NewsDepth for Friday, October 13, 2006

Season: 2006-2007 ~ Episode: 5 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• North Korea Conducts Nuclear Testing Despite International Objections

• Lettuce Recalled, Feared Contaminated

• States Across US Consider Raising Minimum Wage

• Earthquake Hits Mount Ranier, Felt Across Washington

• Firefighters Fight Stress With Tai Chi

• Pakistan Still Recovering from ‘05 Earthquake

• Historic Replicas Take Flight at Wright Brothers Airport

• Ohio Works to Save Original Forest Fire Lookout Towers

• China Working to Clean Up for 2008 Olympics

• Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. To Be Preserved

• Six Baby Cheetahs Born at South African Breeding Center

• Massachusetts Farm Carves 3,000 Jack O’Lanterns

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:

The Ohio minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. How much money would someone making minimum wage make in a 40-hour work week? Answer: $206.00.

Question #2:

North Korea is bordered on the north by China and on the south by South Korea. What body of water forms its border on the west? Answer: The Yellow Sea.

Question #3:

The Mars Rover Opportunity has sent more pictures from Mars. What planets lie between Mars and the sun? Answer: Mercury, Venus and Earth.

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