
October 24, 2024
Season 40 Episode 7 | 15m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the Northern Lights, cell phone bans in schools, AI, pandas, and more!
This episode of News Quiz features space stories about the Northern Lights, Jupiter and the Europa Clipper, plus stories about power issues in Zambia, cell phone bans in schools, an Anne Frank House replica, artificial intelligence and extinct animals, giant pandas back in the United States, and more!
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October 24, 2024
Season 40 Episode 7 | 15m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features space stories about the Northern Lights, Jupiter and the Europa Clipper, plus stories about power issues in Zambia, cell phone bans in schools, an Anne Frank House replica, artificial intelligence and extinct animals, giant pandas back in the United States, and more!
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We are happy to have Elementary in Scott County Hi everyone, thanks for being started with our Challenge What is the term for a small, and has a long tail of gas?
of ice, dust, and rock that to the sun.
Some of them have Caesar's and Manx.
Can you for a small, icy object that tail of gas?
We'll have that staying in space... or at least northern lights are traveling a natural light display in the seen in areas very far north, lights are also called auroras.
have made the ribbons of pink, on display much farther south don't worry -- scientists say on the way.
That's because the its 11-year cycle -- which northern light displays more temporarily disrupt power and Oceanic and Atmospheric tracks this type of activity power plants and spacecraft in And farther into space... mission to Europa, one of 5th planet from the sun, and system.
It will take the Europa to reach Jupiter.
The plan is planet and do fly-bys of the study Europa because it has They know the moon has an icy if that shell is frozen of life on Jupiter's moon.
the ice to see if the support some kind of life Time now for the first part of are about the natural light Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news, people in energy crisis in recent southern Africa.
It's nations including Angola, is Zambia's capital.
In the 1950s the world's constructed there along with a Zambezi River.
Hydroelectric generate electricity, providing country.
But now the lake is that has worsened with climate suffering, with many relying sometimes open fires for Do you think cell phones should Many school districts across phones because they say they In Kentucky, at least two phones in class.
Students have the beginning of class... emergencies or on breaks Fern Creek High School in County High School say they've student behavior and academics A piece of history is being where a Jewish teenager named family to escape Nazis during reproduced and will be on Frank House museum is in where you can tour the real and others hid for years.
shipped across the Atlantic Center for Jewish History in was published after the war and books of all time as a symbol about those stories as we head Quiz.
Question 5 needs new Question 6 is on scroll patrol.
Question 7 is revisiting Back to the news.
How would you with a dodo?
I was wondering if became extinct?
The decline of tinged with both >> simplicity and tragedy.
>> museum in Cambridge is artificial intelligence to with extinct animals.
You can can hold a real conversation personality.
Twelve other exhibit -- including a whale and even a cockroach.
Over in Serbia, youngsters are was used by their ancestors... of Serbia is a country in landlocked and borders Romania countries.
Belgrade is Serbia's Voluja, stilt walking is occasions.
But now it is also of gym.
Youngsters get so extensions that they can dance wearing them!
Their ancestors out of the forest, to walk over And here in the U.S., a The National Zoo in Washington, arrived from China and will public.
Bao Li and Qing Bao are the zoo's three previous giant China nearly a year ago.
and Qing Bao will live at The 10-year agreement with China.
And now here's the final part learning experience with You might get a leg up with And Question 10 is a welcome With the 2024 presidential away, many are taking advantage Even voters in North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, are finding our country's next leader.
important to let even in their way.
And don't forget, election episode of News Quiz presidential election process.
And like them, many of YOU are qualities we'd like to see in a of your answers to our latest Brandon is a 7th Grader who is president should show... Evie is in the 4th Grade at Boone County and says... Mrs. Massoud's 4th Grade Class came up with these qualities.
And 7th Grader Axel from Weimar thought.
Great answers, all of you!
us your thoughts.
What good president?
Why?
Take this someone who is a good leader in they have that would make them it won't be long until you're letters to us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's As you're thinking about that, for our Challenge Question... A comet is a small, icy object long tail of gas.
Recently a the skies around the world.
just discovered last year at South Africa.
Astronomers say Pluto and probably won't be about 80 thousand years.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... A. Auroras are another name for The answer to question 2 is... B. NOAA - the National Oceanic - tracks solar activity.
The answer to question 3 is ... Also B. Jupiter's Europa moon destination.
The answer to question 4 is... Ice covers Europa's surface.
The answer to question 5 is... C. Zambia is located at C on The answer to question 6 is... B.
Cell phones are banned in The answer to question 7 is... Anne Frank's diary became a The answer to question 8 is...
Artificial intelligence allows communicate with visitors.
answer to question 9 is... B.
Walking on stilts is the And the answer to question 10 C. Bao Li and Qing Bao are And finally today... just for Alaska... Do you know how close Anchorage, Alaska?
Trail wolves, moose and other wild human activity.
One Facebook on webcams near people's homes Be on the lookout!
That's it here again next week for more
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