An update on the search for Amelia Earhart's plane, an early winter forecast amid a "super El Niño," and a pair of rescues headline today's show. We have a great story for discussion concerning horse-drawn carriage rides in New York City: Should they be banned? And after history topics that include the Nuremberg Trials and the Harpers Ferry raid by John Brown, we're showing you how a downhill skateboarder achieved a new speed record.
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. As featured Monday: What kind of turtles, which used to be classified as an endangered species, have recovered to “least concern” status thanks to growth in places like Malaysia?
2. The Houthi rebel group, which is supported by Iran and based in Yemen, said it was responsible for recent attacks on a civilian airport in what neighboring country?
3. What two monarchs, who married in 1469 and ruled jointly, helped unify Spain and financed Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World in 1492?
4. Though it’s normally on display in France, the Bayeux Tapestry is temporarily on exhibit in what country, where the Battle of Hastings was recently re-enacted in tribute?
5. The U.S. government recently announced a controversial deal with Russia that will bring America millions of tons of what commodity, whose price set a record last month?
6. As featured Wednesday: In what island nation – which struggles with shortages of food, water, and power – is a company of 14 actors making exceptional efforts to keep theater alive?
7. This week, researchers arrived on Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific to investigate the Taraia Object, which some believe could be the wreckage of a plane flown by what aviator?
8. What kind of animal is the red-legged seriema, which along with another species was recently found to be among the loudest of their taxonomic class?
9. At a location near Turkey, archaeologists recently found artifacts (including jars that may have contained wine or olive oil) from the world’s oldest known what?
10. Officials in New York City are considering a ban on horse-drawn carriage rides in what famous park, which was completed in the 1870s?
