
October 16, 2025
Season 41 Episode 6 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Nobel Prize winners, giant pumpkins, honey and more!
This episode features stories about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages, Nobel Prize winners, Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year, artificial dyes, rooftop honey in Greece, eco-friendly NFL stadiums, giant pumpkins and more!
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October 16, 2025
Season 41 Episode 6 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode features stories about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages, Nobel Prize winners, Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year, artificial dyes, rooftop honey in Greece, eco-friendly NFL stadiums, giant pumpkins and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Have you enjoyed some past week?
Maybe it's helping right to it with today's geography.
What is Earth's level?
This mountain is located China and Tibet.
It's part of it's often a mountain climber's Can you think of it?
What is sea level?
We'll tell you the Topping our news today, the as hostages and prisoners of ceasefire between Israel and Eastern country that sits on a militant group that controls Palestinian territory.
War launched surprise attacks on taking hostages.
Israel which killed and displaced On Monday, as part of the United States, Hamas released return, Israel began releasing prisoners.
Israel also withdrew allowing Palestinians back into organizations are working to medical supplies.
World leaders met in Egypt in a ceasefire and peace talks.
Egypt's president led the representatives continue mediators to determine who will the peace once the plan is in This year's Nobel Prizes are things that help make the world prestigious awards were created who was a Swedish scientist who died, he left his money to people who do incredible include former opposition Venezuela, Maria Corina Peace Prize for being a in Venezuela.
Awards also went Medicine... for discoveries the body... and the award for scientists who developed contain gasses, which can pollution and climate change.
to winners in Physics, Time now for the first part of are about the peace plan.
Questions 3 and 4 are about place.
Back to the news.
Teacher of the Year, Michelle Spencer County Middle School in Teacher of the Year.
She was honored at the ceremony in finalists Kara Byrn Dowdy, an High School, and Melanie teacher at Corbin Primary Commissioner of Education represent more than 40,000 every day to help our students Some changes could be coming to drinks.
PepsiCo announced they rid of artificial dyes in their Gatorade and Flamin' Hot 40-percent of the company's They are working to find the colors without changing the a new law will phase out from school meals over the next new push to have healthier drink.
Natural honey is being made in Athens, Greece... beehives are 30 hives have been placed on So far, the 1.2 million bees pounds of honey -- that's car!
It's a way to help these in city environments.
In fact, News Quiz in downtown garden, with beehives too!
head into the second part of honor.
Question 6 is a healthy option.
And we are buzzing about Now mixing sports and NFL stadiums in the U.S.
are environmentally friendly Lincoln Financial Field -- home is one of those locations.
and an on-site compactor, where the metal can be sold for Atlanta, Georgia, and Santa installing solar panels to help lights, and air conditioning.
For a fall favorite, let's get pumpkins!
Those who grow these with the perfect seed -- one extra-large pumpkin is always combination of water, nutrients orange creatures for months, than 2,000 pounds in some only crops that offer giant and watermelons are capable of often get the focus, earning festivals and Halloween fairs.
This story is about a man who pumpkins... on a wagon... Ashraf Mahrous is an Egyptian Kabonga.
In his quest to be man, Kabonga recently pulled a and onto land using his teeth He is submitting videos of the for them to determine >> if he now owns that World's Stay tuned!
And now here's the final part for Question 8.
Question 9 could weigh a ton!
And Question 10 is even Now, let's take a little break Opinion Answers about pets!
Grandin Court Elementary in trustworthy friend.
Izaiah is in the sixth grade at Kentucky and wants a pet that's Leland writes from the fourth Alaska and is looking for a Lucy is a fifth grader at Baker County, Kentucky.
Lucy has an You still have time to send us Question... What animal would would you choose it?
Send your NewsQuiz@ket.org... Or use the sure to include your name, name in your response!
It is answers.
Let's find out if you today's Challenge Question!
If you answered Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain above hikers had to be rescued from snowstorm had them stranded on after some 900 hikers, guides from their camping area on the by villagers who brought horses And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... Gaza, or the Gaza Strip, is returning.
The answer to question 2 is... The United States developed the The answer to question 3 is... also B. Alfred Nobel is who the The answer to question 4 is... False.
This year's Nobel Peace opposition leader in Venezuela.
The answer to question 5 is... A. Spencer County is home to the Year.
The answer to question 6 is... The company is getting rid of drinks.
The answer to question 7 is... also B. Honey is being produced The answer to question 8 is... Several NFL stadiums have The answer to question 9 is... A perfect seed could lead to a And the answer to question 10 A ship is what Kabonga pulled today... If you don't like option they're using at a >> Livestock landscaping!
their way up and down the Canadian border.
The animals did a wonderful job overgrown with weeds.
That's for us today.
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