
December 1, 2022
Season 38 Episode 12 | 15m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Featured stories include NASA’s Artemis launch, Gov. John Y. Brown, puppetry and more.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about NASA’s Artemis mission launch, Governor John Y. Brown, Jr.’s passing, COP27 and energy-friendly housing in Kenya, flood protection efforts in China, bison conservation, puppetry in Kazakhstan, Santa’s post office, a hot air balloon festival and more.
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December 1, 2022
Season 38 Episode 12 | 15m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about NASA’s Artemis mission launch, Governor John Y. Brown, Jr.’s passing, COP27 and energy-friendly housing in Kenya, flood protection efforts in China, bison conservation, puppetry in Kazakhstan, Santa’s post office, a hot air balloon festival and more.
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We hope you enjoyed time to get your brains with today's Challenge Buenos Aires is the capital of is located in South America and on that continent.
It is known for soccer and a be familiar with an area in the Can you think of it?
Buenos Aires is the capital of We'll have that answer after Topping our news today, after One moon mission is off the rocket blasted off on November delays kept the rocket grounded way back in August.
But after Florida's Kennedy Space Center, dummies were the only spacecraft headed to the moon.
IceCube - a tiny cube satellite at Kentucky's Morehead State monitoring measurements of surface.
This Artemis mission December 11th with Orion NASA hopes to send astronauts possibly in 20-25.
In other news, Kentuckians had Thanksgiving holiday.
Former Brown Junior passed away on old.
Governor Brown served as 1983.
He was known as a small-town restaurant chain, a world-known franchise.
three professional basketball Celtics.
As part of his lay in state at the Kentucky their respects earlier this service was also held at the Governor Brown's family said exciting adventure for him.
our adventure takes us to the Questions 1 and 2 are about Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news...
The COP-27 wrapped up with plans to create recover from climate-related to help nations protect natural Kenya, in Africa, are already battle over-population and poor their nation's capital.
Over-population in Nairobi has power supplies.
Those issues area grows into adjacent land.
at ways to build these Nairobi, with the environment housing units, they hope to still offering comfortable range of incomes.
Well some Chinese towns are creating water-absorbing the southern part of the withstand both floods and built with rock and ash in a It acts as a sponge to catch through the area.
It can also during times of drought, when These sponge parks are using along with soil to create more storage areas.
And back here in North America, and Canada are leading efforts Bison are large animals, also that once roamed the prairies Humans are blamed for making continent.
Over the past two groups joined forces on the That group has brought back acres of protected land.
animals to different areas to more ground.
Well you can think about those second part of today's Quiz.
Environmental comfort is on Question 6 may have an And Question 7 is a repopulation to the news... From Kazakhstan, being revived.
Orteke combines wooden figures, or puppets.
musician's fingers using plays, his strumming fingers was invented to entertain goat herding.
Lots of the with very nimble legs.
From England, a border collie in her local police station.
firecracker while on a walk run to the nearest police her owners came to take her know the canine but were seat in the precinct.
Rosie's call from one of the officers Rosie's tag.
And in Germany, Santa's helpers those letters to jolly ole St. special post office in East Letters sent to the address of your screen will be answered helpers go through thousands of location.
They are sent from countries.
>> The German postal system every year just to help Father And now here's the final part Question 8 is part of the Question 9 was looking for And send your letters now for Okay, got all your answers more of your favorite holiday St. Henry School in Elsmere, treat.
"... reindeer stuff on them like bacon."
That sounds good!
at Grindstone Elementary in is from India.
"Semiya payasam with vermicelli, milk, ghee and birthday, my brother's sometimes without any Cece is a 5th Grader at Cassidy Kentucky who has soup on the actually called Zuppa Toscana.
because the kale makes it look potatoes and bacon look like make it on the night we put up And 5th Grader Calla from Oregon also enjoys a Christmas "Sweetish Mocha cake tastes so My family adds golden raisins.
tree together.
It brings so Time for NEW Opinion Question item would you take on a trip Now we know you'd want to take member.
But besides other special pillow to help you camera, to get some great something silly just to help We'd like to know what you take on a trip to the moon?
you'd choose that item.
Send at: NewsQuiz@ket.org... Or use Be sure to include your name, name in your response!
And questions!
On December 9 join two special sessions where I'll career.
Teachers can learn more KET.org/newsquiz.
Okay - enough about questions!
Back to our Challenge Question of ARGENTINA!
That's the South see a wide range of quirky In one city you can see a water Another has a dinosaur TOY that whose family couldn't afford Transformers statues made from cool!
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... FALSE.
No human astronauts were The answer to question 2 is... ORION is the name of the The answer to question 3 is ... B.
GOVERNOR was the office held The answer to question 4 is... C. The state CAPITOL is where The answer to question 5 is... A. Energy-friendly HOUSING is The answer to question 6 is... B. SPONGE CITIES could help areas.
The answer to question 7 is... C. BISON are on the rebound cooperation.
The answer to question 8 is...
Dancing PUPPETS are the hit of The answer to question 9 is... B.
A local POLICE STATION is help.
And the answer to question 10 C. GERMANY is where one of open.
>> And finally today...
It was annual International Balloon Mexico.
The event included hot countries.
They took to the air on wherever the wind sent them!
>> Now we'll sail away - and News Quiz!
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