
January 25, 2024
Season 39 Episode 17 | 15m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include a robotics dog, the World Economic Forum, a Mars orbiter, and more!
This episode features stories about shipping routes and Houthis in Yemen, Guatemala’s president, the World Economic Forum, Europe’s Mars orbiter, the Icelandic volcano, mountain gorillas, a robotic dog, an octopus discovery and more!
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January 25, 2024
Season 39 Episode 17 | 15m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode features stories about shipping routes and Houthis in Yemen, Guatemala’s president, the World Economic Forum, Europe’s Mars orbiter, the Icelandic volcano, mountain gorillas, a robotic dog, an octopus discovery and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
January is almost over quizzes to keep your mind today's Challenge Question.
What type of animal has no things like earthworms, snails, others.
They have no spine, no There is a word that describes of it?
What type of animal has no We'll have that answer for you, news this week, the United to attacks on U-S cargo ships disrupting shipping routes are a rebel group targeting They are based in Yemen, which It is located in the southern bordering Saudi Arabia to the northeast.
The Red Sea is a worldwide trade.
Normally cargo the Suez Canal, into the to Europe and beyond.
Now those re-route around the southern 10 or more days to the trip.
by the military action.
The halting most production at its disruptions.
The U-S and allied to knock down Houthi missiles We've been talking about our U.S., with caucuses and primary the country.
The New Hampshire 23rd - the first primary countries the process is strong responses from the American country that recently The country borders Mexico, and sits between the Caribbean Guatemala City is the capital.
the election, the country's inauguration.
There have been new president from Guatemala's as well.
But the inauguration Arévalo is ready to lead his acceptance of him, the special ceremony to bless the their country's future.
Time now for the first part of take us to the Middle East.
Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news According to we could soon see the world's trillion looks like this followed by TWELVE zeros.
that high!
That was just one of came from the forum in Davos, leaders attended, along with heads of international meeting also included lots of technical innovations and or A-I.
The World Economic discuss and create plans to world.
European scientists are orbiter that could indicate an Red Planet.
The Mars Express's Martian surface back in 2007. believed the deposits were dust data suggests this could be case, the melted ice could be The scientists say it's the in this part of the planet, And let's trek back to Iceland has now sent lava flowing into was evacuated before Christmas.
destroyed several houses in the the town, Grindavik's residents more damage.
Iceland's activity HAS died down but it's over.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 Frozen is the theme of Question And Question 7 goes from ice to Now to Africa where an comeback.
Rwanda is a Africa, near the equator.
gorillas live in areas spanning Republic of the Congo, Rwanda endangered after years of disease... but now the conservation and protection habitat covers more than 300 Now to England, where a making a difference for young Specters chocolate factory in people with autism.
Autism is a condition that with others, communicate, of Harry Specters say the hardworking, loyal and honest.
Part of all the profits at the towards supporting young people And a Kentucky school has a new a robotic dog that is part of at Central High School in have learned coding to make other behaviors.
They call him robot."
The Louisville school robotics teams in Kentucky and country with similar And now here's the final part growing in numbers.
Question 9 is making a And Question 10 is doing Got all your answers marked?
of your opinions about people Pippy is a 4th Grader at Tully Kentucky who is inspired by two "I admire Nellie Bly and Ida B. amazing women journalists that done before.
When I grow up I like them."
Kristina is in the in Missouri with kind words so much.
She is brighter than a for me and has taken care of her!
One thing I learned from best food, like lugaw (a 4th Grader Brantley is writing in Oregon.
Brantley has a Robinson because he inspired me gotten so far in baseball.
inspiration in sports and in barrier for baseball."
And Mira is a 6th Grader from Massachusetts with a heart for former Supreme Court Justice We shared a birthday, we were same favorite food.
I admire and even went to the gym EVERY She had a lot of courage that I There's still time for you to Who do you admire most?
Whether or a historic figure - maybe tell us about them!
Send your NewsQuiz@ket.org Or use the sure to include your name, name in your response!
Time to today's answers!
Let's jump where the answer is creatures have no backbone.
octopuses, including the four that scientists recently coast of Costa Rica in Central operated submarine to reach the octopus nurseries and within those areas.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is C. Yemen is located at C on the The answer to question 2 is B.
Cargo ships must now travel The answer to question 3 is ... Also B. Guatemala is located at The answer to question 4 is A. Guatemala's INDIGENOUS PEOPLE new president.
The answer to question 5 is ... C. The World ECONOMIC FORUM this year.
The answer to question 6 is B. MARS is the location of that The answer to question 7 is A. GRINDAVIK is the threatened The answer to question 8 is ... C. The MOUNTAIN GORILLA is The answer to question 9 is ... C again.
The CHOCOLATE FACTORY And the answer to question 10 LOUISVILLE is where Reggie the >> And finally today While thousands in Chile were balloons, that is.
Dozens took Chile, including some This international balloon held in South America.
Mexico past 20 years.
That's it for us today.
We will see more News Quiz!
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