
February 12, 2026
Season 41 Episode 19 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
Features include a walk for peace, Black History Month, an historic cold snap, Puppy Bowl and more!
This episode of News Quiz features stories about a 2,300-mile walk for peace, the source of granite for Olympic curling stones, new museum exhibits for Black History Month, the historic cold snap, accessible art for the vision impaired, the Westminster Dog Show, the 2026 Puppy Bowl, grizzly bears in Alaska, and more!
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February 12, 2026
Season 41 Episode 19 | 15mVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about a 2,300-mile walk for peace, the source of granite for Olympic curling stones, new museum exhibits for Black History Month, the historic cold snap, accessible art for the vision impaired, the Westminster Dog Show, the 2026 Puppy Bowl, grizzly bears in Alaska, and more!
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Have you caught any of We'll talk more about that in Bowl was played on February team?
The Seattle Seahawks beat 13 to take home their second move over to a history-related America's 250th anniversary for one.
Which U.S.
founding father general?
This man is known for still in use today, including glasses and even swimming fins!
who signed four key documents States of America... including and the Constitution.
Can you father was our first postmaster news.
Topping our news today, a finished their 2,300-mile walk Washington, D.C.
Their trek in Fort Worth, Texas.
Since numerous southern and eastern nation's capital.
Buddhist their normal lives to pursue development.
They follow the prince in Nepal around 500 or life to become a spiritual to promote mindfulness, healing they have gained viral The group will return to Texas, public to join them for special Fort Worth.
If you've been watching Winter Olympics, you may have In this sport, teams use brooms curling stone... moving the Well, that stone disc is a granite.
This special kind of a few places in the >> world.
One of them is this coast of Scotland.
The island entirely of unique blue and and durable rock found on this curling stones for centuries sets of the curling stones used competition.
Time now for the Questions 1 and 2 are about the peaceful trek.
Hit the ice for questions 4.
Back to the news.
February to honor the achievements and One place to explore that African American History Museum The downtown museum displays programs about the Americans in Louisville and soldiers during the American right now at the Muhammad Ali plans to travel throughout the >> year.
Now, if this February there may be science behind it.
quarter of this century was frigid temperatures may feel people -- especially young through long cold spells in temperatures have become less as long... until this year.
and behavior say climate change used to.
And, from feeling cold... is turning up in more museums this one in Italy.
Instead of art here is meant to be Italy's only publicly funded touchable.
Created by a couple blind, the museum hosts Italy's most famous artworks to impaired to experience art by it.
Think about those stories of today's Quiz.
Explore 5.
Bundle up for Question 6.
And Question 7 is accessible.
Back to the news.
to boast about and compare dogs the 150th Westminster Kennel was originally held in 1877 a New York hotel to compare Penny the Doberman pinscher the 150th competition.
As the Afghan hound, a Maltese, and an others.
2,500 dogs, covering participated in the 2026 Westminster show.
A different canine friends who have special year's Puppy Bowl, which time of football's Super Bowl, 72 shelters around the U.S., Virgin Islands.
The dogs are and Team Fluff, and score doggie antics on a miniature promotes animal adoptions.
participating had special needs still looking for their forever homes.
And how of the most remote places on near the Arctic Ocean.
This dozen grizzly bears who were The bears hibernate nearly the darkness in northern researchers a glimpse of the shows them eating, playing, amazing all-natural scenery.
of today's Quiz.
Question 8 has of canine breeds!
Adoption is of Question 9.
And Question 10 a natural view.
Time to put down little break and read some of what you are telling us about activities!
Nolan is a fourth North Dakota and enjoys an Olympic experience!
Olivia Robertson County School here in keep it simple.
Fifth grader in Wisconsin, likes both the of the season.
And Nathan Joseph Crescent Springs in Nathan and friends enjoy winter building options.
some pictures of those igloos, Those are all great ways to If you still want to share your chance on this question.
activity?
Why do you enjoy it?
details, and email your letter use the form at include your name, grade, your response!
Time to get some Let's go back to that Challenge spark of energy when the answer Benjamin Franklin, you are postmaster general, back in Congress established the U.S.
that Ben Franklin lived in time while the American British rule?
His home there is marking America's 250th anniversary.
The home features >> of Franklin's time there and >> social and scientific rest of today's answers.
to question 1 is... B. Buddhist Washington, D.C.
The answer to 2 is... A. The monks left from Texas on their journey.
The to question 3 is... C. Curling brooms to move a disc on ice.
The answer to question 4 is... B. Those are made of granite.
The answer to question 5 is... C. February honors Black question 6 is... C again.
longer than usual and more widespread.
to question 7 is... A. The word the sense of touch.
The answer question 8 is... C. Penny is year's Westminster Dog Show.
to question 9 is... True.
with disabilities were in the Puppy Bowl.
And the question 10 is... A. Alaska's by bear-cams.
And finally National Zoo in Washington, female baby Asian elephant >> in nearly 25 years!
Asian species.
It only took this start walking on her own.

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