Felix Baumgartner Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Felix Baumgartner Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Part II Of TKN’s 2012 News Quiz. How Many Of These Stories Do You Remember? https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/01/07/2-part-ii-of-tkns-2012-news-quiz-how-well-do-you-remember-what-happened/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:14:53 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=8619 Yesterday we posted a quiz featuring questions from events in the news in the first half of 2012. Let's see how much you remember from the past six months as you tackle these 2012 news questions.

17) What huge sporting event took place in Summer 2012? Bonus point if you know what city it took place in.

18) The man who famously said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" passed away in August 2012. What was his name, and why was he famous?

19) Name the mayor of Toronto. Name one thing he did that was newsworthy in 2012.

20) "Replacement refs" filled in during an NFL labour dispute. What did they do that irritated many fans?

21) What did the Pope's butler do in 2012 that made headlines?

22) Who won the World Series in 2012?

23) Why is nine-year-old Caine Monroy famous?

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]]> Extreme Skydiver Breaks World Records With Dive From Near-Space https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/10/14/1-extreme-skydiver-breaks-sound-barrier-with-dive-from-space/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/10/14/1-extreme-skydiver-breaks-sound-barrier-with-dive-from-space/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:53:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7686 Lots of people go skydiving. They jump out of an airplane, with a parachute, and sail down to Earth.

But on October 14, Felix Baumgartner took it to new heights.

Space.

Well, near-space, anyway.

Baumgartner rode in a helium balloon 39 kilometers above New Mexico.

And then he jumped out.

It sounds simple, but it was far from it.

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