
April 16, 2026
Season 41 Episode 27 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include Artemis II, a teen running for governor, Braille instructions for Legos and more!
This episode of News Quiz features a deep dive into the successful Artemis II mission around the moon, with stories about the astronauts, their training, and the legacy of the Apollo missions. We also have stories about a teenager running for governor, new Braille instructions for Legos, the oldest tortoise in the world, cherry trees and more!
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April 16, 2026
Season 41 Episode 27 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features a deep dive into the successful Artemis II mission around the moon, with stories about the astronauts, their training, and the legacy of the Apollo missions. We also have stories about a teenager running for governor, new Braille instructions for Legos, the oldest tortoise in the world, cherry trees and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
The big story over our Artemis II mission -- in this into that story -- but let's NCAA basketball champions.
from California brought home And for the men, the University the title for the first time in Now let's change our focus and Question... What country first gifted This first happened back in friendship.
The country is an coast of Asia.
It's known as and has a white flag with a red name it?
What country first gifted If you traveled for spring eventful as the Artemis II crew NASA's first moon mission since around the moon that took them in history.
On April 6th the away from Earth.
That's more the Apollo spacecraft traveled far side of the moon -- the away from Earth -- the Artemis eclipse as the moon temporarily view.
The solar eclipse gave solar corona -- the outer layer This historic crew also named observed.
One they named they've given their space Carroll, in honor of their 2020.
Now for the beginning and mission... Artemis II launched within eight minutes of The liftoff happened at the Canaveral, Florida, which is on crowds gathered to witness the actual spacecraft carrying the the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew named the capsule portion of After the 10-day mission, the astronauts back through Earth's the Pacific Ocean near San sailors, divers and NASA and the capsule back to land.
Time now for the first part of through 4 are about the Artemis Now we've talked about the the astronauts on board the people on board, three astronaut.
50-year-old Reid commander.
He spent six months Station back in 2014 before Glover was the pilot for this aboard the space station and is fly around the moon.
Christina around the moon.
At age 47, recorded the longest continuous spending 328 days aboard the And Canadian astronaut Jeremy his first trip to space.
astronaut to travel around the mission the astronauts trained at Johnson Space Center in ran through all phases of various plans if they ran into They also had to learn to moon surface that they The astronauts took pictures could hold key information for information that could play a eventually!
Decades before Artemis, the Apollo moon missions.
sending astronauts around the surface.
In all, 12 men walked missions.
The first were Neil 1969.
The last were Apollo 17's Schmitt in 1972.
Now, with the technology and research from years ago, the four astronauts travels are paving the way for into deep space.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Question 5 Go into training for Question And a legacy of space travel is In other U.S.
news, a high running for governor.
Vermont border in the northeastern U.S.
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Vermont.
After being a capitol building, 14-year-old involved.
One of Dean's curiosity -- and isn't Vermont's constitution doesn't for governor.
So, Dean launched this November, he'll be the under age 18 on Vermont's A Massachusetts man has set his impaired people enjoy a LEGOs!
Matthew Shifrin is blocks was always a challenge him -- until a friend gave him is a code that uses raised impaired people to read with Matthew created the Bricks for offering free, accessible builders.
And his efforts and braille instructions for And from the South Atlantic tortoise is still alive and slowly.
An April Fool's Day Jonathan, the Seychelles giant Jonathan's caretakers, at island of Saint Helena, say the roaming the grounds and is very Records lists Jonathan as the and the oldest tortoise ever.
No joking here... time for the Question 8 is running for Question 9 is an opportunity to And Question 10 is still Time to take a little break and recommendations you have for we asked, "What book would you is a fourth grader at Southside Kentucky.
Guadalupe has a Hadlee is also a fourth grader, Montana, who enjoys a travel twist.
Bella is in the fifth grade at and prefers a bit of a mystery.
And fifth grader Corinne attends Boone County, Kentucky.
This meaningful conversations.
Are any of those your favorites you're reading.
So tell us... and why?
Send those suggestions email at: NewsQuiz@ket.org Or KET.org/newsquiz.
Be sure to school, and teacher's name in reading books about history, today's Challenge Question.
America with cherry trees?
Japan, back in 1912.
The trees, were donated by the The trees were planted near the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
another 250 cherry trees to the America's 250th anniversary.
are aging in the D.C.
area.
today's answers.
The answer to question is... False.
Apollo was NASA's mission.
The answer to question A. Astronauts saw a solar moon.
The answer to question 3 is... B. Florida is where the located.
The answer to question is... C. Orion is the name of vehicle.
The answer to question is... B. Artemis pilot Victor American to fly around the moon.
The answer to question 6 is... C. Recognizing key of the training.
The answer to A. Apollo was the name of the missions.
The answer to is... Also A. Vermont is map.
The answer to question 9 is... B. Braille instructions users.
And the answer to C. Jonathan is the world's bit of cuteness to finish our getting ready for London, this fall!
Lambs are herded >> a reenactment of an ancient the event based on their good but on the farm they all get we've chosen for now.
We'll see Quiz.
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