NewsDepth for Friday, January 5, 2007

Season: 2006-2007 ~ Episode: 14 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• President Gerald Ford Passes Away at Age 93

• Nation Mourns Passing of President Ford

• Winter Looks and Feels Different Across the Country

• European Ski Resorts Suffer for Lack of Snow

• Paper Money Frustrating for Visually-Impaired

• 15,000 Orchids in Bloom at Columbus Conservatory

• New Elephant Habitat Planned at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

• Ohio Enforces Smoking Ban, Other Areas Consider Similar Action

• Safety of Small Planes Questioned, New Parachute Invented

• Twins Born On New Year’s - In Two Different Years

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:

Gerald Ford was the only president to not be elected president or vice president. Which president did he replace in 1974? Answer: Richard M. Nixon.

Question: #2:

Ski resort owners in the Alps are hoping for colder temperatures and snow. Where are the Alps located? Answer: South central Europe – France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

Question #3:

In U.S. currency, all of the different denominations are the same size bills. What president is on the five dollar bill? Answer: Abraham Lincoln.

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