NewsDepth for March 19, 2009

Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009
Season: 2008-2009, Episode: 24

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This Week's Questions

Question #1:
The “Tweel” is a new kind of tire with a tire tread and wheel, like pneumatic (air-filled) tires, but what replaces the air?

Answer: Flexible spokes.

Question #2:
The ship called the Rapid was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of 1812. With what country was the United States at war in 1812?

Answer: Great Britain.

Question #3:
Every March 15 marks the return of a special kind of bird to Hinckley Reservation. What is the name of this bird?

Answer: The buzzard, also known as turkey vulture.

Last Week's Answers

Question #1
NASA has launched a space craft with a telescope that will travel through our galaxy looking for Earth-like planets. For whom is this space craft named?

Answer: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Question #2
India is Pakistan’s neighbor to the east and southeast. What two countries border Pakistan to the west and northwest?

Answer: Iran and Afghanistan.

Question #3
Zoologist Jane Goodall spent forty years of her career in Africa studying a particular animal. What animal did she study?

Answer: Chimpanzees.

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