
January 6, 2022
Season 37 Episode 15 | 15m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
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This episode of News Quiz features stories about electric busses throughout the world, the 2021 word of the year, Greek artifacts, Faberge eggs, sculptures created in extreme conditions, an elephant naming festival, monarch butterfly migration, wildfire solutions and more.
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January 6, 2022
Season 37 Episode 15 | 15m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about electric busses throughout the world, the 2021 word of the year, Greek artifacts, Faberge eggs, sculptures created in extreme conditions, an elephant naming festival, monarch butterfly migration, wildfire solutions and more.
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We are going to ease since we've all been out on a started with a geography themed of Madagascar is part of which Now this island nation isn't continent, but it is still Madagascar's nearest neighbors Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Ocean.
Are those helpful hints?
wild animals including giraffe, think of it?
The island of continent?
We'll have that answer for you And in our news today countries for alternative energy to power our vehicles.
Projects in the an African nation, are finding mode of transportation.
Kenya is on Africa's east Ocean, Somalia and Tanzania capital is Nairobi.
Opibus is a Kenyan company that into public buses that normally The buses usually travel more biggest challenge is having a charged halfway through the the U.S. school buses are districts across the country dollar infrastructure plan will transport students, or help buses to electric engines.
difference for our environment And our next story is brought perseverance.
That is the the year for 2021.
Perseverance means doing delay in achieving success.
It is sticking to something your favor.
Well with the endured through the COVID-19 of years, we have all realize that Perseverance is is currently exploring the Red A Virginia teenager chose that back in 2020 as part of a students.
And in February 2021, destination, Cambridge seeing an upswing in people meaning and various uses.
had been looked up more than Dictionary website.
Time now Quiz...
Questions 1 and 2 will another.
Questions 3 and 4 need no Our next few stories take a artwork in the news.
An exhibit Museum gives visitors a look at and today's world.
The from Greece, which is a country made up of thousands of islands of Western civilization.
statue.
It was in a shipwreck spent thousands of years under learn about erosion and the Another highlight is a set of Greek philosopher Aristotle was to distinguish between The plates show observations of the exhibit have themes from music.
At another London museum, the Carl Fabergé was a jeweler and egg-shaped pieces for Russia's in the late 1800’s and early began when a Russian leader Mr. Fabergé to design an Easter beautiful piece led to many that open to reveal even more were created before the artist England.
The Fabergé brand is decorative keepsake boxes with patterns.
And in Italy, one artist took Peter Senoner uses a chainsaw works.
And for the Transart the Terra-X-Cube where he The Terra-X facility is in northwestern part of the borders with Switzerland and space where people can Peter used the icy temperatures his creations and an incentive visitors were able to watch his where it was warmer.
But a few full effect.
The artist said it in the extreme conditions.
We'll warm up for the second Question 5 teaches mixed Question 6 is bejeweled.
And Question 7 goes to Back to the news.
In the there's good news!
The number number of births over the past is down for conservation groups Training and Research Tourists often visit national of elephants and contribute to country's wildlife service held where groups and individuals give the creature a name.
tagged so the conservation the animal is wandering.
thousand dollars which allowed Back in the U.S. there's the animal world in California butterflies is up this year.
travel south from the Pacific Canada and Washington state - when temperatures drop.
them each year.
It's not an Monarch butterflies tend to perch and cluster for warmth couple thousand of the counted.
In 2021 nearly 50 more like the typical number of winter home.
And in Australia, goats have wildfires.
The fires are often in some areas.
Since goats eat are testing their work in small habits can solve that issue.
fire line, which is an area of stop a fire.
All the “fuel” for area.
In this case, the goats Firefighters say there's goats eat the weeds, native also grow in the cleared area.
Let's graze our way into the Adopt Question 8 to help Kenyan There's a lot of fluttering for And firefighters are Let's take a break from the earn a little Extra Credit shoes or jackets, you probably cows.
Really exotic leather or snake skins.
But did you to make leather items?
A to separate fish skin from the items like purses, belts, even fish, like salmon, that are meat and nutritional value.
thrown back into the ocean.
students suggested they find a recycle those skins by making leather products are sold especially popular in the U.S., Time to get a look at today's Challenge Question... Madagascar is part of AFRICA.
coast of the African continent, is home to the Analamazaotra unique animals live - including affecting the rainforest, but guardians have made it their jungle.
New trees are being and released lemurs and other been invaded.
And here are the rest of Wrapping things up today, take sisters in Portland, Oregon.
built at the Oregon Zoo to socialize and enjoy their >> Visitors get to see Amelia chasing each other, as well as pools.
The zoo is working with other organizations to learn how they survive.
That's it for us.
We'll be back next week [MUSIC] [MUSIC]

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