NewsDepth for Thursday, December 20, 2007

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 14 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Wicked Winter Weather Wreaks Havoc from Chicago to Boston

• Astronauts Make History with 100th Space Walk at Space Station

• Delhi, India Has no Trash Pickup; Job Done by Peasants

• 2008 Ohio Teacher Of The Year

• Browns Beat Bills at Snowy Stadium

• Baby Parma Wallaby Raised by Cleveland Zoo Staff

• Copy of Magna Carta Sold at Auction

• Allegations of Drug Abuse in Baseball

• Joe Namath Graduates from College at Age 64

• Teen Saves Referee Who Has a Heart Attack

• “Eight” is Ready for Sign in Times Square

• Connecticut Family Decorates House with 30,000 Lights

• Two Therapy Dogs Go to Iraq to Help Soldiers with Stress

• Early Christmas Wish For Kentucky Girls

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Parma wallabies are native to the wet and dry forests of Australia, and are marsupials. What does marsupial mean?

Answer: A mammal with a pouch.

Question #2:
Magna Carta means “great charter” in Latin, and it guaranteed certain rights to English citizens. In what year did King John of England sign the first copy of this charter?

Answer: 1215.

Question #3:
ISS Commander Peggy Whitson and Astronaut Daniel Tani did some maintenance outside the space station last month. What was notable about this space walk?

Answer: It was the 100th space walk for the space station.

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