
December 7, 2023
Season 39 Episode 12 | 15m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include COP28, the word of the year, Kentucky holiday lights and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the 2023 White House Christmas decorations, popular toys through the years, COP28, environmentally friendly jet fuel, a new way to charge electric vehicles, Hanukkah, the word of the year, Kentucky holiday lights and more!
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December 7, 2023
Season 39 Episode 12 | 15m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the 2023 White House Christmas decorations, popular toys through the years, COP28, environmentally friendly jet fuel, a new way to charge electric vehicles, Hanukkah, the word of the year, Kentucky holiday lights and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Can you believe we are Christmas holiday?
We'll talk but let's get started with think history... and geography.
In what state is Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is a military part of this state.
This state but is bordered by the Pacific sits outside North America.
state is Pearl Harbor located?
after the news.
We begin our White House holiday oversees the décor used in lady Jill Biden wants visitors Each room is filled with is the 2023 theme.
300 spent the past week bringing White House.
Many displays book titled "Twas the Night publication is now 200 years Christmas tree stands in the than 18 feet tall and includes cheerful scenes from across the around its base.
And the in front of the White House, to high winds.
That tree is 40 cables attached to steady it ceremony.
If toys are on your wish list alone.
Toys have been popular 100 years.
But they have century.
Back in the 1920s, imagination-based toys -- like the years, those evolved into that cry or even talk!
Toys are world around us.
For example, figurines, vehicles and model countries were exploring science sets came along.
had a huge influence on toys dolls from movies or video advances in technology have instead of toy cars, now there remote-control cars.
Not to video games... and robots.
robots... they know how to MAKE Time now for the first part of 2 are a national highlight.
Questions 3 and 4 might top wish list.
In other news the COP28 climate Middle East.
Representatives of in the United Arab Emirates, that makes up part of the Oman and Saudi Arabia as well is the capital.
The emirates Dubai is the emirate hosting of discussion about global of fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels materials found in the Earth's energy.
Scientists say the use climate and environment.
produces and exports a lot of be affected as the world moves This year's COP28 includes many fuels in the future.
Meanwhile, lots of trying to find ways to use Virgin Atlantic airlines "jet zero," making air travel They flew a Boeing 787 England to New York using a This jet fuel was made of Now while this flight was a process ahead to make tallow And on another environmentally Michigan is testing a roadway vehicles... while they are on mitten-shaped state on our Indiana, Ohio, Canada and the is the hub of America's where crews installed the wireless-charging public equipped with batteries and they are driven, or when underneath the street.
Think into the second part of today's the Middle East.
Question 6 is flying toward the And Question 7 is rolling into December 7th is the first day Jewish holiday celebrated each 'the festival of lights.'
The nights... and on each night of on a menorah, which is the signifies a story from more one lamp burned for eight enough oil for one night.
miracle each year with food, presents too.
As 2023 draws to an end, we the Year."
Merriam-Webster the 'word of the year' for 2023 artificial intelligence and exactly the opposite: not It's an adjective, often used one's own personality, spirit uses its data to filter the year.
This is the 20th a 'word of the year.'
And how about some AUTHENTIC is consistently ranked as one light shows in the country...
The Louisville Mega cavern has Christmas light show for the Kentucky.
It is a 1-point-3 underground cave that is lit up lights.
It includes themed sea'... the enchanted forest...
It is open now through January part of today's Quiz.
Question 8 is cause for Question nine is 'authentic' And Question 10 is LIT.
Ready for a little break?
Opinions about special occasion Rockfield Elementary in Bowling popular food!
>> My favorite special occasion My favorite type of pizza is cheese stuffed crust.
I like to eat pizza instead of I made pizza with my mom one on my birthday.
>> Paisley is a 7th Grader at Ohio with a Thanksgiving "My favorite occasion food is We only have them at brother always race to get enough, they will be all gone."
Grahamwood Elementary in tummy warmer ... "One food that I like to eat on grandma's chicken and do good in school or if it is And Areesha is also in 5th Universal Academy in Kentucky.
international dish.
"My favorite special occasion because we eat it in Pakistan.
delicious and THE SPICE just have about a week to share your your favorite special occasion opinions on our show next week we'll be off to enjoy our own us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's feel challenged by our Hopefully our hints led you to Pearl Harbor is located.
troops attacked Pearl Harbor World War Two.
Thousands of the attacks.
Our president at Roosevelt, called it "a date That means the event of that be forgotten.
Each year a honor those who were killed.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B.
The WHITE HOUSE decorating The answer to question 2 is... C. "Twas the Night Before years ago.
The answer to question 3 is... A BABY DOLL was a popular toy The answer to question 4 is...
Both POP CULTURE and CURRENT The answer to question 5 is... A. FOSSIL FUELS are a big The answer to question 6 is... TALLOW - or animal fat - is the The answer to question 7 is... Michigan is located at A on the The answer to question 8 is... B. Hanukkah is celebrated for The answer to question 9 is...
Authentic means REAL.
And the answer to question 10 C. Lights under LOUISVILLE is >> And finally today... animals got a start on holiday Advent opening one item a day, the meerkats rifled through an enjoyed the treats!
Hope you're well.
We'll see you here next Bye!

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