
February 1, 2024
Season 39 Episode 18 | 14m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include stories about presidential candidates, the Ram Temple in India and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about presidential candidates, international astronauts, Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Kentucky legislature, kindergarten in Ukraine, the Ram Temple in India, new emperor penguin colonies, a giraffe on the move and more!
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February 1, 2024
Season 39 Episode 18 | 14m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about presidential candidates, international astronauts, Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Kentucky legislature, kindergarten in Ukraine, the Ram Temple in India, new emperor penguin colonies, a giraffe on the move and more!
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Welcome to February!
already over.
Today's Challenge month ... Six more weeks of groundhog sees what on on February second each year.
groundhog emerge from its den.
day, and the groundhog sees continue.
Can you think of it?
predicted if a groundhog sees answer, after our news.
The race for the U.S. week All eyes are on South primary election on February in the southeastern United Ocean, bordered by Georgia, Columbia is its capital.
Republican candidate Nikki governor of that state.
Former Nikki Haley in the New win the most votes in South campaign trail.
In the meantime, the leadership pledged support for President nominee for the Democrats.
determine the two candidates - run against each other in the The past week in space news has memorable events.
A private international astronauts to the board a Space-X Falcon rocket.
astronaut from Turkey, one from They will spend two weeks on scientific experiments and Earth.
Japan also celebrated mission.
The Moon Sniper landed January 20th.
And back in the shuttle Endeavour was moved Center to a location closer to Space Center in Los Angeles.
permanent display.
Endeavour before NASA's shuttle program Time now for the first part of are about the presidential And Questions 3 and 4 are a look into space.
Back to the news would you like the beginning of your school proposing in the Kentucky state require all public schools to minute "moment of silence" at could use the time however they quiet time.
The bill has to and Senate before it could be The next time you say you don't think about this story.
Kharkiv, Ukraine are thrilled even if it is in an underground have been closed since Russia years ago.
Now five underground into makeshift classrooms so learning.
The shelter can children and is safer than near the Russian border and is attacks.
In the Asian nation of India, celebrating the opening of a a three-story structure built embellished with dozens of across a huge complex in one of The temple honors Lord Ram, It has caused tensions however, because a Muslim site but was destroyed by Hindu thousands attended the Temple Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is Question 6 helps you appreciate And Question 7 was a In animal news, scientists have penguins thanks to satellite is the southernmost continent LOTS of penguins.
Emperor heaviest of all living penguin chicks on patches of frozen sea climate change, so now some colonies farther inland.
to notice the new colonies on Now in a warmer climate, a have been discovered off the The Canary Islands are a of islands - but they are coast of Africa.
A science team studying the waters near these of new underwater species.
shrimp, a luminescent green that looks like something from And back on dry land, a giraffe two-thousand mile road trip to was rescued from a small park little room to run around and temperatures.
And he was the took him to a safari park in Benito now have room to run, who are living happily at the Now we'll travel into the final 8 takes us to the bottom of the Question 9 is under the sea.
And Question 10 had a long Time to take a little break and you admire - from our Opinion at Woodfill Elementary in Fort in mind.
"I admire Misty that she was not good enough amazing dancer."
A top basketball player is the from Coverdell Elementary in Curry because he is my favorite he makes is when he shoots the the score board to know if he Benny is in the 3rd Grade at Dakota and looks up to a famous "The person I admire most is 'Goosebumps.'
I would love to writer like him."
And 5th Grader Emma, from Lexington, Kentucky just can't pick.
There are so many amazing feed me, care for me, and much there for me and care for me so ... My teachers try so hard to knowledge and help us take on admire fictional characters case, consider our new Opinion What superpower would you strength, or web-slinging an idea for a superpower that What superpower would you choose it?
Send your letters to us via use the form at include your name, grade, your response!
Now, how'd you Question?
On Groundhog Day, watches to see if the groundhog lore, if the groundhog sees its we are in for six more weeks of said that spring will arrive scientific proof behind this to check out each year.
And the Punxsutawney Phil, is pretty And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is ... C. South Carolina is located at The answer to question 2 is ... B. NIKKI HALEY is running in the Republican primary.
The answer to question 3 is ...
TRUE.
The private company Axiom I.S.S.
The answer to question 4 is ... B.
Space shuttle ENDEAVOUR will Center.
The answer to question 5 is ... FALSE.
The bill requiring a pass the legislature before it The answer to question 6 is A. UKRAINE is where the located.
The answer to question 7 is ... B. INDIA is the location of the Temple Ram.
The answer to question 8 is ... A.
New EMPEROR PENGUIN colonies The answer to question 9 is ... C. Waters off the CANARY marine species.
And the answer to question 10 B. Benito traveled from And finally today The recent Paterson, New Jersey caused form a winter wonderland!
>> People braved the in a nearby park just to get artwork.
That's it for us, we'll see you News Quiz.
Bye!
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