
January 29, 2026
Season 41 Episode 17 | 14m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the winter storm, NASA, cave art, historic documents, a broom-using cow and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Winter Storm Fern, a quick look at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the success of NASA’s first medical evacuation, the oldest cave art ever discovered, Ukrainians training for the Olympics, historic U.S. documents on display, a dog sled race, the innovative use of a broom by a cow, and more!
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January 29, 2026
Season 41 Episode 17 | 14m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Winter Storm Fern, a quick look at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the success of NASA’s first medical evacuation, the oldest cave art ever discovered, Ukrainians training for the Olympics, historic U.S. documents on display, a dog sled race, the innovative use of a broom by a cow, and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We hope you are that swept through our area.
those cold temperatures in mind Challenge Question.
At what temperature does water something meteorologists weather... especially when our that freezing point.
Now you Celsius or Fahrenheit scales.
after the news.
Americans across the country of a major winter storm that through the 26th.
States from Hampshire were hammered by snow like Texas and Louisiana were Fern caused thousands of flight of emergency in more than two trucks to spread rock salt and keep roadways safer during the of thousands of homes and power crews into the ice and downed powerlines.
The storm closed for several days with World leaders of business and Switzerland last week for the Switzerland is a mountainous Its capital is Bern, but the town of Davos, which is in the Nearly 3,000 political leaders world's leading companies President Donald Trump.
Several attendance -- including Oklahoma Governor Kevin Sitt... Whitmer.
Organizers of the this year's meeting "a spirit themes of cooperation, growth, innovation and building Time now for the first part of are still weathering a storm.
Questions 3 and 4 take us to >> Back to the news.
>> NASA brought four astronauts International Space Station medical issue.
It's the first human space traveling that a required.
The space agency has or which astronaut is sick.
are doing fine after returning extensive, basic medical tests while on board the ISS.
specialists on the ground each But on this occasion those to leave the astronaut in space attention.
In other news, cave drawings on oldest rock art ever studied so is an island nation, an coast of Southeast Asia between Jakarta is the capital, and the drawings were discovered.
found near later images of paleontologists from Indonesia hand outlines were created researchers learned how old the carbon-dating the mineral crust artwork.
They believe there may islands that could be even And in Ukraine, athletes aren't their training.
What once was training facility for Olympic in 2022 when Russia bombed the places for training, athletes, biathlon, still use this one.
intact, and ski trails offer a biathlon combines rifle skiing.
Several Ukrainians who compete in the Milan Winter Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 had to Question 6 is ancient history.
war isn't stopping Question 7. news.
As we have mentioned, anniversary.
Some of the National Archives will be "Freedom Plane Tour" this year.
various museums so Americans regular home in Washington, rarest artifacts are also soon in New York.
One copy of is owned by the city of 31 surviving copies, and the recently unveiled for public American Revolution building to celebrations.
Back to the sled drivers - recently sled dog challenge.
More than competed in the 12-day event.
miles of snowy, mountainous and Switzerland.
The dogs are get help in case of emergency.
there to watch the race.
And in Austria, a pet COW the sharpest tool in the shed.
Brown Swiss cow who has stunned to scratch an itch.
Cows are intelligence... so the fact broom to scratch but also uses parts of her body makes her a complex tool use was thought to humans.
And now here's the final part a birthday celebration.
Question 9 is off races.
And scratch an itch with >> 10.
Stop scratching now... break to read some of your Year's goals have you shared grader at Saint Peter School in that we all can embrace!
Fifth grader Carson, in Boone County, Kentucky, is is in the fourth grade at H.W.
County, Kentucky and aims to And Wade attends fifth grade at Mississippi.
Wade is looking at achievements.
We hope you will told us about!
And Wade's goal Opinion Question.
Give this one thought.
What is your favorite may have enjoyed your fave weekend.
Do you like to go like me, you might enjoy some hot chocolate!
Some of you get winter weather, but I bet like to do in the wintertime!
favorite winter activity?
much?
Send your letters to us NewsQuiz@ket.org... Or use the sure to include your name, name in your response!
Did you our Challenge Question today?
freeze?
On the Fahrenheit scale that temperature is zero.
paddleboarders chose to ignore enjoy their hobby -- and they River in Siberia doesn't freeze swiftly.
But as the along one stretch of water, fairy-tale like atmosphere.
fog was rising from the water branches!
And here are the rest answers.
The answer to question False.
Numerous states endured storm.
The answer to question 2 is... B. Rock salt is often roadways.
The answer to A. Switzerland is located at A map.
The answer to question 4 B. The World Economic Forum is Switzerland.
The answer to is... C. A medical issue caused astronauts early.
The answer to question 6 A. Indonesia is where the found.
The answer to question 7 is... B. Biathlon athletes are training site.
The answer to question 8 is... C. America's 250th this year.
The answer to is... A. Europe is home to the dog challenge.
And the answer 10 is... C. Veronika's use of a And finally today... What does northern lights -- look like what the crew of the >> witnessed recently.
A beautiful video as they floated That's it for us today.
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