
January 23, 2025
Season 40 Episode 16 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Trump’s inauguration, lunar landers and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Trump’s inauguration, the ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, California wildfires, new lunar landers, flying electric taxis, Vodun in Benin, ancient giant sloths, an albatross reality show, and more!
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January 23, 2025
Season 40 Episode 16 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Trump’s inauguration, the ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, California wildfires, new lunar landers, flying electric taxis, Vodun in Benin, ancient giant sloths, an albatross reality show, and more!
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We hope you are staying we've had!
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Now let's warm up your Question.
Where did Martin Luther King Dream" speech?
We just the civil rights leader.
that is very famous and was the for jobs and freedom in August gave the speech is very famous and the other participants national leaders.
Can you think King Jr. deliver his "I Have a answer, after the news.
Topping sworn in as our nation's 47th new vice president.
Of course, first time holding this also our 45th president.
position for JD Vance.
He Ohio before becoming President of the cold temperatures, the place on Monday, January 20th Washington, D.C. President was on hand for the ceremony.
George W. Bush and Bill Clinton leader took his oath of office his plans for our nation's just part of the entire president and vice president positions at midnight on included a luncheon, multiple also moved inside due to the A ceasefire deal was reached Hamas, the first step to ending than year.
Teams with outgoing incoming President Donald Trump Qatar and Egypt on the deal.
country that sits on the militant group that rules an Strip, which is a Palestinian War broke out October 7th, surprise attacks on Israel, Israel responded with attacks displaced many Palestinians.
since.
After many between the two groups -- and involved -- both sides agreed agreement to suspend fighting, work towards a peace agreement.
Time now for the first part of are about the presidential Questions 3 and 4 take us to to the news -- residents in California multiple wildfires raged More than 100-thousand people and many lost everything in the people were animal owners, who their pets out of harm's way.
Angeles are collecting supplies including dogs, cats and some bunnies, turtles, snakes and Two lunar landers are now on and Japanese landers both from NASA's Kennedy Space ride to save money, but they the moon.
While there, the including testing lunar dirt sources.
But they will also installation.
A Swedish artist house 25 years ago, with a plan moon.
The Moonhouse, as it is the world and to the and will soon be delivered by permanent spot on the moon.
"It's art."
And soon you could see.
a flying taxi.
The newest class are called "eVTOL" -- for landing."
They lift off the fly like airplanes, traveling with a range of about 100 miles flights are already happening hopes the taxis could be 2020s.
They say a trip that the ground stuck in traffic may one of these electric air Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is a Question 6 is ready for launch.
And Question 7 is flying into In Western Africa, a Voodoo learn about their ancestors -- religion.
Voodoo, or the region that is now the country Nigeria and Togo in Western along the Gulf of Guinea.
learning that the main belief have a spirit, and people are elements.
If you've ever thought about you'll enjoy this story.
early Americans may have shared creatures.
At dig sites in the scientists have found humans arrived in the Americas And those humans could have ground-dwelling sloths.
One fossilized bones from sloths footprints nearby.
And way down in the Southern reality show that's hatching a a livestream showing a >> colony of royal albatrosses Conservationists in the South livestream almost 10 years ago, year as they hatch and raise albatross fans are keeping an colony where 66 chicks have years.
And now here's the final part nature is part of Question 8.
>> Question 9 is a new look at this reality show for Question Have you come up with any goals current Opinion Question -- so are aiming to accomplish in Old Mill Elementary in Bullitt will be a family plan!
4th Grader Hazel from Murray to stay hydrated!
Holden is also a 4th Grader, School in Kentucky.
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Be sure to school, and teacher's name in Did you feel challenged by our Let's jump back to that one and Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Washington, D.C. back in 1963. inspiration for civil rights And that speech is just one Dr. King's life every January.
national holiday and a time for improve the lives of everyone.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is...
The presidential inauguration The answer to question 2 is... Also B. JD Vance is our new The answer to question 3 is... Israel is located at A on the The answer to question 4 is... C. A ceasefire is an agreement The answer to question 5 is... Shelters in Los Angeles are The answer to question 6 is... also B.
Art will soon land on The answer to question 7 is... A.
Electricity powers the The answer to question 8 is... also A. Vodun is the focus of The answer to question 9 is... B. Prehistoric giant sloth other locations.
And the answer to question 10 C. Royal Albatrosses star in And from the northeastern state some people are enjoying the ice castles!
These temporary attractions feature >> towers, tunnels, archways growing, harvesting and and then blasting them with fun!
That's it for us today.
Quiz.
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