NewsDepth for Thursday, January 8, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 14 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• President-elect Obama and Family Move to Washington, DC

• Violence on the Rise Again in Gaza Strip

• Iowa Town Melts Ice on Roads with Gift of Garlic Salt

• Efforts Underway to Save Cincinnati’s Historic Riverboat, the Delta Queen

• Buckeyes Fight to the End, Fall Short to the Texas Longhorns (video not available for the web)

• Pachyderm Painter Creates Art for Toledo Zoo Conservation
  Lesson plan included

• Texas Students Build an Organ Out of Recycled Materials
  Lesson plan included

• Kansas Boy Fights Law Banning Hedgehogs in Order to Get One as a Pet

• Minnesota Man Rescues Deer Trapped in Middle of Slippery Frozen Lake

• Freezing Temperatures Do Not Stop Boston Group From Taking New Year’s Plunge

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
The Obama family has moved to Washington, DC so the girls can start school. What school will Malia and Sasha attend?

Answer: The Sidwell Friends School.

Question #2:
The hedgehog is a small mammal, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a coat of stiff spines on its back. What is the purpose of the spines?

Answer: Protection.

Question #3:
Israel was formed in 1948 as a Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. What countries border Israel?

Answer: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt.

Last Week's Answers

Question #1:
Italy is a republic located in southern Europe, nearly surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. What four countries border Italy to the north?

Answer: France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.

Question #2:
Italy is a peninsula that appears to be in the shape of a boot. What is a peninsula? Which U.S. state is almost completely a peninsula?

Answer: A strip of land surrounded by water, but still connected to the mainland. Florida.

Question #3:
The Space Shuttle Endeavour finally made it back home to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after detouring to California. Where in California did it land?

Answer: Edwards Air Force Base.

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