
October 28, 2021
Season 37 Episode 8 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
A KET-produced current-events program for upper-elementary and middle school students.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about unsafe drinking water in Michigan, migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, Colin Powell, the Maasai, help from beavers, Day of the Dead preparations, art from plastic, a mysterious sword discovery, elephants smashing pumpkins and more.
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October 28, 2021
Season 37 Episode 8 | 14m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about unsafe drinking water in Michigan, migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, Colin Powell, the Maasai, help from beavers, Day of the Dead preparations, art from plastic, a mysterious sword discovery, elephants smashing pumpkins and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We are going to jump starting in the world of sports What professional sports league anniversary this year?
In 1946 there were eight teams locations like Boston and team in Toronto, Canada.
games was played when the New Toronto Huskies.
We hope those What professional sports league anniversary this year?
We'll tell you, after the news.
A city in Michigan has declared water problems there.
Michigan bordering Canada and four of Harbor is a small town in the state.
Its main water supply is levels of lead were discovered Lead is a natural element, but and harmful to humans.
pipes in the city's aging water danger.
It will take time and replace those pipes with newer, people of Benton Harbor cooking or drinking.
While the infrastructure, they are their residents and testing lead out of water in their Across the Atlantic there is an Mediterranean Sea.
Thousands of African country of Libya to A war in Libya in the 1990’s, following decade, made life pandemic and the situation got people have attempted to leave crossing the Mediterranean Sea months an organization called on the open sea and taken them helicopters and other aircraft come apart in rough waters Sometimes Sea-Watch contacts enough to help.
Often, though, own boats making trips to help Time now for the first part of 2 are about that water Questions 3 and 4 are in rescue Back to the news.
One of diplomatic leaders has died due Colin Powell spent 35 years in four-star general.
During his country's first Black chairman serving as an advisor to Bill Clinton.
He also was our under President George W. general was 84 years old and several years.
Flags at at half-staff in honor of Colin memorial service held for him Cathedral on November 5th.
In the African nation of Kenya, culture is being forced to be to blame.
The Maasai people centuries.
That means they They travel from place to place their livestock.
In recent weather patterns have made it to raise their animals.
Now farming with a set location to for government help to set order for the Maasai to traditions.
In England members of the could choose to re-introduce help curb the effects of beavers were once plentiful in ago.
But they were hunted for that area.
Now they are country.
Officials think the could help ease flooding and would be helpful in times of The environmental study will months.
The department's beavers will be presented in Now here's the second part of about the U.S. leader who is You may wander around for And Question 7 may gnaw its way other news, in preparation for marigold flowers are on the decorations for the holiday.
to guide the dead to the land celebration.
The flowers are loaded on boats different areas using water centuries.
Mexico has a more than many parts of the world.
days as they celebrate the A nurse in the United Kingdom use litter that she picks up Aplin spends time each day in Brighton, England and hangs onto colorful plastic create colorful collages.
collage - using different items piece.
Some of Sammie’s plastic bottle lids.
Her work plastic waste out of oceans like turtles.
She says for her, And off the coast of Israel, a 900-year-old sword!
The area in a place where ancient ships been found there, but the shifting and uncovering new belonged to a knight in the fought between the years 1025 after examining it further.
sand and tiny sea creatures so clean and then study it.
given an appreciation citizenship.
And here's the final part of colorful story.
Question 9 is colorful art.
And Question 10 was an Let's take a break from the Opinion Letters.
It's been a virtual learning and masking up first two responses are in Addison is in the 5th Grade at School in Pennsylvania and classes.
"...when you are in gym and actually run around; instruments instead of using Mason from Ekron Elementary's Kentucky says, "I like being with them... and playing with counts for a lot, Mason!
Well these students prefer Grader at Northern Elementary Kip likes the pace of virtual work done a lot faster... move on until the last person And Harper from the 4th Grade Independence, Kentucky caught stay in my pj's and eat during have to answer questions!"
We in class now, Harper!
Thanks us.
We'll read more of your know... Do you prefer in-person Don't hesitate to send in your NewsQuiz@ket.org Or use the be sure to include your name, name in your response!
It is so let's hit a SLAM DUNK with answered NBA, or National correct.
That's the is celebrating its 75th began back in 1946 with eight located all over the U.S. and those New York Knickerbockers to the New York Knicks!
And here are the rest of And finally today, here's a bit of about these pachyderms Portland??
A pachyderm is a like elephants.
>> At the Oregon Zoo in huge pumpkins; then enjoyed kicking them around.
It was all Kickoff.
Now we'll kick it on outta more News Quiz.
Bye!
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