
March 16, 2022
Season 37 Episode 25 | 15m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
A KET-produced current events program for upper-elementary and middle school students.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about gas prices and grain availability, Ukrainian arts abroad, the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's ship, a glacier in Greeneland, marine habitats in Australia, environmental benefits of seaweed, mountain bongos, the Iditarod and more.
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March 16, 2022
Season 37 Episode 25 | 15m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about gas prices and grain availability, Ukrainian arts abroad, the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's ship, a glacier in Greeneland, marine habitats in Australia, environmental benefits of seaweed, mountain bongos, the Iditarod and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
Happy Saint Patrick's to all the college basketball March Madness tournament.
the University of Kentucky SEC champions for the first today's Challenge Question that The Iditarod is run in which as The Last Frontier.
It was and it may be hard to believe, volcanoes than any other state.
Here's one more hint... the Can you name it?
The Iditarod is run in which We'll have that answer for you, Topping our news today, people the effects of war between reports about the violence, and find safety in other countries.
that we are feeling here in the one big impact.
The U.S. and sanctions - or punishments - Ukraine.
Banning oil imports sanctions.
Over the past month about two dollars a gallon to areas.
Ukraine and Russia also of the world's grain.
Because crops there in Ukraine, world scarcity or shortages.
in discussions to find other replace those expected losses.
Meanwhile, organizations around support for Ukrainians in many Kyiv City Ballet, from Ukraine, France.
They were performing on invasion occurred.
For their the dance troupe was joined by members of that company.
then performed a medley of parts of Swan Lake, and The and the ballet community have for the Ukrainian dancers.
And in Italy, Russian and showed audiences that their political tensions.
The two performance, symbolizing peace Time now for the first part of 2 are about the widespread situation.
Questions 3 and 4 are about the In other news, an Antarctic found... a CENTURY after it was Shackleton was a polar explorer and his team were sailing in of the globe, off the coast of Pole.
The ship, named and sank in the sea in 1915. survived.
An expedition of traveled from South Africa in And they were successful!
wreckage, but took lots of want to use that information to alive for future generations.
Now on the northern-most part glacier in Greenland.
Greenland sits between the Arctic and frozen tundra and mountainous the Store Glacier have found melting above the surface of the ice melts and flows the underwater ice as well.
little more quickly than they effects.
And heading below the equator biologists have come up with a their shoreline.
Manmade have been built over the years seaweed and fish closer to the But pollution and human marine life from returning.
some of those manmade are more like the creatures' Living Seawalls will attract animals, which will then Time now for the second part of expedition uncovered an old one Melting is the issue for And Question 7 is fishing... Back to the news.
You may not methane gas as they digest greenhouse gas, so when it's atmosphere by holding in more are adding seaweed or algae to the amount of methane produced.
working with less methane being area crews are growing They hope to expand their food-supplement to even more We move from Australia to underway to save mountain antelope.
They are large plentiful in African countries.
mountain bongos living in the were a source of food.
But when bongos became illegal.
Still, meat and their skins which are patterns.
A wildlife sanctuary revitalize the population, area where they can roam, with Back in the U.S., it's a been revitalized.
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Workers at the Christ apart and shipped it to Italy The church is a local landmark is one of the largest pipe years to refurbish all of the church was completely renovated is back home and playing again.
Let's play into the final part is part of Question 8.
We head to Kenya for Question And Question 10 provides Time for a break and some - Who do you admire most?
School's 5th Grade in Amesbury "...my mom... is a nurse and want to be when I grow up".
from Boone Elementary School in family member in mind.
"I most admire my oldest intelligent and always ...My brother is a great no matter what.
He is an Jasilyn, a 5th Grader at Kentucky admires one of our Harris the first woman vice I can do anything no matter It's refreshing to see this Along the same lines, S.J., a appreciates a former president.
"I admire President Jimmy life.
...He wanted peace, and I Now several of you are inspired a 6th Grader at Elliott County says, “The person I admire is his music is funny... it of my favorite things).
I enjoy because of his inspiration”.
haven't given us your Opinion, you.
Who do you admire most?
Send your letters to us via use the form at include your name, grade, your response!
Time to get a look at today's line on that Challenge ALASKA is the state where the The teams traveled from is 975 miles.
It's always a about a week for the mushers - complete.
And here are the rest of Last but not least today, how litter of pups was born at the >> Workers are making sure the introducing them to the public.
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