
April 30, 2026
Season 41 Episode 29 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
Features include renewable energy, wildlife in Chernobyl, robots, an ancient ballgame and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about wildfires in Georgia, renewable energy in China and India, a mega-bridge delivering water to South Africa, the return of wildlife to Chernobyl, Paul Revere’s midnight ride, robots in the world of sports, a new cricket stadium for the Los Angeles Olympics, an ancient ballgame that’s coming back to Mexico and more!
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April 30, 2026
Season 41 Episode 29 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about wildfires in Georgia, renewable energy in China and India, a mega-bridge delivering water to South Africa, the return of wildlife to Chernobyl, Paul Revere’s midnight ride, robots in the world of sports, a new cricket stadium for the Los Angeles Olympics, an ancient ballgame that’s coming back to Mexico and more!
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In our news today, dry have caused wildfires to spread Georgia.
A lack of rain has conditions in some southern >> And with strong spring wildfires have caused people to of homes.
Over in South studying ways to protect homes Researchers - with the help of test houses to deliberately set different building materials to flames.
Through that testing, several discoveries that will building.
>> For the first time, clean strong demand for electricity.
are driving the trend, with renewable energy.
A new report -- including solar, wind, energies -- hit more than electricity mix for the first year.
China led the world in ... and India also saw record generation.
Both countries fossil fuels like coal, oil and a world dealing with climate crisis because of the war in U.S.
and Europe added more fuels also saw small increases.
Time now for the first part of look at the dangerous situation Questions 3 and 4 are about the This next story takes us to sits in the bottom triangle of Johannesburg is the country's But most of its water supply kingdom called Lesotho... Lesotho is its own country, but countries in the world.
Its percent of all water to the Africa.
A newly built bridge country double its water The Senqu Bridge is one of countries -- and the largest Nature is making its way back Back in 1986, an explosion at a Chernobyl sent radiation across evacuation of entire towns.
disaster in history.
The area nearly the size of the still contaminated by radiation for humans.
But now some Wild horses, wolves, lynx, returned to the land and are call it a small miracle... resilience.
Back in the United States, the Revolution called for a historic midnight ride of Paul with some modern-day tweaks.
of Boston happened in the police escort... and a lot of Revere originally rode through April 18, 1775, warning of an considered a critical moment in Revolution.
Now, for a critical moment in of today's quiz.
Question 5 is Question 6 is a real-life no And ride on for Question 7.
Back to the news.
One robot, intelligence to play table robot is part of a scientific robots more agile.
Ace is a tough challenge!
And in half marathon; and the winning resembles a human in its world record time.
A runner March, finishing in about 57 finished in 50 minutes and 26 In other sports news, a CRICKET Southern California for the when the sport will return as similar to baseball but has You'll also notice the bats are cricket are known as wickets.
U.S., but cricket fans hope the for the sport in America.
And in Mexico, the ancient reintroduced to the country.
using their hips to throw and tournament was recently held in teams putting their hips to the sport is a tribute to their And now here's the final part could be a tough match.
Question 9 is an Olympic And Question 10 is getting a You might want to read about to learn more about them!
sports that you've recommended What book would you recommend more of your answers!
Sutton is a 3rd Grader at County, Kentucky, and suggests 4th Grader, Maggie, from Virginia recommends a story of Andrew is in the 5th Grade at St.
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What is the sporting event in the United Kentucky Derby, you are first Saturday in May -- is the Downs in Louisville Kentucky.
happened at Churchill Downs were only a few times in to another date, but it has the longest continuously run And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... A. Drought - a lack of rain fueled Georgia's wildfires.
The answer to question 2 is... B. South Carolina is where building materials.
The answer to question 3 is... Also B. the report found record The answer to question 4 is... C. Both China and India are energy generation.
The answer to question 5 is... B. Lesotho is a country that The answer to question 6 is... Chernobyl is considered too The answer to question 7 is... B. Paul Revere is best known Boston.
The answer to question 8 is... B again.
A human marathon world The answer to question 9 is... C. Cricket will be played at And the answer to question 10 Players use their hips, mainly, finally today... A French zoo Australia exhibit.
>> Wombats are marsupials - a cross between a koala and a exhibit was created to look with deep soil where the the ground.
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