NewsDepth for Thursday, April 23, 2009

Season: 2008-2009 ~ Episode: 28 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• President Obama Attends Summit of the Americas in Trinidad

• President Obama Holds First Full Cabinet Meeting, Asks for Budget Cuts

• First Daughters Get Their Puppy, a Portuguese Water Dog Named Bo

• First Lady Michelle Obama Plants White House Vegetable Garden

• Seattle Man Grows His Garden and Grass on his Roof

• Ohio Leads the Nation with 249 Tree Cities

• Baby Gibbon Brightens Toledo Zoo Primate Exhibit

• First Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch in Cleveland

• Bald Eagle with Vision Problem Has Eye Exam at Raptor Recovery Nebraska

• Town in Northern Japan Uses Excess Snow for Refrigeration in Summer

• Meteorite That Fell to Earth in Texas Now in Kansas Museum
  Lesson plan included

• Denver Students Learn Math and Science with Water Balloons

• Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Rocks Royal Festival Hall

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Trinidad and Tobago is a small island country in the southern Caribbean Sea. What South American country is closest to it?

Question #2:
The President’s Cabinet is made up of the Vice President, the heads of fifteen executive departments, and other advisors like the White House Chief of Staff. Who holds that position?

Question #3:
A meteor is a bright streak of light seen when a meteoroid burns up in the earth’s atmosphere. What causes the meteoroid to burn?

Last Week's Answers

Question #1
The Republic of Turkey is located between southeast Europe and western Asia. What two countries and body of water form its southern border?

Answer: Iraq, Syria and the Mediterranean Sea.

Question #2
An earthquake caused a great deal of damage to the hundreds of years old walled mountain towns in central Italy. In what mountain range are these towns located?

Answer: The Appenine Mountains.

Question #3
A tiny owl was rehabilitated and released at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. What species of owl was this?

Answer: Northern Saw-whet Owl.

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