
September 21, 2023
Season 39 Episode 3 | 15m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include: Auto worker strikes, piñata stamps, humpback whale migration and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about auto worker strikes, high summer temperatures, flooding in Libya, fighting Dengue Fever, Russia and North Korea, an exceptionally long spaceflight, piñata postage stamps, humpback whale migration and more!
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September 21, 2023
Season 39 Episode 3 | 15m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about auto worker strikes, high summer temperatures, flooding in Libya, fighting Dengue Fever, Russia and North Korea, an exceptionally long spaceflight, piñata postage stamps, humpback whale migration and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We want to start this 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the is a social studies teacher at Boone County.
Congratulations!
challenge question... it has to Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah You may have heard of these Hashanah was observed last in this faith.
Yom Kippur is observed this considered a day of atonement Both holidays are observed by of it?
Yom Kippur and Rosh faith?
We'll have that answer...
Topping our news today... closely watching the United negotiations happening with The United Auto Workers, or representing about 400 THOUSAND work in some capacity for Ford, the Big 3.
Workers who build vehicles for Stellantis feel they aren't getting the benefits they Union leaders and company an agreement.
But on September workers began striking.
That refusing to work until their first time the UAW has imposed these automakers at once.
Is it hot in here?
You bet it on record for planet Earth.
Organization measured a record Hemisphere... second only to measured the hottest in modern human-caused climate change oil and natural gas -- with an El Niño.
An El Niño is a the Pacific Ocean that changes 2016 still ranks as the hottest isn't far behind and could have used tree rings, ice cores estimate that temperatures are at least 120-thousand years.
Time now for the first part of 2 are about the automotive >> Questions 3 and 4 are >> Back to the news...
The beginning to recover from the Hurricane Daniel that hit on Libya is a country in Northern Mediterranean Sea and several Chad and Algeria.
Tripoli is Daniel churned onto land from a rare occurrence.
Rains and major flooding throughout the Thousands were killed in the recovery teams from numerous trying to help.
In Honduras researchers believe answer to combat Dengue Fever.
tropical, humid areas, and is humans.
The researchers found be infected with a bacteria the dangerous Dengue Fever releasing these specialized they will HOPEFULLY slow the And there was a historic face world leaders that the U.S. leader Kim Jong Un traveled to president Vladimir Putin.
the two leaders have met.
leaders said Kim Jong Un likely to Russia and in return, Putin much-needed supplies, including weapons.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 is about the Question 6 could hold hopeful And Question 7 is about the Back to the news... A NASA the LONGEST US spaceflight.
surpassed the record of 355 International Space Station.
Russians since last September.
to Earth on September 27th.
By days in space.
Russia still longest single spaceflight -- The newest postage stamps are Month.
The four limited-edition piñatas.
Piñatas are a symbol to the 16th century.
The often broken open to reveal Month honors people whose Mexico, the Caribbean and Hispanic Heritage Month is from A South American country is and they aren't just tourists.
migrate all the way from off the coast of Colombia this their young.
Colombia is a South America... it is the only coastlines along both the Bogota is the capital of the warm water here between live in the Pacific region of season because hundreds of majestic creatures.
And now here's the final part about the record time in space.
Question 9 is honoring Hispanic Question 10 is on the move.
Time now for a break and look What was your favorite part of >> Ava is a 4th Grader at California who enjoyed a Angeles!
I loved going there Kitty Cafe and Disneyland!
myself.
I got nervous at first, away.
I loved going there since grandparents."
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is in the in Kentucky and was happy at summer break was staying home family.
One of our favorite where you hit a ball through to the finish line."
Addilyn is also a 5th Grader, Kentucky.
Addilyn says, "I went park.
They have lots of rock walls, ziplines, and a there was their cold ICEEs.
cherry, pina colada, and pink Now this 6th Grader is from Alejandro worked on athletic my summer break was practicing with my brother and sister.
with family and having friends And Clara is a 7th Grader at A popular concert tops this summer break was going to the singing and dancing."
Now that new Opinion Question!
Think news stories would you like to to bring you current events happening in our world - and But are there any kinds of news interest to you?
Let us know by email at: NewsQuiz@ket.org Or KET.org/newsquiz.
Be sure to school, and teacher's name in challenged by our Challenge that one and share the answer know may be celebrating Rosh time of year.
Those are both JEWISH faith.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New the notes placed between the Wall in Jerusalem.
Visitors prayers at what's considered each year.
The notes are ceremony twice a year... the Passover holiday in the Hashanah is Yom Kippur -- a day to reflect and repent sins.
here are the rest of today's The answer to question 1 is...
The UAW or United Auto Workers striking.
The answer to question 2 is... *FORD, G-M and Stellantis are The answer to question 3 is...
This summer, Earth broke The answer to question 4 is... C. Scientists say BOTH climate blame.
The answer to question 5 is... B. Libya is located at B on the The answer to question 6 is... C. Lab-grown MOSQUITOES are The answer to question 7 is... NORTH KOREA's leader is Kim The answer to question 8 is... B. RUSSIA still holds the spaceflight.
The answer to question 9 is... C. PIÑATAS are featured on the And the answer to question 10 Also C. COLOMBIA is where the time of year.
>> Finally today...
The 2023 included at least one designer COUTURE... fashionable clothing introduced his clothing with shelters and rescue groups, and >> That's it for us today.
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