Home of the potato

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On Thanksgiving Day, we want you to ponder the origins of the potatoes in your holiday meal. No, we’re not interested in where Aunt Gladys or Cousin Mike picked up those potatoes to mash and bring over to your feast. For today’s Geo Quiz we want to know where the potato was first grown for food. Download MP3

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Geo Answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Bolivia. Bolivia has a tough new national law that bans all animals, wild and domestic, in traveling circuses. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with animal rights campaigner (Animal Defenders International) Alexandra Cardenas about how Bolivia’s moving to prevent mistreatment and abuse of circus animals.

Youngest soccer player

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Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about a 12-year-old boy who made his debut this week as a professional soccer player in Bolivia.

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For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the capital of an ancient Andean civilization in Bolivia. The answer is the city of Tihuanaku, one of the places that will celebrate the WINTER solstice this weekend. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from reporter Annie Murphy.
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