
September 11, 2025
Season 41 Episode 2 | 14m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include phantom energy, NASA’s space weather mission, snow leopards and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Papua New Guinea and climate change, phantom energy, NASA’s space weather mission, cellphone bans in schools, smartphone innovation, Guinness World Records, Kilauea’s eruption, snow leopards, and more!
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September 11, 2025
Season 41 Episode 2 | 14m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about Papua New Guinea and climate change, phantom energy, NASA’s space weather mission, cellphone bans in schools, smartphone innovation, Guinness World Records, Kilauea’s eruption, snow leopards, and more!
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As you may have somber day in American history.
attacks in the U.S. took many responders who worked to help known as Patriot Day in our remembrance and an opportunity honor those victims.
Keep that news.
Let's get started with today's 50th state to join the U.S.?
in 1959.
It's the only state not connected to North America.
hints?
What is the 50th state that answer, after the news.
unlikely country leading the New Guinea is a country in the It shares the island of New located north of Australia.
Papua New Guinea.
Recently the by the United Nations for fighting climate change.
an intergovernmental agency, countries or states whose improve our world.
U.N. Guterres visited Papua New being a global leader.
The James Marape, said Papua New resilient, and inclusive" in One contributor to climate phantom energy.
And you may be knowing about it.
Phantom electricity that can come from you aren't using them.
It's vampire energy... because and microwaves to TVs and from your house plugs even when this type of wasted energy not but it also contributes to by unused devices can increase that electricity often comes planet-warming gases.
Simply energy-draining devices can Time now for the first part of focus on a new global leader.
Save your energy for questions Back to the news.
A new NASA more about space weather.
winds cause phenomena like the lighting up in the sky here on can affect more than the color the sun can affect Earth's everything from flights to will send two satellites over help scientists understand how atmosphere in real time.
Are there new rules in your cell phones or other devices?
33 states have now passed laws of phones or other electronic after research showing cell health and focus on learning.
district, Jefferson County its new cell phone ban for checkouts at school libraries But if you do have a phone... like this.
It is a foldable is the world's thinnest folding book giving you a larger screen several apps at the same time.
to be durable to open and close strength at its London debut, London phonebox... held up only smartphone.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Look up for Question 6 is following the And hold the phone for Question A traveling version of a off its tour in Paducah, Institution is the world's research complex and is located "Americans" exhibit opened in the American Indian - part of highlights ways that Native nation's identity -- even "Americans" is now on display in Paducah.
Over the next year Kentucky counties.
Over the states.
Three Scottish brothers have money for clean-water projects rowing their boat across the Lachlan Maclean rowed from Australia without stopping without support from other days earned them the record >> for the fastest unsupported >> And speaking of records... certifying all sorts of attempts for 70 years now!
to mega clothing collections there are thousands of records and re-broken over the past Guinness team says their with that, they are publishing and they encourage anyone and and challenge themselves to Perhaps you can be the student questions!
Here's the final 8 is traveling history.
Setting a record was just part And Question 10 is all about record I want to give a quick Garrett Morgan Elementary I got to visit them at the end love to visit your school this form at ket.org/NewsQuiz.
And up in your classroom soon!
responses to our first Opinion were a teacher, what subject Elaina is a 4th Grader at Owen Kentucky.
Numbers are on her 6th Grader Lily attends Tampa to share her talents through Alana is in the 7th Grade at Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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Did you feel challenged by our have been easy for some of you state to join the United States that sits in the Pacific Ocean, in North America.
Hawaii has islands, including the volcano has been erupting in year.
The lava hasn't so visitors can see the are livestream options where volcano.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. Papua New Guinea is working climate change.
The answer to question 2 is...
The United Nations island country.
The answer to question 3 is... B. Phantom energy is another The answer to question 4 is... C. Unplugging devices can help The answer to question 5 is... Space weather is being studied The answer to question 6 is... C. Cell phones are limited in The answer to question 7 is... also C. A foldable screen is smartphone.
The answer to question 8 is... B. Americans is the name of the The answer to question 9 is...
The Pacific Ocean is where the record.
And the answer to question 10 Guinness World Records is And finally today... Take a snow leopard at the Chester Zoo named after a river that runs and was the first snow leopard 94 years.
Her name was chosen made by zoo visitors.
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