NewsDepth for Thursday, March 19, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 24 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• General Motors Sales are up 25% in China

• Space Shuttle Discovery Launched; Will Expand ISS Solar Power System

• Michelin Reinvents the Wheel with the Airless “Tweel”

• Helping Hands Build New Community Center in Greenville

• Buzzards Return to their Summer Roost in Hinckley

• Peregrine Falcons Begin Nesting Season in Ohio

• Mystery Shipwreck May Be American Ship Lost During War of 1812
  Lesson plan included

• California Junior Surfer Saves Two Girls from Rip Tide

• Baby Gorilla Named Hasani, With Help from Naming Contest and Dad

• White Tiger Cubs Make Debut at the Nashville Zoo

• St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated Across the U.S.A.

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
The “Tweel” is a new kind of tire with a tire tread and wheel, like pneumatic (air-filled) tires, but what replaces the air?

Answer: Flexible spokes.

Question #2:
The ship called the Rapid was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of 1812. With what country was the United States at war in 1812?

Answer: Great Britain.

Question #3:
Every March 15 marks the return of a special kind of bird to Hinckley Reservation. What is the name of this bird?

Answer: The buzzard, also known as turkey vulture.

Last Week's Answers

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.

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