
October 30, 2025
Season 41 Episode 8 | 14m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include Gaza food aid, a new ballroom, a jewel theft, pumpkins, salamanders, dogs and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about food aid to Gaza, a new ballroom planned next to the White House, the jewel theft at the Louvre, the first female prime minister of Japan, an eco-friendly building in Kenya, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, an endangered salamander, floating pumpkins, Halloween canines, and more!
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October 30, 2025
Season 41 Episode 8 | 14m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about food aid to Gaza, a new ballroom planned next to the White House, the jewel theft at the Louvre, the first female prime minister of Japan, an eco-friendly building in Kenya, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, an endangered salamander, floating pumpkins, Halloween canines, and more!
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after the news.
>> Topping our news today... Israel and Hamas - just weeks ceasefire to end the fighting aid organizations are still aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
bakery that is ramping up needed baking ingredients like machines.
Only two crossings And just a few dozen opened to give out supplies.
Food Programme is trying to get equipment to rebuild more still questions about whether hold.
>> The White House is getting a crews began demolishing parts House.
The White House is where States lives and works in traditionally held the offices Donald Trump spearheaded the foot ballroom, which will be other formal events.
The size of the White House.
project didn't go through the it will cost too much money.
personally paying for the private donors and no tax money expected to be complete by the in 2028.
Time now for the first part of take us to the Middle East.
Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news... Suspects are now in custody the world's most famous museums France is a European country among other countries.
Paris is and that's where the Louvre theft happened on October 19th visitors were inside the disguised as construction window, stole several priceless escaped on motorcycles.
The crowns, an emerald necklace, a earrings.
All had belonged to theft sparked a massive identified the suspects through scene.
Around the globe, the Japanese country's first female prime member of Japan's Liberal third attempt to become party role of Japan's prime minister.
country, tackle rising costs, Takaichi quickly appointed her work.
She has been part of serving in several leadership And from the African continent, parts of mushrooms and materials.
MycoTile has found a with sugarcane waste, from insulation panels.
Those panels to build homes in the country, shortage.
The panels are also a construction.
The mushroom root and using the sugarcane waste going into landfills.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Hopefully you can Question 6 includes a new And Question 7 is a building Back to the news... A ballerina bow on stage.
Misty Copeland flowers as she retired from the week.
Ten years ago, she became principal dancer in the Since then, she has become an She's also written a children's and created an afterschool minorities, called "Be Bold."
on stage to congratulate her on No, it's not a sneeze.
It's salamander.
An achoque is a that is believed to exist in They are a close relative of there may be as few as 150 of the wild.
A team of zoo experts in those in captivity to see if the animals.
So far, they have hope they can be used to help Now it's YOUR turn to be a pumpkin will sink or float in a pumpkin will float -- even a people!
That's the object of Pumpkin Regatta in Oregon.
around a small lake in pumpkins Even when they aren't carved because they are less dense carve out... the lighter they edge to win the kayak battle.
Let's float into the final part or pirouette, for Question 8.
Question 9 is very rare.
And float into Question 10.
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grade, school, and teacher's Did you think big for today's if you answered the Colosseum correct!
The Colosseum is the which means "theatre in the built between 72 and 80 A.D., in Italy.
In ancient times, there to watch fights between even big enough to host naval the structure is still standing world's most popular tourist And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... A ceasefire between Israel and temporarily.
The answer to question 2 is... The World Food Programme is The answer to question 3 is... C. The offices of the First in the White House's East Wing.
The answer to question 4 is... True.
The new White House larger than the White House The answer to question 5 is... France is located at B on the The answer to question 6 is... A. Prime Minister Takaichi was The answer to question 7 is... C. Mushroom roots and sugarcane The answer to question 8 is... Misty Copeland is the retiring The answer to question 9 is... The achoque is critically And the answer to question 10 Pumpkins are less dense than Last but not least today... trick-or-treating with you?
Michigan has a howl-oween just costumes and get treats and say it's a fun time for pets fun trick-or-treating.
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