NewsDepth for Thursday, January 29, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 17 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Heavy Snow Creates Havoc across Country’s Mid-Section

• President Takes Action to Allow States to Determine Auto Emission Standards

• Governor Strickland Proposes Changes to Education in State of the State Address

• Pilots N Paws Brings Abandoned Puppies Home to Ohio

• Ohio Skater Alissa Czisny Wins National Championship

• United Arab Emirates Builds “Green” City in the Desert

• California Man Finds Mammoth Tusks in his Backyard
  Lesson plan included

• Paid Letter Writers do the Writing for the Illiterate in Afghanistan
  Lesson plan included

• Sammy the Cat Banned from Alabama Post Office; Letters of Support Pour In

• First Lady Michelle Obama Objects to New Sasha and Malia Dolls from Ty

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Ohio and much of the U.S. was blanketed by lots of snow this week. What is snow?

Answer: Ice crystals that stick together as they fall to the ground.

Question #2:
United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven independent states, located on the Arabian Peninsula. What two countries form its southern and eastern borders?

Answer: Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Question #3:
The first mammoths migrated to North America from Asia about two million years ago. Across what body of water did they travel at a time when the sea level was much lower than it is now?

Answer: The Bering Strait.

Last Week's Answers

Question #1:
In his oath of office, the new President swears that he will faithfully execute the office of the President. What does he also swear to preserve, protect and defend?

The Constitution.

Question #2:
President Obama was sworn in with his hand on a 150-year-old Bible. Who was the last person to take the oath using that Bible, and when?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861.

Question #3:
US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. Where does the Hudson River begin, and into what body of water does it empty?

Answer: The Adirondack Mountains in upper New York State. Upper New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

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