
October 12, 2023
Season 39 Episode 5 | 15m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the war between Israel and Hamas, the Tuskegee Airmen, and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the war between Israel and Hamas, Nobel Prizes, the U.S. Speaker of the House, former President Trump in court, ancient ruins in Libya, the Tuskegee Airmen, a Vincent van Gogh-inspired garden, record-setting skydives, Andean bears and more!
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October 12, 2023
Season 39 Episode 5 | 15m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the war between Israel and Hamas, Nobel Prizes, the U.S. Speaker of the House, former President Trump in court, ancient ruins in Libya, the Tuskegee Airmen, a Vincent van Gogh-inspired garden, record-setting skydives, Andean bears and more!
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Welcome back from Fall time off, but now let's get today's Challenge Question.
What is North America's largest This creature is part of the them, you may think of Native western US.
Although they weigh they are fast and strong What is North America's largest We'll have that answer for you news today, a scary situation between Israel and a known as Hamas.
Take a look at Eastern country that sits on bordered by Egypt, Jordan and Land, from biblical times.
Christians and Muslims.
Over Israel, killing hundreds of Israel retaliated and declared Palestinians and Hamas members or the Gaza Strip, which is a leaders have called for a siege electricity and food and water minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, fight back.
He says this war In other news, the 2023 Nobel announced.
The Nobel Prizes are world for academic, scientific Five of the six awards were a Swedish inventor and Peace Prize was awarded to from Iran who is in jail for that country.
A Norwegian Fosse, is the Nobel Prize in committee found his plays and a voice to the 'unsayable'.
The three scientists for their This technology is now used in and even some surgical this year's winners helped COVID-19.
Thanks to their a vaccine was developed more And the Nobel Prize in Physics developed tools to help INSIDE atoms and molecules.
economics, was awarded to an her work examining pay women.
Time now for the first part of 2 are about the fighting in the Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news... For the the Speaker of the U.S. House kicked out of that position.
oversees all House business.
McCarthy's leadership was Republicans who were joined by being voted out of his is elected, Congress must work the federal government open.
shutdown once ...but that only In New York, former U.S. facing FRAUD charges.
The of lying about the value of his Organization, in order to get president has actually appeared charges... that's another first is still a frontrunner in the Now, around the world, we've Libya... but the disaster has Greek ruins.
The city of Cyrene the 4th century.
It once stood floods damaged archaeological the waters also revealed other attention.
Local authorities to help classify and restore Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 has a congressional Question 6 is about the charges And Question 7 is an ancient Let's take to the skies for our in Detroit, Michigan is careers in aviation.
The Airmen, a group of Black World War Two and are still air.
>> To carry on their legacy allows 15- to 19-year-olds the pilot's license.
They learn to maintenance skills that keep >> Around the world in Bosnia, looks like a familiar piece of Bosnian insurance salesman set into The Starry Night... Van Gogh.
He spent the next building swirling paths and lavender bushes.
Add in some Starry Night began to appear.
And this final story will have with some potential record U.S. Air Force Para-Rescue team highest HALO formation skydive.
Low Opening...
The group flew out, linked in formation, then And THIS jumper may have set skydiver.
104-year-old Dorothy Ottawa, Illinois.
>> She's waiting for the certification to claim this >> now here's the final part of carries on a legacy.
Question 9 has an artistic And Question 10 is record setting.
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Bison are often called America's largest land mammals.
held its annual Bison Roundup.
bison through a mapped-out Bison were almost hunted to But after a hundred years of 500 thousand bison grazing And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. Israel is located at B on The answer to question 2 is... HAMAS is the militant group The answer to question 3 is... C. ALFRED NOBEL established the The answer to question 4 is... B. COVID-19 was a focus for the The answer to question 5 is... SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE was Kevin The answer to question 6 is... FRAUD charges are filed against The answer to question 7 is... C. LIBYA is where the Greek The answer to question 8 is... B.
The TUSKEGEE AIRMEN are an The answer to question 9 is... A.
Van Gogh's THE STARRY NIGHT And the answer to question 10 C. Dorothy Hoffner is likely And finally today... An Andean saving his species.
Oberon is in England.
Zookeepers hope he Andean bear named Pacha.
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