News Quiz May 19, 2011 Episode # News Quiz is KET’s weekly 15-minute current events television program for upper elementary/middle school students.

CHALLENGE QUESTION Indonesia is a part of what continent? A. Africa B. Asia

1. The area where the Mississippi meets the Gulf of Mexico is called the … A. mouth B. delta C. canal

2. To relieve some of the water pressure downstream, officials opened … A. spillways B. bridges C. marshes

3. Kentucky’s general election was held on Tuesday. 1. True 2. False

4. Kentuckians voted on the office of … A. governor B. treasurer C. both A and B

5. The next presidential election will take place in… A B C. 2015

6. Churches and businesses were damaged in … A. Portugal B. France C. Spain

7. The U.N. report blames poorer countries for most wasted food. 1. True 2. False

8. The shuttle that will be sent to a Los Angeles museum is the … A. Endeavour B. Discovery C. Atlantis

9. Yves Rossy flew over the Grand Canyon using … A. an ornithopter B. a jet suit C. helium balloons

10. Ryan Ketchner is … A. blind B. mute C. deaf