NewsDepth for Thursday, April 2, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 26 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• President Orders GM and Chrysler to Restructure to Earn Taxpayer Money

• Tesla Motors Unveils New Electric Car: The Model S Sedan

• North Dakota Endures New Snow, While Red River Crests

• Volunteers Organize Shelter to Keep Pets out of Harm’s Way in North Dakota

• Alaska’s Mount Redoubt Sends Ash 27,000 Feet into Sky

• Cleveland Hosts Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for 2009

• It’s a Boy for Columbus Zoo Asian Elephants Phoebe and Coco!

• Historic Columbus Road Lift Bridge to get New Span

• Tradition of Making and Wearing Kimonos in Japan is Threatened by Recession
  Lesson plan included

• As the Recession Deepens, Candy Sales Are Doing Fine

• Texas Fifth Grader Lobbies Lawmakers for State Dinosaur

• Kids at South Carolina School Pay It Forward, Thanks to Generous Donor

• Baby Monkey Rejected by Parents, Raised by Zookeepers at Taronga Zoo

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
A volcano near Anchorage in Alaska is filling the sky with ash. What is the name of this volcano?

Answer: Mount Redoubt.

Question #2:
Kimono means clothing, or “thing to wear” in Japanese, and they are more often worn by women than men these days. What is the Japanese word for the belt on a kimono?

Answer: Obi.

Question #3:
Kimonos are made from a single bolt of fabric called a tan. This fabric is usually about 14 inches wide and 36 ½ yards long. How many square inches of fabric is that?

Answer: 18,396 square inches.

Last Week's Answers

Question #1
North Dakota is a Plains state, separated from Minnesota by the Red River on the east. What two Canadian provinces lie on North Dakota’s northern border?

Answer: Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Question #2
The bald eagle was removed from the list of endangered species in 2007. What caused it to become endangered in the first place?

Answer: Use of the pesticide DDT.

Question #3
Threads made from a metal are woven into the underwear that astronauts wear to eliminate odor and static electricity. What is the name of this metal?

Answer: Silver.

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