NewsDepth for Thursday, January 17, 2008

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 16 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• America in a Mortgage Crisis

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• Gray Seal Births Increase This Year on North Sea Island

• Michigan Fountain Makes Ice Sculpture

• Scientists Create a Beating Heart in a Jar

• Progressive Insurance Buys Naming Rights to Jacobs Field

• Flat Stanley’s from Willoughby Visits Washington, D.C.

• Men Arrested for Robbing Boy Scouts in Cincinnati

• India Debuts the Nano, World’s Cheapest Car

• New York City Unveils New Pay Toilets

• Moose Rescued From Frozen Lake

• Florida Girls Sell Miley Cyrus Tickets to Help Friend

• 48 Year Overdue Book Returned

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Saudi Arabia is a hot, dry country which occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. What three countries border Saudi Arabia to the south and southeast?

Answer: Yemen, Oman and United Arab Emirates.

Question #2:
Kilauea Volcano is called a shield volcano, because of its broad, gentle slope, almost in the shape of a warrior’s shield. Where is Kilauea located?

Answer: On the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands.

Question #3:
Many people need a mortgage to help them buy a house. What is a mortgage?

Answer: A contract between a borrower and a lender, for example a bank. A person borrows money from the lender to buy a home, and pays it back over time. If they fail to pay back the loan, the lender can take possession of the home.

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