
January 15, 2026
Season 41 Episode 15 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
Features include U.S. actions in Venezuela, flu, Artemis mission, dinosaur footprints and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about U.S. actions in Venezuela, the start of Kentucky’s 2026 General Assembly, a spike in cases of the flu, the Artemis mission, upcoming eclipses, the Popocatépetl volcano, dinosaur footprints, new consumer electronics, Winnie the Pooh’s anniversary, and more!
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January 15, 2026
Season 41 Episode 15 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about U.S. actions in Venezuela, the start of Kentucky’s 2026 General Assembly, a spike in cases of the flu, the Artemis mission, upcoming eclipses, the Popocatépetl volcano, dinosaur footprints, new consumer electronics, Winnie the Pooh’s anniversary, and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Are you getting back in new year?
We're ready to keep to the college football teams championship!
Good luck to the and the Indiana University final game on Monday, January think American history for What civil rights leader gave This African-American leader is for the work he did, moving and equality.
He delivered the March on Washington for Jobs 1963.
Can you name him?
What Have a Dream" speech?
We'll news.
Venezuela's president is facing removed from power earlier this is a South American country of the continent.
It neighbors plus the Caribbean Sea.
Caracas and Nicolas Maduro was their the year, U.S.
President Donald attack Caracas and arrest They are charged with arranging into the U.S.
They are now in New York.
The United Nations Maduro's arrest illegal.
the U.N.
Secretary-General and discuss the situation.
president, Delcy Rodriguez, has Maduro's absence.
Here at home, Kentucky state Frankfort for the 2026 General most state legislatures meet laws for the state.
In for 60 days in all this one, 2026.
And they meet days in odd-numbered years.
include crafting and passing a where the state's money is Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Commonwealth address, which this year's budget.
Lawmakers the governor can sign it into changes.
For the first time in lawmakers are not meeting in because of a major renovation undergoing a huge makeover, several years.
Both the House temporary building until the Time now for the first part of are about Venezuela.
Questions 3 and 4 are about Back to the news -- if you or the FLU over the holidays, you this season's flu activity is epidemic of last winter, which history.
Forty-five states activity during the week of isn't expected to peak until Doctors say the most common flu from the one targeted by the vaccine can shorten or lessen 2026 is also shaping up to be a Artemis mission is expected to the first time in more than 50 missions will send four moon.
NASA eventually plans to on and around the moon.
The sun year -- with a ring-of-fire of the world in February ...and the top of the globe this For the first time, scientists inside one of Mexico's most part of North America -- it States.
The Popocatepetl For five years, a team of slope of the volcano with heavy activity inside.
Now, the team of inside the volcano... help scientists measure seismic help authorities better react to potential eruptions.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Grab the tissues Question 6 is in orbit.
And Question 7 is a new view.
Take a minute to think about roaming the Earth.
There is story takes us to South America fossilized footprints are being scientists who study fossils Bolivia, a country in South theropod footprints were a village in the Andes dinosaur group that includes highest number of theropod the world.
And in Europe, the where paleontologists are now footprints of enormous faces that can't be reached on from packs of dinosaurs that period.
Back in the U.S., Las Vegas, the world's largest conventions year's Consumer Electronics that will catch kids' stole the spotlight.
The the toys to come to life!
development will add a new everyone who builds with them.
PlayStation gaming set for A video game may keep you from new level to enjoying candy?
hear music in your head when We're waiting to hear reviews And on the softer side of Winnie the Pooh a happy 100th A.A.
Milne began inventing Christopher Robin, and the named after a real bear cub who soldier.
Pooh's adventures were England newspaper and then grew loveable cartoons.
And now today's Quiz.
Question 8 is Innovative toys are part of And Question 10 is full of fluff!
Got all your answers marked?
read some of your Opinion your goals for the New Year?"
at Pa Wa Lu Middle School in Eva is a third grader at Lexington, Kentucky.
She has a Nora Kate is in the sixth grade Whitesville, Kentucky.
She also set a goal for 2026?
Then you Question.
We asked: What are Are you learning to play a up a new hobby this year?
one of your classes, or a sport it!
What are your goals for the us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's Time now to get a look at back to our Challenge Question The Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr.
speech back in 1963.
King's which is why we commemorate him projects and a federal holiday.
but his work inspired many civil rights and equality for And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... Venezuela is located at C on The answer to question 2 is... B. Nicolas Maduro is the The answer to question 3 is... False.
Kentucky's General location, because of Building.
The answer to question 4 is... B. Kentucky lawmakers are The answer to question 5 is... C. Cases of flu are spiking.
The answer to question 6 is... B. The moon is where the The answer to question 7 is... Mexico is the home of the The answer to question 8 is... Paleontologists study fossils, The answer to question 9 is... B. LEGO has created innovative And the answer to question 10 1925 is when Winnie the Pooh today... let's travel to China World is putting on an amazing world's largest winter-themed monumental ice sculptures of landmarks.
>> People visit from around the beautiful winter memories.
We'll see you here again next Bye!

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