
May 7, 2026
Season 41 Episode 30 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
Features include NASA’s Student Launch Challenge, tick season, turning glass into sand and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about King Charles’s visit to America, NASA’s Student Launch Challenge, the Kentucky Derby winner, new state pets for Kentucky, an early start to tick season, an Offline Club in the Netherlands, turning glass into sand, breeding a better potato and more!
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May 7, 2026
Season 41 Episode 30 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about King Charles’s visit to America, NASA’s Student Launch Challenge, the Kentucky Derby winner, new state pets for Kentucky, an early start to tick season, an Offline Club in the Netherlands, turning glass into sand, breeding a better potato and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We hope your May is off year is winding down!
Let's get America250 - the upcoming celebrating.
Today's Challenge about one of our symbols of original Liberty Bell located?
mark the 50th anniversary of constitution.
Cities such as hold great historical one of the original 13 northeastern U.S.
location?
Liberty Bell located?
We'll news.
Topping our news this visit.
King Charles the third United States last week to mark American independence from of the United Kingdom.
In the a symbolic leader who doesn't make laws.
King Charles met with addressed a joint session of the historical and cultural called "one of the most human history" -- between the Britain.
The royal couple also White House and visited the during their four-day visit.
King Charles is just the address a joint session of Elizabeth II, delivered a As scientists begin studying Artemis mission around the are also learning and finding >> space.
Teams of students are as part of NASA's Student is held in Huntsville, Alabama, colleges and high schools.
fly up to 6,000 feet in the mile high!
Students say the them of the great efforts from to send astronauts on the inspired to be part of NASA in >> future.
Time now for the Questions 1 and 2 are about the visit.
Questions 3 and 4 are >> high.
Back to the news.
make history!
The famous first Saturday in May each time >> ever, a female trainer winner's circle next to Golden come-from-WAY-behind winner of Cherie DeVaux didn't plan to be pre-med student before a summer That got her hooked on horses in Kentucky and works as the Cherie and Golden Tempo!
has some new state symbols this year's General Assembly.
13-year-old Ethan Branscum... the official state pets of championing this effort since will help raise awareness for the bill names the "treeing dog of Kentucky... the Eastern state nongame mammal and the amphibian.
The bill was signed week and will take effect in July.
It isn't a state BUG, season seems to be off to a In fact, some U.S.
doctors are of tick bites this season.
bloodsucking parasites.
They insects.
They feed on animals bites can cause diseases, but treated with antibiotics.
ticks usually live in wooded thoroughly after playing outside.
Think about the second part of today's Question 5.
Think state symbols Question 6.
And check yourself for Question 7.
Back to the news.
off all other electronics.
new kind of club in the a country in northwestern Belgium, and the North Sea.
capital.
That's where a local Participants hand over their head into a two-hour creative grown in the past two years.
great way to get a digital people, in person.
Back in the U.S., a putting empty bottles back on sand!
Glass Half Full receives per week for recycling.
After Louisiana's wetlands are losing to crush the bottles into a are using that "ground-up >> glass" sand to fight land >> Louisiana coastlines.
in Michigan are working to Researchers have been working that can grow in all kinds of and still pack a satisfying >> potato chips.
Around 50 just for chip-making in the >> U.S.
What's also unique is researchers and chip makers in together to create new types of multi-billion-dollar industry.
veggie takes time... >> up to 15 years in some consumers are often the test >> crunching.
And now here's Aim for less screen time with Question 8.
Question 9 may be but useful.
And Question 10 is of >> taste.
Now a quick shout-out Elementary School in Bardstown >> and Holy Trinity School in neighborhood.
Thank you all for thank all of your teachers for week!!
These News Quiz fans News Quiz -- here are some more opinion question -- we asked Madison is in the fifth grade California with an online suggestion.
This from Mrs.
Hudgin's second grade Caverna, Kentucky.
Third grader Elementary in Florida likes how our episodes.
And Kaelei is a Elementary in Jefferson County, challenge from time to time.
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How would you will be our last chance to read show this season but keep will take a look at all of them So send your opinions to us via Or use the form at include your name, grade, your response!
Now, where did today?
Thinking about American answer we were looking for.
housed in Philadelphia, can go to see it, with its Now what you may not know is Liberty Bell in every state want to join the growing group in your own state capital the original one someday!
today's answers.
The answer to 1 is... A. King Charles III is United Kingdom The answer to is... False.
The king is the but he doesn't make laws.
The answer to 3 is... B. College and high the rockets for the launch competition.
The answer 4 is... A. The Artemis II the students.
The answer to 5 is... B. Cherie DeVaux is the Kentucky Derby.
The answer to 6 is... C. Rescue dogs and cats in Kentucky.
The answer to 7 is... B. Ticks are worrying this season.
The answer to 8 is... Also B. The Netherlands the map.
The answer to question is... A. Sand is being created recycled glass.
And the answer is... C. Potatoes for potato Michigan farmers.
And let's end from Vermont.
The farmer of to have twins.
Turns out, she's >> of six sheeplings.
If you're sextuplets.
Mom and babies are help from the farmer and his for us today.
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