
October 9, 2025
Season 41 Episode 5 | 15m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include the federal government shutdown, Jane Goodall, satellites, new astronauts and more.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the federal government shutdown, Jane Goodall, an international water treaty, the Amazon Rainforest, pollution-tracking satellites, competitive grizzly bears, new astronauts and more.
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October 9, 2025
Season 41 Episode 5 | 15m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the federal government shutdown, Jane Goodall, an international water treaty, the Amazon Rainforest, pollution-tracking satellites, competitive grizzly bears, new astronauts and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We hope you had a great back to work -- and reach for question: What is the acronym This group builds rockets and astronauts, robots and rovers learn more about our universe.
also study Earth from space to Can you think of it?
Do you Think about it: What is the agency?
We'll have that answer our news today, the federal shut down on October first agree on government funding.
750,000 federal employees home U.S.
Congress begin discussing February each year.
They have a spending plan for the next a government shutdown occurs.
our military and law federal services are limited or temporarily.
And some national members have been sent home.
representatives can reach a will continue.
Our government past 50 years.
In other news, internationally Goodall has died.
Goodall spent chimpanzees and other primates.
primatologist - one who studies chimpanzees in Tanzania, behaviors, and learned that reactions are much like humans.
she spent decades educating the protection.
For her work, Britain, France, Tanzania and Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Nations Messenger of Peace and Primatologist Jane Goodall was Time now for the first part of are about the government Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news.
60 countries or agreed to, the High Seas in international waters.
areas of oceans that are The High Seas Treaty is an common areas from environmental overfishing.
The plan still determine how it will be Treaty plays a big role in the pledge to protect 30 percent of 2030.
Tree loss in the Amazon flying rivers that bring rain Scientists say most of the the Atlantic Ocean.
When winds America, the trees pull the through the forest.
But tree deforestation is affecting that forest for lack of water.
an emphasis on protecting the deforested areas to help A new satellite system is using track dangerous soot pollution neighborhood.
Climate TRACE is Vice President Al Gore.
The monitor the location of those satellites are using 30,000 ground-tracking sensors particles, often known as soot, They hope the technology can be so users can see where where it is coming from.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is Water movement is part of And Question 7 is about new Back to the news.
Students at a County, Kentucky are using a student.
The Adaptive High School uses 3D printers to toys.
But when a student who is staff that he was having they got to work and created the doors.
Braille is a writing raised dots to represent punctuation.
People who can't their fingers to read.
In Myanmar, an annual Buddhist celebration this year, despite country last March.
Myanmar is It is bordered by India, China countries.
Naypyidaw is the known for the dozens of ethnic the Phaung Daw Oo Festival, wooden longboats across Inle Myanmar.
Crew members stand one leg, wrapped around an oar, water.
Chunk the brown bear has annual Fat Bear competition.
about 1,200 pounds.
Fat Bear Alaska's national parks.
brown bear they believe is best Using pictures from the pictures at the end of the narrowed down to one.
Even with pick up plenty of weight thanks from the Brooks River.
I vote we look at the final part for question 8: Question 9 is a celebration.
And Question 10 is ready for a Time for a little break to find bear for a pet.
Maybe not, >> but let's see what kind of Opinion Question.
Emmet attends Intermediate School in West odd-looking mammal.
Zoey is a fifth grader at Julius County, Kentucky and is looking Fourth grader Hudson from looking for a friend to help Ava is in the eighth grade at and would like a colorful grader at Foster Heights Kentucky who wants a fictional pet!
What do you think?
We'd What animal would you choose as that particular animal?
Send at: NewsQuiz@ket.org... Or use Be sure to include your name, name in your response!
Did you challenge question?
We asked: What is the acronym If you answered NASA -- you are National Aeronautics and Space when you use the first letter abbreviation like NASA.
In its newest class of astronauts.
test pilots were chosen from help explore the moon and time, there were more women class.
One of the women is Erin lieutenant commander -- who is And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. A budget standoff caused the The answer to question 2 is... C. Federal workers for the the shutdown.
The answer to question 3 is... A. Jane Goodall was a The answer to question 4 is... True.
Goodall won many awards work.
The answer to question 5 is... B. The High Seas Treaty aims to The answer to question 6 is... The Amazon Rainforest is The answer to question 7 is... B. The satellites are tracking The answer to question 8 is... Students are creating braille The answer to question 9 is... B. Myanmar is located at B on And the answer to question 10 Chunk is the winner of this Last but not least today, have just wandering around?
Well, that -- but be careful, you may corn maze!
Cool Patch Pumpkin challenging corn mazes >> for more than 20 years.
>> "Farmers, the Heart of hard-working folks who put food can find the exit and see you Quiz!
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