
May 14, 2026
Season 41 Episode 31 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include primary elections, a famous centenarian, gas prices, street art, snails and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the primary elections this spring, a famous centenarian and his love of animals, the surge in gas prices, a late snowstorm in Colorado, solar power in Cuba, World Cup street art in Brazil, a snail race in Taiwan, a Star Wars parade and more!
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May 14, 2026
Season 41 Episode 31 | 14m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about the primary elections this spring, a famous centenarian and his love of animals, the surge in gas prices, a late snowstorm in Colorado, solar power in Cuba, World Cup street art in Brazil, a snail race in Taiwan, a Star Wars parade and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We have talked about year on News Quiz, so let's add today's Challenge Question.
famous dwarf planet?
This one no longer considered one of the sun, it sits beyond the planet A Disney character was named Can you think of it?
What is dwarf planet?
We'll have that our news this week -- many elections this time of year.
happen Tuesday, May 19th.
different dates in different June... Most primaries are in election is when voters choose political party will run in the which happens in November.
In Kentucky, voters are Senate seat that will be open is retiring.
Also, voters will all six U.S.
House districts.
are also on the ballot this vote in the general election... You may not recognize the name may recognize his voice.
broadcaster and wildlife on May 8th.
Sir David Attenborough has been documentaries such as "Planet that teach schoolchildren about London's Natural History Museum Story with David Attenborough," guests can enjoy to learn about Attenborough helped bring Zoo in England.
His TV series people to different creatures He has a polar research vehicle species of animals, including a discovered in South America!
Attenborough!
Time now for the first part of are about the upcoming Questions 3 and 4 are 100 years Back to the news.
Rising gas travel plans.
The average price in the U.S.
has jumped more beginning of the war with Iran.
has stranded oil tankers near fifth of the world's oil The price of crude oil, the has climbed for the past two re-think those summer road The country of Cuba is dealing electricity blackouts... on the power of the sun.
station, or solinera as it's Clara, in Cuba's central towns miles away to charge phones and kitchen equipment to battery-operated vehicles.
power... and has become a island dealing with an a U.S.
energy blockade.
Meanwhile in the Rocky winter.
A late spring snowstorm snow in parts of Colorado and schools and cancelling flights.
saw a historically warm winter temperatures reaching 80 Denver is making history again, snowstorms in the city's stories as we head into the Question 5 is about the pain at Power up for question 6.
And Question 7 is making While North America is gearing to be played in our countries, nation is already working to neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, street with the colors of the blue and green.
Painting long-time tradition in Brazil.
caricatures of players and you're rushing toward the end Taiwan is encouraging people to have embraced the joy of snail correctly, snail racing.
excited, cheering on their creatures are a reminder to lifestyle.
>> Workers in the town hope drive toward a sustainable and younger residents who want Now if you prefer to stay on Kong event where people dressed as characters from the be long until the new Star Wars Grogu" hits theaters.
Many light sabers glowing in the And of course, the run just the 4th, a date that's become a movies: May the force >> be with you.
And now here's Question 8 is very colorful.
Take your time with Question 9.
And Question 10 is on the run.
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Be grade, school, and teacher's Now let's launch back to our pull the answer from outer What is the name of the most be Pluto!
Pluto was downgraded and is one of several dwarf Now farther into space, looking closely at another atmosphere.
The object is Earth, and the first beyond the conditions.
And here are the The answer to question 1 is... Primary elections happen The answer to question 2 is... A. Mitch McConnell's retirement seat in Kentucky.
The answer to question 3 is... C. Sir David Attenborough is enthusiast.
The answer to question 4 is... True.
More than 50 different him.
The answer to question 5 is... The war in Iran is impacting The answer to question 6 is... B. Solar power charges the The answer to question 7 is... A May snowstorm has buried The answer to question 8 is... again.
The upcoming World Cup streets in Brazil.
The answer to question 9 is... B. Snail races have become a Taiwan.
And the answer to question 10 Glowing light sabers were Kong run.
>> Wrapping things up... out our live episode recorded in Lexington in the coming >> Before we go today... to sunbathe on Pier 39 at Francisco, California.
But sea lion has demanded his place personality have made Chonkers Now, be like Chonkers, and Bye!

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