NewsDepth for Thursday, March 12, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 23 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• President Obama Has an Ambitious Agenda after Fifty Days in Office

• NASA Launches Kepler Spacecraft, Looking for Earth-Like Planets

• Attack on Sri Lanka Cricket Team in Pakistan Has Frightened Off Other Teams

• Celina Residents Were Freezin’ For a Reason – Supporting Special Olympics

• Hundreds Get in Line for Seasonal Zoo Jobs in Toledo and Columbus

• Brunswick Students Impress Governor with Technology Skills

• Primatologist Jane Goodall Takes Environmental Message to Classrooms

• Mushers, Dogs and Sleds Set Out on Iditarod Trail

• Ratchet the Dog and the Soldier Who Saved Him are Both Home in the U.S.A.

• Chomper Wins Annual Ugly Dog Competition; Money Raised Goes to Help Animals

• Barbie Celebrates Her Fiftieth Birthday with Style

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1
NASA has launched a space craft with a telescope that will travel through our galaxy looking for Earth-like planets. For whom is this space craft named?

Answer: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Question #2
India is Pakistan’s neighbor to the east and southeast. What two countries border Pakistan to the west and northwest?

Answer: Iran and Afghanistan.

Question #3
Zoologist Jane Goodall spent forty years of her career in Africa studying a particular animal. What animal did she study?

Answer: Chimpanzees.

Last Week's Answers

Question #1:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. would help to rebuild the Gaza Strip, damaged during a war with Israel. What country borders the Gaza Strip to the southwest?

Answer: Egypt.

Question #2:
A wind mill or wind turbine changes the kinetic energy in the wind into a different kind of energy. What is its name?

Answer: Mechanical energy.

Question #3:
The city of Mentor and the state of Ohio were big contributors to this year's Great Backyard Bird Count. It wasn't the most counted bird, but what is Ohio's state bird?

Answer: The Cardinal.

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