NewsDepth for Thursday, November 29, 2007

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 11 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Holiday Shopping Season Begins

• Vice President Cheney Has Irregular Heart Beat; Corrected by Doctors

• President Bush Hosts Mideast Peace Summit

• Robotic Exo-Skeleton Could Help U.S. Soldiers

• San Francisco Bans Plastic Shopping Bags

• Akron Art Museum Opens Norman Rockwell Exhibit

• Cleveland Foodbank Supplies Stretched Thin

• With Concerns Over Lead Paint, Ohio Store Sees Surge in Sales of Natural Wood

• Ten-Year-Old Asks For Items To Send To Troops Instead Of Birthday Presents

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

• Six-Year-Old Saves His Mother Life

• Lucky the Owl Has Eye Surgery for Cataracts

• San Diego Panda Gets Name: Zhen Zhen

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
President Bush hosted his first Mideast Peace Summit last week. The President hopes that eventually which two independent states will live side by side in peace?

Answer: Israel and Palestine.

Question #2:
Israel was formed in 1948 as a Jewish state in the historic region of Palestine. What body of water forms its western border?

Answer: Mediterranean Sea.

Question #3:
The city of San Francisco is trying to reduce litter and the size of its landfills by banning what item in stores?

Answer: plastic bags.

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