NewsDepth for Thursday, December 13, 2007

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 13 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Freezing Rain Blankets Roads in Midwest

• 10,000 Tons Of Oil Spilled Into Yellow Sea

• Gigantic Water Ballons Help Fight California Wildfires

• Space Shuttle Atlantis Delayed By Technical Problem

• Price of Pasta Goes Up in Italy Due to Rising Wheat Prices

• Cincinnati Boy Scouts Robbed; Public Helps with Donations

• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to Build New Headquarters in Akron

• Middle School Students Sponsor Spotted Salamander at Ohio Senate

• Small Man Inspires USC Football Team

• Curious Kid Causes Sea of Foam at Aerospace Facility

• Denver Mall Has a Signing Santa for Hearing-Impared Children

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Oil from a tanker spilled into the Yellow Sea along South Korea’s western coast. What other bodies of water touch South Korea’s coasts?

Answer: Sea of Japan, or East Sea, and the Korea Strait.

Question #2:
Students from Chesterland and Medina want to make the spotted salamander the state amphibian. What is the state reptile?

Answer: The black racer snake.

Question #3:
The launch of the space Shuttle Atlantis was scrubbed last weekend. What problem caused NASA to cancel the flight?

Answer: A fuel sensor in the shuttle’s liquid hydrogen tank didn’t work.

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