
October 8, 2026
Season 42 Episode 5 | 14m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include a UN meeting, Cuba’s National Ballet, El Niño, mosquitoes, cats, raccoons and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the recent United Nations meeting and the Greenland security deal, wild weather from coast to coast, the effect of El Niño on agriculture, a visit to Cuba’s National Ballet, work to identify disease-carrying mosquitoes, the discovery of a new cat, help for baby raccoons and more!
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October 8, 2026
Season 42 Episode 5 | 14m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the recent United Nations meeting and the Greenland security deal, wild weather from coast to coast, the effect of El Niño on agriculture, a visit to Cuba’s National Ballet, work to identify disease-carrying mosquitoes, the discovery of a new cat, help for baby raccoons and more!
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We are back from fall back into things - how about fun trivia in today's Challenge LEGOs were invented in which building bricks are popular know where they got their country in northern Europe.
headquartered in the city founded in 1932.
One more from two Danish words that mean LEGOs were invented in which answer, after the news.
Topping at the heart of this year's Assembly.
The international than 190 countries met at the in September.
One of the top search for a new U.N.
the chief administrative serving as a leader and Secretary-General António years and his term ends on another item that sparked a lot strategic security agreement Denmark and Greenland.
The pact have a larger presence in additional security -- while Danish rule.
In other news, weather watchers as hurricanes, nor'easters and In the northeastern United pattern brought heavy rains to Massachusetts.
A nor'easter is from the Atlantic Ocean and our country.
This time, the conditions caused airport On the other side of the the southwestern U.S., it was of rain in a short period of landfall on Mexico's Baja the country with heavy flooding Time now for the first part of look at the international Questions 3 and 4 are about the On the other side of the Pacific known as El Nino is causing conditions to parts of Asia.
warm, but then a lack of wind those warm waters from flowing there are more wildfires, and crops from growing.
Agriculture cause food insecurity around international agencies to be to provide assistance.
Throughout France high school improve their education system.
of teachers and proper training Parents and students want more to improve their education about a robotic system that's students can be admitted into French students say an deciding their futures.
And in Cuba, ballet students perform even during a national island nation have forced power shortages and a lack of running National Ballet School are classes, learn, practice and national pride in Cuba, with during these difficult times.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
The effects of El Question 6 is a fight for And Question 7 is working the country of Hungary researchers identify disease-carrying >> Citizen scientists are being the sound of mosquitoes' researchers are then feeding artificial intelligence tool the mosquito species, and if it dangerous diseases.
And, by science, researchers hope to and protect the public.
Moving to the South American wild cat species was discovered This small spotted feline was a local family took it in and realized it was a new species genetic information and from wild cats around the this species the Tilcayo already used for the cat by forests where it survives in Back in the states, raccoons Mississippi!
These baby wildlife rescue after losing or injured and need some help wild.
Young raccoons are known going through a bootcamp to get great outdoors.
Workers put to swim in ponds and traveling areas.
When they are ready to special ceremony, before they And now here's the final part to learn from sounds in A new discovery is the And the aim of Question 10 is All right!
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LEGOs were invented Denmark is on a peninsula Europe.
Copenhagen is the invented there way back in 1932 These days, LEGOs aren't just hugely into them as well.
older builders.
"AFOLs" stands A recent fan event in Denmark And more than a thousand of countries attended to see and that were on display.
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... C. U.N.
Secretary-General his term.
The answer to question 2 is... Greenland will have a greater of the new security deal.
The answer to question 3 is... B. The northeastern United nor'easter storms.
The answer to question 4 is... C. Hurricane Polo battered The answer to question 5 is... Asia may be facing serious The answer to question 6 is... Students in France are The answer to question 7 is... The National Ballet brings a The answer to question 8 is... A. Mosquitoes are being studied their flapping wings.
The answer to question 9 is... C. The new wild cat species is And the answer to question 10 Kits are young raccoons.
American town drew from their a focus of their anniversary guinea pigs probably started in Now, in the town of Salcedo, costume competitions >> and prizes for the largest owners in our News Quiz friend compete?
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