
May 1, 2025
Season 40 Episode 28 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the selection of the next pope, Minecraft, sequoias, the Kentucky Derby and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Pope Francis and the selection of the next pope, a climate-focused traveling art exhibit, Meta in court, coral bleaching, a discovery on a distant planet, giant sequoias, Minecraft, the Kentucky Derby and more!
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May 1, 2025
Season 40 Episode 28 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Pope Francis and the selection of the next pope, a climate-focused traveling art exhibit, Meta in court, coral bleaching, a discovery on a distant planet, giant sequoias, Minecraft, the Kentucky Derby and more!
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It's May first -- can over?!
Let's jump right into today's Challenge Question.
Moscow is the capital of what This country is the largest in spans two continents and is United States.
And, this deepest lake, Lake Baikal.
of it?
Moscow is the capital of answer for you, after the news.
Pope Francis has been laid to Catholic Church died in Vatican Last weekend, hundreds of Rome, Italy as they paid their The process of choosing a new will begin soon, which involves 13th century.It begins with where cardinals, who are will gather to choose a new comes from the Latin word the cardinals will be locked make their decision to ensure the outside.
After each round are burned.
Black smoke means agreement, and white smoke chosen.
Onlookers will be signals from the Sistine Chapel In other news... A unique through Africa on its way to attention to climate change.
a growing collection of bring to life along the creatures portray different out of their habitats to search The herds join together as they unnatural friendships forced to The trek began in the Congo because it is home to the rainforest -- which is seeing climate.
The Herds will move Africa through several European ending in the Arctic Circle in Time now for the first part of are about choosing a new Questions 3 and 4 take us into Back to the news.
You've Monopoly.
But what is a real company or person controls most service and there's little or In a lawsuit, the Federal Trade Platforms has too much control therefore operating an illegal Instagram, and What's App.
a monopoly, then Meta would What's App, cutting its has already fined Meta, and rules.
The EU says both from choosing cheaper options Turning to news from nature... Initiative has released reefs.
More than 80 percent of bleaching.
Coral is a tiny that attaches to rocks in the together, they create protective habitat for plant coral makes them colorful and creatures.
Coral bleaching are too warm, making the algae it.
That takes away a food affects the coral's protective Coral Reef Initiative was attention to this issue and to those reefs.
And from the depths of the Astronomers -- scientists who possible chemical signs of life system... some 744 trillion information from the Webb Space the atmosphere of Planet substances in the atmosphere And, on Earth, those substances living organisms.
The the information to confirm those stories as we head into Quiz.
Question 5 is a social Dive under the ocean for And launch into space for Question Back to the news -- the city of very different in the future.
experts -- are turning vacant forests.
Detroit is a pilot "Giant Sequoia Filter Forest."
sequoia trees -- the world's for thousands of years and grow They hope the forests will preserve sequoias that are many of the forests have been If you are a fan of Minecraft, experience in London is a step inside the Minecraft "Minecraft Experience: Villager inside a glowing orb with animals projected on the walls and interact with models of And just like in the real game, chickens and pigs move between movie has increased popularity just announced a new series for And here in Kentucky, we are weekend.
The Kentucky Derby is in Louisville on the first It is a 151-year-old tradition in Louisville, Kentucky.
many traditions that go with and a garland of roses that is And now here's the final part growing tall.
Question 9 is not a creeper.
And Question 10 takes us to the How are your poetry skills break to read some more of your Grader at Northwood Elementary of school have inspired Bri!
And 5th Grader, Everly, from Fort County, Kentucky, shared this Great work and thank you to poems!
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Challenge Question.
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A couple from Moscow way to feed and count squirrels installed seven squirrel that people can use to choose the furry creatures -- and squirrels while they eat.
artificial intelligence individual squirrels on a video count the squirrels in the And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is...
The cardinals will meet to The answer to question 2 is... A conclave is the secret The answer to question 3 is ... B.
Climate change is the lesson The answer to question 4 is... Cardboard is the material used The answer to question 5 is... Also A.
The FTC says Meta has The answer to question 6 is... Coral reefs are the focus of The answer to question 7 is... FALSE.
Planet K2-18b is not in The answer to question 8 is... B. Detroit is planting giant The answer to question 9 is... C. The new experience takes you And the answer to question 10 B. Louisville, Kentucky is home finally today... One of San >> crooked streets recently grownups!
Only plastic children's Big Wheel, are The only prize is the glory of without crashing.
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