
January 18, 2024
Season 39 Episode 16 | 15m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include elections, space missions, a teenage bull rider and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about recent and upcoming presidential caucuses and primary elections, important space missions including Artemis and the James Webb Telescope, interesting finds at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show, work to save bull kelp off the coast of California, new herding techniques in Australia, a teenage bull rider and more!
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January 18, 2024
Season 39 Episode 16 | 15m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about recent and upcoming presidential caucuses and primary elections, important space missions including Artemis and the James Webb Telescope, interesting finds at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show, work to save bull kelp off the coast of California, new herding techniques in Australia, a teenage bull rider and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
I hope your brains are the cold temperatures we've today's Challenge Question...
The city of New Orleans is one of our southern states -- It's known for Mardi Gras Cajun or Creole cuisine.
of New Orleans is located in We'll have that answer -- and the news.
As we discussed last week, the has begun.
The Iowa caucuses were held on temperatures making them some record.
Still, Republicans cast their votes at more than state.
So did Democratic be determined by mail-in votes.
vote-getter was former CAUCUSES are a little bit ELECTIONS... Caucuses are people discuss the candidates there is no group discussion.
and cast their votes on a state to vote on presidential Hampshire, a state in New Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts hold their PRIMARY elections on This year also promises to be a first moon landing attempt by a because of a fuel leak, another launch next month.
NASA still moon as part of the Artemis Artemis One -- which went to crew on board.
NASA hoped to THIS YEAR.
But now they are to orbit the moon in 2025 ... 2026.
And check this out -- images of space from the James miles away.
It's the largest observatory ever launched, and mirror in 2022, it began to are seeing light streaming from formed 13-point-seven BILLION Let's launch into the first 1 and 2 are about the candidate Questions 3 and 4 are out of Artemis mission plans to send a the ... Back to the news... artificial at the CES tech show in Las Association's annual show is their latest and greatest includes chatbots, robots, and using some form of artificial the "signbot" billed as the It uses artificial intelligence Other A-I-powered inventions The Consumer Technology bring more than 130-thousand gadgets.
One of the CUTEST is a logistics robot named You could see this hospital near you as soon as robot uses A-I to follow The company says the robot will equipment and medication... questions.
They eventually see nursing homes, hotels and And what will the CARS of the were on display at the tech taxis... and vehicles that move this out -- this car can with what's called an e-corner different ways to get you in that drive themselves are and they were a trend this year the few places that allow to begin operating there this operate using a system of infrared to build a 360-degree Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Look into the Question six is at your And hit the brakes for question Off the coast of California, BULL KELP forest.
Kelp is a and provides a habitat and aquatic life.
In recent years a huge chunk of bull kelp.
temperatures have kept the kelp other animals and plants that Divers are working to get rid or harvesting them to find parasites.
In Australia, a group of scientists are working together them Space Cowboys.
The team is their numbers and movements in gathered from the solar-powered to a satellite system in space.
the buffalos' travels and the herd.
The "Space Cow" kind in such a remote area.
Now let's meet a teenager from BULL-ies.
17-year-old Najiah woman competing at the top Riders tour.
She is already riders.
The dangerous stay on a bucking bull for 8 about it and determined to make She plans to join the PBR next And now here's the final part isn't a deep dive.
Question 9 requires a lot of And Question 10 is on a quest.
You guys are doing a great job We ADMIRE you for putting so letters!
Let's take a look at a most.
Quinton and NaQua are 4th in Jefferson County, Kentucky Quinton says, "I admire my through a lot.
She has a lot of physically, because of that... NaQua adds, "I admire my big love all the time.
We play football games.
“ Abigail is a Intermediate School in Clark is making a difference for "I admire my teacher Ms. and she explains so clearly better."
And Addison is in the South Dakota with a celebrity "The person I look up to is my favorite singer and in some be a singer and actor when I opinion into the mix?
Tell us, You may admire a teacher or a seen on television or stage.
your respect?
Be sure to the person you admire most ... via email at: NewsQuiz@ket.org KET.org/newsquiz.
Be sure to school, and teacher's name in Ready to check your answers Challenge Question... where is LOUISIANA, you are correct!
Orleans is located.
Now, New you think about Mardi Gras or While Mardi Gras doesn't happen the festivities are already celebration always begins on parades happening in January.
kick into gear on February 2nd.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is B.
's caucus was impacted by The answer to question 2 is ... also B.
New Hampshire is The answer to question 3 is ... C. The MOON is the destination The answer to question 4 is ... FALSE.
The moon mission was The answer to question 5 is ... B.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE was show.
The answer to question 6 is ... B, as well.
Mirokai the robot HOSPITALS.
The answer to question 7 is A.
AUTONOMOUS is another word for The answer to question 8 is ... C. BOTH purple urchins and a threat to bull kelp.
The answer to question 9 is ... A.
A wild herd of BUFFALO are monitors.
And the answer to question 10 The 17-year-old wants to be a And finally today... We've had >> a taste of winter weather, winter wonderland!
Ice and snow come to Harbin to show off International Ice and Snow cold, but the artists believe visitors!
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