Nightly News Week of 4/14/25

When does spinning air officially become a tornado?

• When the spinning air turns vertical inside a cloud

• When the spinning air becomes a funnel and touches the ground

• When a thunderstorm moves over spinning air

• When it starts raining cats and hotdogs.

Where are the safest places to go if you hear a tornado warning and need to seek shelter?

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• Go to the attic or highest level of your home

• Go to the basement or lowest level of your home

• Stand near an area with lots of windows

• Go to a room with no windows

• Go to the center of your home and seek shelter in a hallway, closet, or bathroom

What did Senator Corey Booker accomplish that broke a previous record?

• Speaking for more than 25 hours straight

• Voting on the most number of Bills in Congress

• Doing 100 push-ups on the Senate floor

• Successfully sneaking a whole Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater.

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C.

Where did these tree originally come from?

• George Washington planted the trees when he became President of the United States in 1789.

• The trees were a gift from the King of England to the United States for winning the American Revolution in 1783.

• The trees were a gift of friendship from the people of Japan to the people of the United States in 1912.

• The trees were made in China and fell off an 18-wheeler truck.

What is the name of the new bat being used by professional baseball players?

• The tornado bat

• The torpedo bat

• The torrential bat

• The vampire bat

How are the Boston Bruins professional hockey team turning a game into a STEM-cast called the Best Snow Day Ever?

(STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and MATH)

• The game is being animated yet broadcast like a regular game while STEM concepts are taught within segments of the game.

• The hockey players of the Boston Bruins are describing how they use science to become better hockey players.

• The producers of the game are using clips from the game and turning them into science lessons for schools.

What is a big message that can be taken away from watching the Best Snow Day Ever?

• Hockey is the best way to teach science.

• Sports can be a useful tool for teaching science to people who just like to sit and watch a game, like hockey.

• Science can be found everywhere, and knowing how to use concepts can lead to success, especially in sports.

• Only science can save the teeth of hockey players when they get knocked out at a game.

Eric Bauza is the voice of BOTH Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.

According to him, what does he say is the key to his success?

• You have to memorize your lines and be able to switch back and forth easily between characters.

• You have to act with your voice, convincing the audience of the feelings being shown on the screen. It's not just reading the words of the script.

• You have to make the voices of your characters sound very different, so the audience can't tell the same person is acting as multiple people.

• You have to wait until the price of crawfish comes down before you buy. And then always buy in multiples of 10lbs.

What advice does Evan give to kids about their future?

• Follow your parents' wishes

• Follow your dreams.

• Follow all directions given.

• When using shampoo you must lather, rinse, and repeat. ALWAYS repeat!

What was your favorite segment of this week's Nightly News: Kids Edition and WHY?

(AI will grade this, so use complete sentences and make sure you answer both parts of the question)