
November 5, 2026
Season 42 Episode 9 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include elections, a cyclone, krill, macaques, woodcarvers, a long train, smiling and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about elections around the world, a cyclone in India, a call to end the Antarctic krill harvest, macaques who make smart food choices, a dinosaur artist who works in cardboard, woodcarvers in Suriname, the world’s longest train, the science of smiling and more!
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November 5, 2026
Season 42 Episode 9 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about elections around the world, a cyclone in India, a call to end the Antarctic krill harvest, macaques who make smart food choices, a dinosaur artist who works in cardboard, woodcarvers in Suriname, the world’s longest train, the science of smiling and more!
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Welcome to November!
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Let's get started with a Question.
Think about our state What is the capital of name with many others across state capital, it is also home and has the nicknames "Madtown" Can you think of it?
What is That answer and some sporty The big story this week is the United States.
Many voters ballots, choosing who will other offices.
The results party has a majority in the more on those election results States isn't the only country year.
In Serbia, thousands of are celebrating after a leader of 14 years.
Two years against the Serbian government In Brazil, voters re-elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, over Bolsonaro, who has since fled And in Israel's elections, no parliament to win a majority.
for a political party instead the parties must negotiate to Around the world, the first Ocean storm season made coast.
India is a country in seventh-largest country in New Delhi is the capital of >> Cyclone Arnab churned over onto land.
Cyclones are the hurricanes, but they occur in The spinning storm caused power wind damage.
It hit an area of centers are located, along with Meteorologists say the damage threatens farmers... and grow our future.
>> Time now for the first part and 2 are about elections Questions 3 and 4 are about the Back to the news.
To protect oceanographer is calling for an oceanographer is a scientist also known as marine at the physical and chemical the life that lives in it.
invertebrates that live in all of food for larger fish, and Oceanographer Sylvia Earle krill in Antarctic waters krill fishing would remove any sea lions to survive in this A study of macaque monkeys they share with humans that may illnesses.
As we have learned, touching infected surfaces, or eating after them.
The learned the same thing.
In this a grape on a clean plate... Many of the monkeys appeared to and chose to eat the grape from determined that macaques who outbreak in their group tended what they ate.
And how can cardboard fossils dinosaurs?
It's a visual art extinct creature may have paleo-artist.
He uses discarded re-creations of dinosaur bones.
PaleoCarton, a vlog project the study of fossils - with work is creating missing parts By filling in some of those paleontologists and others creatures.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 takes Be careful what you touch in And is it art or science for This next story takes us deep Suriname is a country on the America between Guyana and small village in Suriname, woodcarving.
The woodcarving by generations in the Saamaka ancestors escaped slavery built independent communities centuries ago.
Expanded gold impacting the forest and the hopes to keep the art form culture.
To South Africa now -- where took off on its first test run.
the very southern tip of the between the Atlantic Ocean on Ocean on the east.
The train is of 696 freight cars.
That's the lined up, end zone to end zone!
company that created the train diesel locomotives positioned it for a 500-mile test run.
a half mile long.
Now, I hope smile.
Science says just can lead to a chemical response happier.
Research shows that a hormone the body releases to release brain chemicals feelings.
One study found stressful tasks had lower heart expressions and their body had responses.
So cracking a smile improve your mood, but also SMILE!
It's the final part of art form.
Question 9 is lengthy.
And say "cheese" for Question Has our latest Opinion Question Let's find out about some of foods!
Piper is in the fifth in Whitesville, Kentucky and a dipped option.
Fourth grader Amelia from Arizona also likes a treat made in the seventh grade at Russell Kentucky, also appreciates grader Harlynn from Adair craves food only found on If those letters made you think about it!
What is your favorite something you eat at the treat?
Or is it something you members?
Tell us... What is food?
You can send your letters NewsQuiz@ket.org... Or use the sure to include your name, name in your response!
Did you Question out of the park?
answer.
The capital of Madison.
The town shares its states.
But this is the only capital.
And, to the east of called Milwaukee.
That's the Series Champions, the Milwaukee the championship title after the series in game five over the Brewers' first-ever World And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... C. Midterm elections were held The answer to question 2 is... B. Serbia is where student-led The answer to question 3 is... Asia is the continent where The answer to question 4 is... B. Cyclone Arnab made landfall The answer to question 5 is... C. Krill should be protected in oceanographer.
The answer to question 6 is... Macaque monkeys showed disgust The answer to question 7 is... Cardboard is the main component The answer to question 8 is... Also A. Suriname is located at The answer to question 9 is... B. South Africa is where the its test run.
And the answer to question 10 C. Research found smiling and your health.
And finally here's a new streaming option This news website from Finland >> and will follow their for their fur-ever homes.
offer a peaceful option away Have they put a smile on your today.
We'll see you back here Bye!
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