bridge in Nashville. The US singer was reportedly filming a video for his band's track "The People's House" on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was spotted on the other side of the railings. CCTV footage, shared by local police, shows the Bon Jovi frontman and woman walking down the middle of the bridge on Tuesday evening.
Evening Standard
Horror as boy, 12, plunges to his death from balcony after 'playing with new friends' on luxury cruise ship
The boy tumbled from a 13th floor balcony as the ship headed to port after week-long Caribbean cruise
Associated Press
Pope marvels at Singapore's skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant workers not be forgotten
Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest. Francis marveled at Singapore's modern skyscrapers “that seem to rise from the sea” in both his opening speech to the city-state's leaders and again in the afternoon, when he celebrated Mass before an estimated 50,000 people at Singapore's national stadium. Singapore celebrated Francis' arrival by unveiling a new hybrid orchid named for him, the "Dendrobium His Holiness Pope Francis."
Reuters
Russia says it could "combine" with China if they faced a threat
Russia said on Wednesday that its partnership with China was not aimed against third countries but the two powers could "combine potential" if faced with a threat from the United States. "I would like to remind you that Moscow and Beijing will respond to 'double containment' by the United States with 'double counteraction'," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said when asked about a possible deployment of U.S. missiles in Japan.
The Independent
Stephen Miller rages at journalist in Harris-Trump debate spin room: ‘Do you have any remorse?’
Ex-White House official yelled at reporter, who seemed increasingly confused by Miller’s reaction
The Guardian
Republicans dismayed by Trump’s ‘bad’ and ‘unprepared’ debate performance
GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate
Engadget
It's a good year to buy the vanilla iPhone 16 (and avoid the SE at all costs)
After sitting with Apple's announcements for a day, one thing has become clear: The plain $799 iPhone 16 is a pretty solid deal, at least compared to basic iPhones from the last few years.
Evening Standard
Manchester United: Alarming Matthijs de Ligt claim made as Harry Maguire pushes to win back spot
The defender has endured a tough week and Rafael van der Vaart has his say
The Wrap
Megyn Kelly Is Disgusted by Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris Endorsement: ‘F You’
"I’m allowed to criticize Taylor Swift, and I don’t give a s--t who gets upset," the right-wing podcast host adds The post Megyn Kelly Is Disgusted by Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris Endorsement: ‘F You’ appeared first on TheWrap.
Sky News
Aggression, disrespect and insult - a confrontation that Trump has rarely faced
Donald Trump rolled out the long-debunked rumour that Haitian immigrants were eating pet dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio. The debate moderator, in serious tone, duly interjected that they'd contacted the "city manager" who had played it down. Kamala Harris will be content that she asserted an authority and stage presence that rattled Donald Trump - calling him weak, saying that Vladimir Putin would have him for lunch and saying that people left his rallies out of exhaustion and boredom.
The Independent
Pic of Biden wearing Trump hat sends MAGA fans into meltdown – but White House says he was promoting ‘unity’
The president briefly donned a ‘Trump 2024’ hat during a visit to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday following a 9/11 memorial service

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