Season 39 Episode 30 | 15m 47s | Video has closed captioning.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the recently passed foreign aid package and TikTok ban, a plastic pollution treaty, flooding in Kenya, orange skies in Greece, an octopus study, the 150th Kentucky Derby, the NFL Draft and Special Olympics, cicada snacks and more!
Aired: 05/02/24
>> Hi and welcome to KET's News
Starks.
We are still coming to
How are you enjoying the month
started with today's Challenge
What is the top prize for
Awards are given for first,
event.
The winners stand on
winner on the tallest podium,
hardware.
Can you name it?
winners of Olympic events?
after the news.
Topping our news today, U.S.
billion dollars of military aid
That amount of money is hard to
this... 95 billion is 95
What does it mean to send that
countries?
Part of it is
includes military equipment,
from the U.S. to help fight the
President Biden also approved a
site.
China owns a share in
concerned that China could use
citizens.
The company has six
or it will be turned off for
will likely be tied up in
half of the U.S. population
Thousands of people concerned
gathering in Canada to look for
Plastics Negotiations happened
to make a treaty among
escalating problem of plastic
plastic to fill 2-thousand
the world's oceans, rivers and
animals around the world are
tiny particles of plastics
The first treaty to curb
2022, when 175 nations agreed
then, plastic production has
double or triple by 2050 if
Nations has set a deadline to
the end of this year.
Time now for the first part of
are about recent measures
Questions 3 and 4 are about
Back to the news and over to
extreme weather story.
of Kenya caused flash flooding
caused extensive property
rushing waters that happen
usually affecting low-lying
riverbeds.
In Nairobi, the
came overnight, catching many
the people to move to higher
in the floods, which have
people.
Meanwhile, dust from Northern
skies causing an orange
Greece, with its peninsula and
Mediterranean Sea, which sits
Winds picked up dust and sands
northern Africa and sent it
Mediterranean.
The orange skies
day before the typical blue
And from the science world,
octopi for inspiration as they
They are particularly looking
arms and trying to develop
use.
A team from Bristol
Kingdom recently published a
multi-scale suction cup.
sensors to the suction cups so
objects.
They believe they can
construction sites.
Think about those stories as we
today's Quiz.
Question 5
Question 6 has an orange tint.
And Question 7 is holding on.
Back to the news, This weekend
or the 150th... running of the
in Louisville, Kentucky hosts
first Saturday in May.
The
referred to as the "Run for the
of roses that is placed over
years, the race has been
World War Two and in 2020
-- but never cancelled.
In other sports
college football faced off
on the eve of the NFL Draft in
Caleb Williams, Drake Maye,
played a round of flag football
The Special Olympics are for
disabilities.
The NFL Draft is
their players for the new
Olympics have partnered for
opportunities for athletes of
abilities.
And we told you a
are coming!
These tiny, noisy
comeback this summer as they
underground.
But some places
good use... as a tasty snack.
At the Audubon
they are demonstrating how to
some other dishes they serve
chili powder and "crispy Cajun
And now here's the final part
on the first Saturday in May.
Question 9 is a touchdown!
And question 10
buds.
Now let's give a
schools that I've been able to
friends at Wellington
Louisville.
I had the chance to
ago.
And our friends at the
-- they had some great
more accessible... which we
And now it's time to rhyme as
you've shared as our Opinion
grade class at Russell-McDowell
Kentucky put their poetry
acrostic poem about their
Brilliant Respectful Odd Observant Kona Ice Lovers" You
each line spells HOLBROOK!
Grant's Lick Elementary in
shared this verse.
"I woke up at one,
sun.
I woke up at two, To see
dew.
I woke up at three, Too
see.
I woke up at four, Then I
more."
Clara, a 4th Grader at
Wisconsin, sent us this
poem.
"Cats.
Floofy, short
chill or sweet, No matter what they're
pretty neat."
And several of you from
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We've enjoyed
But now it's time for you to
Question of the school year...
Quiz?
Think about the stories
Did you learn from any of them?
too easy?
How did you like
Questions?
How would you
thoughts to us via email at:
form at KET.org/newsquiz.
Be
grade, school, and teacher's
take first place with our
you got a GOLD MEDAL!
That's
winners.
Kristi Yamaguchi
to win an individual gold medal
Winter Olympics.
Now her
by a new Barbie doll.
Kristi
"Inspiring Women Series."
this athlete's accomplishments.
And here are
answers.
The answer to question
is... A.
95 BILLION dollars is
package.
The answer to question
is... B. TIKTOK was banned with
don't expect immediate changes!
The answer to question
is... C. Plastic POLLUTION was
Canada.
The answer to question
A.
Plastic production is
nothing changes.
The answer to question
is... C. FLASH FLOODS caused
Kenya.
The answer to question 6
A.
The dust had to cross the
SEA.
The answer to question 7 is... B.
The OCTOPUS provides
robots.
The answer to question
is... B again.
The Kentucky
YEARS.
The answer to question 9
A DRAFT is used to choose pro
players.
And the answer to
is... C. CICADAS are on the
Orleans.
And finally today...
look at this kite festival that
Many of these kites are
a thousand of them in the air
festival in Weifang - a city
capital of the world!
That's it for us today.
