NewsDepth for Friday, May 4, 2007

Season: 2006-2007 ~ Episode: 30 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Gasoline truck crashes, melts CA highway

• 70% of Wildfires Are Contained In Southern Georgia

• Nor’easter Changes Coastline Majorly

• Nasa Lauched New Satellite Last Week

• First Disabled Person To Experence Weightless Flight

• Brady Quinn Comes To The Cleveland Browns

• Cavs Wiz Past Wizards In First Round

• Polar Bears Are Enjoying the Warm Spring At Local Zoo

• Mineral Found Mentioned In Superman Movie

• Giant Boulders Close Highway

• Cuba Has Different Flavor On Baseball

• China Gave A Anniversary Gift To Hong Kong

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:

Scientists in Serbia discovered a mineral they call Jadarite. Several of the elements that Jadarite is made of remind scientists of what movie mineral? Answer: Kryptonite.

Question: #2:

A satellite was launched recently aboard a Pegasus rocket to begin a two-year mission in earth’s upper atmosphere. Where did the Pegasus rocket get its name? Answer: The winged horse in Greek Mythology.

Question #3:

Cuba is the largest and most western island in the West Indies. What body of water lies to its south? Answer: Caribbean Sea.

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