
March 2, 2023
Season 38 Episode 23 | 15m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Today's features include stories about extreme weather, new galaxies, and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about President Biden’s trip to Ukraine and the Bucharest Nine, Machu Picchu and protests in Peru, extreme weather, new galaxies, new technology for braille readers, a new dog study, rescued manatees released in Florida, Carnival in Brazil and more!
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March 2, 2023
Season 38 Episode 23 | 15m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about President Biden’s trip to Ukraine and the Bucharest Nine, Machu Picchu and protests in Peru, extreme weather, new galaxies, new technology for braille readers, a new dog study, rescued manatees released in Florida, Carnival in Brazil and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Welcome to March!
are you ready?
Let's spring - think animals ... What is the young in pouches?
There are including kangaroos, wallabies, called joeys, spend a lot of pouch.
Can you think of it?
What is the name for mammals pouches?
We'll have that answer U-S President Joe Biden is near Russia after a surprise secretly traveled 20 hours by Ukraine where he pledged U-S anniversary of Russia's After that, the president NATO Bucharest Nine -- or B-9 Nine is a group of nine NATO Russia, that are all allies of NATO stands for the North an organization of countries and promote democracy around In Peru, an international open again, even though continue.
Peru is a South the Pacific coast in the continent.
It includes part of Picchu, an ancient Incan city the country's capital.
Machu Picchu closed in January train tracks leading to the rescued by helicopter from the The protests have been going on Peru's citizens want a new a new Congress and a new Blocking the train tracks to the ways they hoped to gain Time now for the first part of 2 are about the president's Questions 3 and 4 are about Back to the news... We've been over the past week!
In the snowfalls.
Places like Southern get snow ... actually saw the from the skies!
Portland, feet of snow.
And Michigan was knocked out power to nearly warnings prompted thousands of NO-moving traffic on highways.
many cities experienced record Kentucky recorded 78 degrees on highest in a century.
Astronomers have discovered six within 600 million years of the from the James Webb Space technology to pinpoint the galaxies.
Scientists say the 30 times smaller than our own, Each star weighs billions of Astronomers say it is the first of our universe.
Students who read using braille make it even easier.
Braille is can be read with fingers of low vision.
To translate all of textbook to braille, usually books.
The American Printing Louisville, Kentucky creates materials for blind people in braille tablet called The braille-readers, allowing them content.
Prototypes for the new classrooms right now.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is Question 6 is out of this And Question 7 is reading A furniture design fair in Sweden and helping our planet.
Vendors are showing guests how our planet.
Some of the greener options like rattan or materials like stainless steel.
Others are promoting recycling be re-used to create helpful pitched into landfills.
A new study says dogs can The research out of Austria different breeds... by were teased by humans with a and other humans accidentally The study found the dogs who and would give up sooner than understand the human's actions scientists say the behavior can distinguish between meant to do - even when the And in Florida, a dozen been released into the wild Most of the manatees were didn't provide enough food for is a popular gathering place pollution has wiped out the there.
The sea cows were taken in by research locations where they to health.
In fact, you might Swim-shady while they were Zoo.
To be released back into the least 600 pounds.
Now let's release the final 8 is about greener designs.
Question 9 means well... And Question 10 is back in the Got all your answers marked?
read some of your Opinion come from 4th Graders!
Let's Rilynn attends Margaret Ross Pennsylvania, and wants to "I would like to be a character books because I think it would through some of the major Now Amelia from Roosevelt Wisconsin is adventurous!
"I would be the cunning book that goes on a dangerous the quest with my enemies, but my enemies."
Raiden goes to County, Kentucky and also has a "I would like to be in and survive in the Canadian for Brian."
Areesha is a student at Lexington, Kentucky with a "I would like to be Ramona in is so free and funny and has writes from McNeill Elementary saying... "I would be Agnes Progress' because I think Agnes would like to do myself.
calmly to bad situations, and I that a little better."
Those If you haven't sent us your you.
In which book would you you'd like to join Harry Potter catching up with Curious George Tell us what book you'd like to us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's Now if you choose a book about answer to our Challenge MARSUPIALS are the kind of in their pouches.
Australia is species.
Since the pandemic, become more accustomed to because there were fewer people Australians are reminding on the lookout.
Signs featuring of wombats are showing up along And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. NATO is that military The answer to question 2 is...
The Bucharest Nine or B-9 ARE The answer to question 3 is... Peru is located at B on the The answer to question 4 is... MACHU PICCHU has now reopened.
The answer to question 5 is... Also A. LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY February 22nd.
The answer to question 6 is... B.
New GALAXIES may have been The answer to question 7 is... BRAILLE is the raised-dot impaired.
The answer to question 8 is...
Sustainable FURNITURE is the The answer to question 9 is... B.
Good human INTENTIONS can be And the answer to question 10 C. MANATEES are also known as And in Brazil, it is time for celebration last week.
world leading up to a more religious observances of Lent and most colorful Carnival Janeiro, Brazil.
The parade IS and includes >> floats, intricate costumes out of here.
We'll see you next Bye!

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