
October 20, 2022
Season 38 Episode 7 | 15m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode features stories about Iranian protests, a giant pumpkin contest and more.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the war in Ukraine, Iranian protests around the world, a new World Wildlife Fund report, growing kelp forests, the results of NASA’s DART mission, saving the Cantonese dialect, dogs as pets in Egypt, a giant pumpkin contest and more.
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October 20, 2022
Season 38 Episode 7 | 15m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the war in Ukraine, Iranian protests around the world, a new World Wildlife Fund report, growing kelp forests, the results of NASA’s DART mission, saving the Cantonese dialect, dogs as pets in Egypt, a giant pumpkin contest and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Let's get right into Challenge Question.
What famous artist painted The born in the Netherlands in he is also known for a series sunflowers and a piece titled used himself as a model and self-portraits.
Can you think What famous artist painted THE We'll have that answer for you In our news today, many of you war in Ukraine.
Ukraine is a Ukraine and Russia were once Soviet Union.
Ukraine sits border.
The war between the two 2022 when Russia's leader, military troops to invade Countries around the world are not sent troops to join the continued to destroy cities, lives.
Earlier this month a or Group of 7, brought together discussed the situation.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr with pleas for help.
The G7 is and punish Russia.
Meanwhile in the capital of Kyiv, are Still, many continue trekking for their nation and remember country.
In other news, people around support women's rights in Iran.
Asia that is bordered by Iraq country's capital.
Iranian protests have spread to countries, too.
Religious rules codes, which includes requiring Many want the right to choose escalated and caught the woman named Mahsa Amini was rules and died while in police Iranians living in Ecuador calling for justice for Amini.
include women cutting their Iranian women have done.
The gesture was even carried cut her hair in the European to the violence against the Time now for the first part of 2 are about the war.
Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news...
The World to protect animals for more joined the London Zoo in report about their findings on Sadly, much of that report like pink river dolphins, various primates.
The World numbers have dropped habitat among other causes.
conservation efforts and decline.
The number of mountain and some other species are these efforts.
>> Ever heard of an underwater Australia say kelp is just seaweed is actually a living of underwater species.
And like quickly disappearing from the ways to transplant kelp from 'replant' these forests.
could be one key to saving our Now from space... do you a spacecraft intentionally Well we now know that mission move the asteroid off course, space object's trajectory.
say the impact caused a greater expected.
Think about those stories for Quiz.
Question 5 is good Question 6 goes below the And give a little nudge to Question Back to the news... Mandarin world's most-learned languages.
dialect, however, called and less recognized throughout Cantonese is the main language special, self-governed region becoming China's preferred lost.
Schools and universities Cantonese classes.
Although it through families, others want of the history and culture that Dog owners in Egypt are is a country that links Middle East.
It borders Israel, Egypt's capital.
Until about 10 years ago, dogs were not clean animals.
Now, though, some religious views.
Especially during the taking dogs into their homes Now Egypt is one of the top and pet supplies.
Since 2016 country has jumped from two thousand!
Back in the U.S., it is that find the GREAT pumpkin!
A Minnesota has apparently grown ever!
The Minnesota monstrosity 560 pounds!
That broke the contest in Northern California.
this is not the heaviest record is held by a two SEVEN-hundred-and-two-pound pumpkins could make a ton of Time for you to weigh in on the Question 8 may need some Think pets for Question 9.
And Question 10 is really Are any of you hoping to break a more of your goals.
Timothy is Middle School - which was flooding.
Getting back to "I want to go back to my school almost completely destroyed and another school... while ours is Anabelle is a 4th Grader at Lexington, Kentucky with "My goal is to learn about the Rights.
I think U.S. history is learn."
Great!
Robyn is a 4th Forsyth, Missouri who is aiming "I want to win the school to me because you earn a medal spelling so studying words will is in the 5th Grade at Sherman Kentucky.
Aiden wants something school.
"I am part of the to bring back strawberry milk.
luck to you Aiden!
And good proof that you are never too Ray Ruschel is a 49-year-old North Dakota factory.
He's also State College of Science and Ray and his much-younger national title this year!
So how about you?
What are your And tell us, why have you letters to us via email at: form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be grade, school, and teacher's Well did your mind paint a Question?
If you answered VAN you are correct!
That's the Starry Night.
Some of Van Italian museum for an most famous self-portraits is particular painting has Art historians carefully varnish that darkened the is more vibrant and on display anniversary of Van Gogh's And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... C. RUSSIA sent troops to invade The answer to question 2 is...
The G7 had a special meeting Ukraine's president.
The answer to question 3 is... Iran is located at B on the The answer to question 4 is... Also B.
Some women have CUT people.
The answer to question 5 is...
The WORLD WILDLIFE FUND The answer to question 6 is... C. KELP makes up the helpful The answer to question 7 is...
The DART mission successfully The answer to question 8 is... A. CANTONESE is the dialect The answer to question 9 is... EGYPT is where dogs are And the answer to question 10 B. MINNESOTA is home to the And finally today...
The Kingdom is celebrating three >> cat-like creatures that are three are the first >> fossa ever born at this zoo.
out of public view to make sure roaming freely for all to That's it for us today.
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