
January 30, 2025
Season 40 Episode 17 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the World Economic Forum, a planetary parade, dragon boats, and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about executive orders, the World Economic Forum, winter weather in the Southern United States, the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, a planetary parade, frost-resistant apple trees, the Maha Kumbh festival in India, dragon boats, and more!
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January 30, 2025
Season 40 Episode 17 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about executive orders, the World Economic Forum, winter weather in the Southern United States, the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, a planetary parade, frost-resistant apple trees, the Maha Kumbh festival in India, dragon boats, and more!
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Let's start off with a Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs!
that will face each other in February 9th in New Orleans, and Chiefs!
Now, are your Let's give them a boost with Think geography.
What is the southernmost has felt like we are on this frigid temperatures.
It's the polar bears!
Can you name it?
continent?
We'll have that Topping our news this week -- his second term with hundreds range of issues.
An executive from the president of the force of law.
They are not laws don't require approval from overturn them.
Congress can make it difficult to carry out funding.
The Supreme Court also executive order In his first week in office, of executive orders... ranging and border security... to TikTok ban.
Some orders have while others are more symbolic.
challenged by federal lawsuits.
In world news, President Trump Forum's annual conference -- annual meeting each year in is a European country that Germany among other countries.
government.
The World Economic that connects world and the impact of finances and forum member.
President Donald conference.
He focused on imp Kentucky's governor, Andy forum.
He hopes U.S. economic And for a bit of relaxing, performed for forum guests and mountainside theater.
Time now for the first part of are about the new presidential Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news.
It has been a United States.
Areas from Texas snowfalls as another winter were dancing and ice skating in it's unusual to see a snowfall.
Orleans has had more snow this Alaska!
Over in Florida, cities in the snowfall.
Frigid temperatures creating an icy wonderland in country.
Over in the Pacific Ocean, one volcanoes has put on a show The Kilauea volcano is located part of Hawaii Volcanoes it began erupting, sending crust.
Since then, the volcano That makes more than 10 in the threat of lava flowing into danger from the eruptions is gas can be harmful to those who It can also create a volcanic driving dangerous and hamper And for you future astronomers weeks, SIX planets will line up be able to witness at least without a telescope.
Venus, the most visible participants.
may need binoculars or a parades happen a few times each six line up and can be seen so Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is Question 6 takes us to a And Question 7 is a celestial Back to the news.
Researchers apple trees more resilient by One type of apple tree - native fight frost by blooming two or varieties.
That may not sound get a late frost, it can kill bloom into apples.
Researchers identify the genes responsible more frost-resistant apple area of research as climate putting many apple-growing The world's largest religious India is a country in South Pakistan and China, among other largest country by area, but it any nation in the world.
Millions of Hindu devotees Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh that happens every 12 years.
series of rituals -- including least 400 million people are the festival - that's more than United States!
And in South America, people Year.
Dozens of paddlers in dragon-boat race to celebrate began January 29th.
The been gaining popularity in introduced there as part of a countries.
Chinese dragon boats 2-thousand years.
The long and with dragon heads and tails, fortune in the Chinese culture.
And now here's the final part here for the picking.
Question 9 is about the Hindu And Question 10 is on the move.
We're about to wrap up January, your way to achieving some of look at more of your answers to is a 6th Grader at Bishop Dunne has a thankful idea.
4th Grader Kennedy, from made several choices.
Jackson attends 5th Grade at in Greenup County, Kentucky and And Allie is also a 5th Grader, Louisville, Kentucky.
Allie has Good luck achieving all your posted!
Now turn your brain in talked about the executive let's bring that down to a order would you issue for your you would change -- longer choices, maybe even smaller What would make your school a classmates?
What executive school?
Why?
Send your letters NewsQuiz@ket.org Or use the sure to include your name, name in your response!
Put some thought into that -- answers!
Did your mind travel our Challenge Question?
If you correct.
That is the where an international group of of the oldest ice cores to miles into the frozen Antarctic at least 1.2 million years old.
study climate change -- and under all the ice.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... >> signs executive orders.
The answer to question 2 is... Congress doesn't have the power The answer to question 3 is...
The World Economic Forum is the The answer to question 4 is... Switzerland is located at point The answer to question 5 is...
True.
New Orleans, Louisiana parts of Alaska, so far this The answer to question 6 is... Hawaii is home to the Kilauea The answer to question 7 is... B.
Six planets are aligned in The answer to question 8 is... also B.
Researchers are looking The answer to question 9 is... India is located at point A on And the answer to question 10 C. Argentina is where the held.
>> And finally today... From recently enjoyed an >> When a local river froze created a pool, and then dove the world enjoy the prickly provides.
I think I'll just it for us today.
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