
November 2, 2023
Season 39 Episode 8 | 15m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the new Speaker of the House, a giant pumpkin regatta and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the new Speaker of the House, Hurricane Otis, the winter forecast for the U.S., drought in Brazil, salt water in the Mississippi River, China’s space station, alebrijes in Mexico, a giant pumpkin regatta and more! News Quiz is KET’s weekly 15-minute current-events program for students.
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November 2, 2023
Season 39 Episode 8 | 15m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the new Speaker of the House, Hurricane Otis, the winter forecast for the U.S., drought in Brazil, salt water in the Mississippi River, China’s space station, alebrijes in Mexico, a giant pumpkin regatta and more! News Quiz is KET’s weekly 15-minute current-events program for students.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
It is NOVEMBER!
Can you later this month?
Today's Take a look...
The phrases back" often refer to a change You normally hear these phrases usually affects our sleep to help farmers work their The phrases "spring forward" a change in what?
We'll have that answer for you, Topping our news this week, the elected a new Speaker of the Mike Johnson was elected after The Speaker of the House is the Representatives.
The House and legislative branch of - collectively, they are called laws, or legislation.
The Speaker of the House majority party.
Right now, the seats in the House, so their Republican Kevin McCarthy was Johnson was the fourth nominee votes over a three-week period.
In weather news, meteorologists recent hurricanes and weather Just last week, Hurricane Otis to a category 5 hurricane in hurricane then hit Acapulco, areas, homes and businesses.
killed by the storm.
who study the weather - say of our warming temperatures and In the past, hurricanes formed warned.
They usually have time evacuate their homes, OR IF isn't always enough time to changes are just some of the will continue to study weather Time now for the first part of 2 are about the new Speaker of Questions 3 and 4 are about Back to the news -- Winter has States.
In Montana, the first than a foot of snow in the northern Cascades and Rockies.
northern Idaho, Wyoming and and freezing temperatures with Despite the massive snowfall, predicting a MILD and wet this year because of an El Nino That El Nino weather pattern is the world... A major drought in state of emergency in parts of Thousands of isolated and water in the State of corner of Brazil.
This Californias... and many areas Major waterways there are at creating a roadblock for boats.
docking miles away and through sand and mud to get drinking water.
And back in the U-S... some River are struggling to get salt water inching up from the Mississippi and Louisiana are water to their water systems.
the river and filter it into levels are creating an the water, making it harder to water.
An underwater sill -- or progression of salt water Orleans say the salt water is the end of the month.
----- Think about those stories as we today's Quiz... Get your winter Question 6 is a state of And Question 7 is a little off-balance.
Back to the news... Did you know station orbiting above the International Space Station, Recently they sent three Space Station to replace others months.
This trio will be the the research facility.
The months and conduct experiments technology, among others.
In Mexico, artists are pieces that were created to Dead.
The ALEBRIJES are figures a wire mesh frame.
They are Mexican culture - help welcome visit on Day of the Dead, or November first and second each honors the alebrije artists, figures was created back in the And an American woman who made Florida is now celebrating the accomplishment.
It's been 10 coast of Havana, Cuba and swam the Florida Keys.
On a map it that's 111 miles.
It took her complete the swim.
To mark this anniversary, Diana rehabilitated green sea turtle Ocean.
Let's swim into the final part Question 8 blasts into orbit.
Question 9 is part of a Mexican And Question 10 is out for a After all those questions I'm break!
How about you?
Let's to our Opinion Question about Let's get started with Audrey H.W.
Wilkey Elementary in Audrey is apparently a Swiftie!
>> I could make a holiday it We would wear our favorite Eras play Taylor Swift trivia >> Next is Marina, a 4th Grader Campinas in BRAZIL!
Marina friends.
"If I could create a - a day where people couldn't vegetarian and... would go out animal."
5th grader Sofia is Ann Seton School in Bellmore, books.
"My holiday would be you have to finish one book... about the book you read (if to play a game called, 'Guess will act out a character in the to try to guess which character Grader at Ruth Moyer Elementary Norah's holiday would get you holiday it would be called Pick get to pick a place in the happen every two years.
It would get to explore new places ideas!!
Do those put you in a other ideas?
There's still a Opinion Question.
If you could what would it be?
Teachers, if of video responses from your us.
It's a new way to present trying it out!
Keep sending to us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's Time now to bring you today's Question, if you answered you are correct!
In the spring our clocks.
In the spring we November 5th, this year - we our clocks back one hour.
goes along with Daylight Saving farmers use as much of the evening.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... C. Mike Johnson is the newly The answer to question 2 is... CONGRESS is made up of the the Senate.
The answer to question 3 is... METEOROLOGISTS study the The answer to question 4 is... C. Hurricane OTIS dramatically hours.
The answer to question 5 is... B.
Forecasters are predicting a The answer to question 6 is... C. A DROUGHT is causing a state Brazil.
The answer to question 7 is... B.
Salt water is creeping up The answer to question 8 is... Also B.
China's SPACE STATION The answer to question 9 is... A.
The ALEBRIJES artwork is And the answer to question 10 again.
CUBA was the starting swim.
And finally today... pumpkins but what do you think fruits after the weigh-ins?
them in the >> Pumpkin Regatta!
After the treats, they use the pumpkin race started in 2008 and now over Europe and North America, That's it for us today.
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