NewsDepth for Thursday, November 15, 2007

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 10 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Huge Oil Spills Threaten Environment in San Francisco Bay and Black Sea

• Veterans Honored on Veterans Day

• Writers Strike Continues

• Less Sleep Means Less Exercise For Kids

• Race Up Sears Tower

• Former President Bush Parachutes On His 83rd Birthday

• Two Columbus Third Graders Invent Wedgie-Proof Underwear

• C.C. Wins Cy Young Award

• Proposed Law Could Prevent Kids Under 18 From Riding Bike Without a Helmet

• Immigration Laws Force Farmer To Move Business To Mexico

• 84-Foot-Tall Spruce Chosen for Rockefeller Center

• Atari 2600 Inducted Into Toy Hall Of Fame

• Win A Visit From Rick and The Newsdepth Crew At Your School!

• Guinness World Record Day

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, when a truce went into effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. What war did this truce end, and in what year?

Answer: World War I in 1918.

Question #2:
The Ohio House of Representatives and Senate reside in the Statehouse in our capital, Columbus. What city served as Ohio’s first capital?

Answer: Chillicothe.

Question #3:
Russia, also called the Russian Federation, is the world’s biggest country. What five countries border Russia to its west?

Answer: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine.

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