
September 17, 2026
Season 42 Episode 3 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
Trade War, Strait of Hormuz, Dinosaur Discovery, Cow Parade.
This episode of News Quiz features stories the trade war between the United States and Canada, the Strait of Hormuz, Norway’s king, a dinosaur discovery, Apple’s newest phone, opera snakes, acrobats in Kenya, a cow parade, and more! News Quiz is KET’s weekly 15-minute current events program for students. The program consists of news segments, a current events quiz, and opinion letters from student
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September 17, 2026
Season 42 Episode 3 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories the trade war between the United States and Canada, the Strait of Hormuz, Norway’s king, a dinosaur discovery, Apple’s newest phone, opera snakes, acrobats in Kenya, a cow parade, and more! News Quiz is KET’s weekly 15-minute current events program for students. The program consists of news segments, a current events quiz, and opinion letters from student
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We hope you're getting Glad you're joining us today with our Challenge Question.
Yom Kippur is a holy day This observance is part of the faith was founded by Abraham it one of the world's oldest one God, use a sacred text worship in buildings called it?
Yom Kippur is a holy day We'll have that answer, after week -- a trade war is States and Canada.
Canada is United States.
Its border with international land border in is Ottawa.
A "trade war" isn't war is an economic conflict... when the U.S.
started imposing imports from Canada.
Canada tariffs and banning some the U.S.
Now the White House products from Canada - like The conflict has upended what relationships.
In the Middle East, a more shortages and higher gas Iran, the United States and The U.S.
and Israel are allies.
from getting nuclear weapons, Trump.
Now it is also a fight The Strait of Hormuz is the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.
oil passes through the strait.
>> Iran stopped cargo traffic making it more difficult to That caused a spike in oil gas prices and other goods that peace deal was reached earlier ships to pass through the August and now fighting has rise again.
>> Questions 1 and 2 are about Questions 3 and 4 are about the East.
Back to the news... the country of their king.
Norway is a northern Europe.
It shares a capital of Norway is Oslo.
the country's king for 35 he died on August 28th.
King Harald's coffin as it lay before his funeral.
Following 53-year-old Haakon the 8th Soon after ascending to the oath of allegiance to the an important symbolic step as leader.
Norway's king is a The nation is a democracy with parliament.
In South America, fossilized researchers more about scientists who study fossils - eggshells in southern Argentina came from a Patagotitan - a dinos to ever walk the Earth.
that these creatures were able than they once believed.
mountainous region was too cold eggs.
Now they believe the heat incubate eggs in order for the In tech news, Apple has smartphone.
The company with its latest generation of glass thinner than a hair to fold.
>> Add to that a gliding glue glass to slide over one another Plus the hinge that holds the more than 100 tiny interlocking powered by a battery on each like a single power supply.
engineering makes it a product >> Think about those stories as today's Quiz.
Pay your respects Question 6 was a southern find.
technology is bending our Every performer on stage at the must audition for their role... In the Met's adaptation of a a snake charmer.
And to use a production, they have to test a they will be on stage under the cold-blooded competition, a boa the coveted part.
The director with better stage presence.
chosen to be an understudy.
You don't have to go to the human performers in Nairobi.
Kenya, a country on the this bustling city, street regularly put on quite a show Their carefully choreographed from drivers who appreciate the And in the country of end of summer >> with a cow parade.
The cows huge bells as they parade villagers.
The Zuglete festival the move from their summer base base in town.
Following closely clean-up crew and the infamous path clean, of course.
And now here's the final part for Question 8.
>> Question 9 is working for And move along into question Let's take a little break and special teacher!
Ms.
Molly 2027 Kentucky teacher of the teacher at Beechwood High with 26 years of experience in >> And another shout-out to my Elementary School... I had the of >> last school year... along the schools who hosted us... videos on the show this season!
what you want to see on this Lily, from Chapel Hill learn about our environment.
Emma is also in the 4th Grade, Florida.
Recovery is something That's also a topic on the list Class at Saint Patrick School Grayson is in the 5th Grade at Warren County, Kentucky.
movies.
And Rowan is a 4th Elementary in Boone County, for the end of October!
Excellent ideas!
So what are You've got one more week to of stories would you like to Send your letters to us via Or use the form at include your name, grade, your response!
Did you feel challenged by our back to that one and share the a holy day observed by the or Judaism.
The observance is Days for Jews that include Rosh During the week followers spend planning for the year ahead.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... B. Money is the focus of a The answer to question 2 is... A. Canada is the neighbor to The answer to question 3 is... The Strait of Hormuz is the U.S.
and Iran.
The answer to question 4 is... True.
Gas prices are affected The answer to question 5 is... King Harald V was Norway's The answer to question 6 is... C. Patagotitan southern Argentina.
The answer to question 7 is... The iPhone Duo smartphone was The answer to question 8 is... Also B. The snakes auditioned The answer to question 9 is... Nairobi is where you'll see And the answer to question 10 A. Switzerland is home of the >> And finally today... The species has new hope, at a zoo cubs were born at the zoo near got their first round of microchipped recently.
critically endangered by the 400 still living in the wild on Sumatra.
With that, we'll roar on out of here more News Quiz!
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