Thursday, November 21, 2013

Current Events Quiz #3.2

1. Thursday, Page A5 "Ancient Boy's DNA..." What were the two surprises about the remains of the boy in Siberia"
The first surprise was that he was found further East than they have found anything or anyone else. Also his DNA showed that he was Native American which reveals Native Americans today might have a different ancestry than previously thought.

2. Thursday, Page B5 "11-year old boy honored..." What paragraph did you learn the following information:In many different paragraphs through out the article.

Who- Leo "willy" Click jr.
What- saved his family from a burning car and was honored for it
Where- Texas 35
When- Tuesday evening
Why- What he did was very heroic
How- caring for his cousin's wounds and finding help

3. Thursday, Page D1 "No Barriers" What is so different about this tv show? What are some of the ways deaf people communicate with the hearing, according to the story?
What is different about the show is the host is deaf and it is a subtitle based documentary type show.  Deaf people communicate with video phones that are like cell phones but they watch the message instead of listening to it.
4. Sunday (Nov. 17), Page A13 "Lincoln' true words" What was the most important difference between the supposed different versions of his famous speech, according to the article?
The most important difference is that some of the speeches had the words "under god" in them and others didn't.
5. Sunday (Nov. 17) Page E5 "Now you can sail..." What does this app do and why is it significant to people who like John Lennon?
This app allows people never before seen insight on Lennon's journey to Bermuda. It is significant to Lennon lovers because it is all about Lennon's famous sail.

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