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Challenge Question... Who was United States?

Current president.

So, the 39th one was born!

Our 39th president hailed peanut farming - before his with Habitat for Humanity after think of his name?

Who was the States?

We'll tell you, after And topping our news... NASA getting information from touched down on the moon's is the first U.S. lunar lander mission more than 50 years.

initiated by a private company.

lander's legs caught on the causing it to land sideways or back helpful information.

away from its intended moon.

That's equivalent to NASA wants to study this there may be frozen water be helpful for future MANNED in just a few years.

Meanwhile, astronomers have brightest object in the QUASAR is 17 BILLION times 500 trillion times brighter powered by a supermassive black swallows all the matter around much energy it emits a vast the QUASAR swallows the Scientists say the object was ago and therefore hiding in space discovery - this neutron Space Telescope.

Scientists say explosion - or supernova.

one of the most dense objects thing more dense is a black Time now for the first part of are about the moon mission.

Questions 3 and 4 are about new Back on Earth, elections around In the United States, former South Carolina Republican Nikki Haley.

Nikki Haley is hoped for a better showing.

race at least through Super the day when numerous states primaries and caucuses.

Current front runner for the Democratic names on the Democratic have received minimal votes.

election, the process to get on complicated.

A few weeks ago, Nadezhdin, a local legislator He gathered more than 105 qualify as a presidential election commission has invalid and disqualified him.

Russia's Supreme Court has appeal again.

He believes his Ukraine is the real reason he And in Mexico, a March for upcoming presidential race.

Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been some believe he has weakened process.

Last year he cut oversees Mexican elections and those changes are making it be elected.

She is a candidate would continue plans that he is Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.

Question 5 is U.S. election.

Question 6 takes us around the And Question 7 could affect Back to the news.

The Paris of the city, and not everyone village in Tahiti will be home surfing competition.

The island 10-thousand miles away from Pacific Ocean.

The village is lands and crystal-clear ocean waves.

Locals expressed concern construction impacting the marine life.

Olympic organizers changed some of the plans.

cruise ship anchored nearby.

has been reduced to have less Have you ever heard a whale... one step closer to figuring out baleen whales communicate other animals, these types of vocal cords.

It turns out they that include a cushion of fat has.

These voice boxes produce music loud enough to It's a trait developed through years.

And they don't sing, but they giant pandas is coming back to to send two bears to the San in a gesture of friendship to bears on loan to U.S. zoos were between the two countries, but presidents, they have agreed to native to China.

Decades of conservation efforts species from extinction.

And now here's the final part Surf's up for Question 8.

Question 9 is singing And Question 10 is black and Got all your answers marked?

characters that you've told us Question.

Noelle, Addilynn, and T.K.

Stone Middle School in These students are looking for meet any character from any Jackson.

We would pick to meet and leads by example.

We all Ainsley is in the 5th Grade at and agrees with that last trio!

from a book, it would Percy because he... showed so much Gods and Titans."

Eisley attends 4th Grade at Kentucky and has an elf in "I would like to meet Dobby the it would be neat to meet him Harry and he protects him from loyal and a good friend to And Kaitlyn is a 5th Grader Middle School in Illinois.

in mind.

"If I could meet a be Clifford the Big Red Dog back and pet him all of the would like to play with Did any of those characters let us know!

If you could meet who would it be?

And why do you opinions to us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.

Be grade, school, and teacher's Did you feel challenged by our back to that one and share the JIMMY CARTER was our 39th role from 1977 until 1981. president to attend the U.S. Maryland.

He is now 99 years six living presidents.

With Historical Society recently Christmas ornament.

It's in the several decorations to honor And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. ODYSSEUS is the name of the The answer to question 2 is... FALSE.

NASA plans to have a decade.

The answer to question 3 is... C. A QUASAR is the brightest The answer to question 4 is... A. NEUTRON STARS and black objects.

The answer to question 5 is... Also A. SUPER TUESDAY is the and caucuses.

The answer to question 6 is... again.

RUSSIA is where Boris Nadezhdin president.

The answer to question 7 is... C. The March for DEMOCRACY was protests.

The answer to question 8 is... C, as well.

TAHITI will host competition.

The answer to question 9 is... A.

Specialized VOICE BOXES communicate.

And the answer to question 10 B.

Giant pandas come from And finally today... WHOOOOOO the San Diego Zoo's Wildlife >> Three burrowing owls, that's last year and nursed back to ago, they were released into a can be monitored before they Time for us to fly out of here!

Quiz.

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