
September 18, 2025
Season 41 Episode 3 | 15m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include a new source of energy, tube travel, Bookmark Bev, mahjong, surfing dogs and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about possible signs of ancient life on Mars, ocean exploration on Earth, a new source of energy, experimental tube travel, an ancient pipe organ, a Kentuckian known as Bookmark Bev, the game of mahjong, dogs on surfboards, and more!
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News Quiz is a local public television program presented by KET
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September 18, 2025
Season 41 Episode 3 | 15m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about possible signs of ancient life on Mars, ocean exploration on Earth, a new source of energy, experimental tube travel, an ancient pipe organ, a Kentuckian known as Bookmark Bev, the game of mahjong, dogs on surfboards, and more!
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We hope you guys are ready to warm up your brains Let's start with our Challenge The Yangtze River is located in This country is located on the to the Himalayan Mountains and don't have to climb a Great do you know it?
The Yangtze country?
Think about that and just a few minutes.
Topping our say they have discovered the MARS yet.
NASA's Mars rover rocks in a dry river channel of ancient microscopic life.
will need more in-depth before they can make any they say this sample is the rover's search for potential they are working to bring those research.
This is one of 30 the rover.
Perseverance has since 2021, drilling in places suitable for hosting life life itself, but it may be survived on Mars a long time From deep space to the ocean they have found huge pockets of of our saltwater oceans.
Ocean, off the New England these pockets - also known as soil samples from the aquifer might be, what kinds of whether or not the fresh water a renewable source, this water people, animals and land during results from this water testing use the same techniques in Japan, Australia and even Antarctica!
Let's see some of today's Quiz.
Look for signs Question 1 - NASA scientists ancient life on A. the moon B. Mars C. Jupiter Question 2 - The rover drilling called A. Perseverance B. Curiosity C. Opportunity Questions 3 and 4 take us to Question 3 - The pockets of ponds B. watersheds C. aquifers And Question 4 - Crews are in the A. Indian Ocean B. Atlantic Ocean C. Dead Sea We've heard about clean, solar power and water - or looking into another potential wave energy.
A company called structures at the port of Los waves.
It's the nation's first includes seven steel structures that bob up and down, with the waves.
In its testing project will generate enough of homes.
The company believes U.S.
coastlines, wave energy enough power to source nearly needs!
In more technology news, TUBE reality.
Crews in the >> are developing Hyperloop, a transit that features capsules through tubes.
Passengers would glide over magnets.
Vacuum through the tubes quickly.
than 50 miles per hour.
>> But researchers believe the 400 miles per hour!
>> They hope to perform their the next five years.
>> More than 200,000 people in Vatican City to celebrate Williams and Andrea Bocelli at the "Grace for the World" real star was this amazing drones displayed intricate the Vatican.
A Jubilee Year in every 25 years and is a period forgiveness, reconciliation and Pope Leo XIV's 70th birthday on Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 could The new clean energy option waves B. moonlight C. horsepower Hang on tight for Question 6. named ... A. Magnet Moving B. Hyperloop C. Tubing Let's celebrate question seven.
is celebrated in A. Hinduism B. Islam C. the Catholic Church Back to the news... A piece of ago is piping back to life.
Researchers say this pipe organ world -- brought to Bethlehem, in the 11th century by the crusaders buried it to protect It stayed there until 1906 when cemetery.
Archeologists found worked... and after 800 years the sound echoed through miles from its original home.
A Kentucky woman is sharing her across the world... one Leifer is known as "Bookmark thousands of unique bookmarks for more than 20 years now.
origami and botany to create about 4 hours to make each one!
that each student earn a in reading.
A classic Chinese game is making of mahjong?
It's a Chinese tile century.
Mahjong is gaining events popping up everywhere pools.
The tabletop tile game requires you to connect tiles cards and discarding.
A recent increase in mahjong events in people try to find ways to Now let's connect the answers Quiz.
Question 8 is a blast Archeologists helped restore oldest ... A. piano B. organ C. harp Question 9 is making a mark.
creations for ... A. parents B. teachers C. students And Question 10 is a comeback.
... A. shogi B. mahjong C. backgammon Shout-out to my School in Jefferson County -- I week!
Thanks for all of your for your responses to our about the fun subject that 5th teach.
>> "I would also like to teach all sorts of fun activities and experiments and most of them >> Now Daschel is a 5th Grader Illinois and wants to spread "If I was a teacher, I would be because I love history, reading everything else in social people learn and grow."
Violet, School in Lexington, Kentucky "I want to be an English I also enjoy teaching kids and grammar, themes, and the English is one of the most can learn many valuable life Grader Morgan, from Jefferson Pennsylvania, wants to share a a music teacher because I love matter what.
...You would be the students and show them how And Ivy is a 4th Grader at May County, Kentucky.
Ivy wants to on the learning!
"If I were a dogs.
I picked this because dogs, so I would want to teach Have you sent us your response?
answer this Opinion Question.
subject would you teach?
subject?
Do you think you could Is teaching in your future?
email at: NewsQuiz@ket.org... KET.org/newsquiz.
Be sure to school, and teacher's name in Would you consider teaching knew the answer to our China is the country where the That river is China's - and is home to the finless no dorsal fin -- a triangular porpoises use for propelling more like a miniature whale an endangered species in the effort is in full swing to try saving these mammals could save And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. Mars may have signs of The answer to question 2 is... NASA's Perseverance rover has The answer to question 3 is... C. Freshwater aquifers are The answer to question 4 is... B. The Atlantic Ocean is where The answer to question 5 is... Energy from ocean waves is The answer to question 6 is... B. The Hyperloop could be a new The answer to question 7 is... C. The Catholic Church 25 years.
The answer to question 8 is... B. The world's oldest pipe The answer to question 9 is... C. Students are the recipients And the answer to question 10 B. Mahjong is the game finding And finally today... Dogs on Surf-A-Thon happened at Del Mar California.
The event is held Woodward Animal Center, which abandoned animals.
Participants gone to the dogs... for a great We'll see you here next week
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