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“What in the World” Quiz – Answers & Winners
Congratulations to this week’s “What in the World” quiz winners.
Week of June 27th Winners
Patricia Miletich, Nashville, TN
Margaret Felso, Nashville, TN
David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL
Noah Lawing, Franklin, TN
Patricia Paiva, Nashville, TN
Yoshi Fukushima, Nashville, TN
Carson Turner, Murfreesboro, TN
Elizabeth Ashwood, Nashville, TN
Well done all!
Thanks to everyone who played the quiz.
Congratulations to the June 2016 Prize Winner
David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL
Well done!
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June 2016 QUIZ PRIZE
From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives
by Jeffrey E. Garten
The story of globalization, the most powerful force in history, as told through the life and times of ten people who changed the world by their singular, spectacular accomplishments.
This is the first book to look at the history of globalization through the lens of individuals who did something transformative, as opposed to describing globalization through trends, policies, or particular industries. From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:
• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation, communications, and management innovations.
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from an oppressive Jewish ghetto to establish the most powerful bank the world has seen, and ushered in an era of global finance.
• Cyrus Field, who became the father of global communications by leading the effort to build the transatlantic telegraph, the forerunner to global radio, TV, and the worldwide Internet.
• Margaret Thatcher, whose controversial policies opened the gusher of substantially free markets that linked economies across borders.
• Andy Grove, a Hungarian refugee from the Nazis who built the company—Intel—that figured out how to manufacture complex computer chips on a mass, commercial scale and laid the foundation for Silicon Valley’s computer revolution.
Through these stories Jeffrey E. Garten finds the common links between these figure and probes critical questions including: How much influence can any one person have in fundamentally changing the world? And how have past trends in globalization affected the present and how will they shape the future? From Silk to Silicon is an essential book to understanding the past—and the future—of the most powerful force of our times.
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“What in the World” Quiz – Week of June 27, 2016
1. A historic cease-fire agreement, ending over 20 years of armed conflict, was signed this week between leaders of the FARC and the government of which South-American nation?
A. Chile
B. Ecuador
C. Colombia
D. Peru
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-rebels-idUSKCN0Z81JJ
2. Which of the following nations is not a part of the United Kingdom, and will therefore remain a member of the European Union?
A. Scotland
B. Republic of Ireland
C. Northern Ireland
D. Wales
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-kenny-idUSKCN0ZA28H
3. On the heels of the UK’s referendum to leave the EU, political leaders from which other EU member state called for a similar vote for their country?
A. Estonia
B. Finland
C. The Netherlands
D. Portugal
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-outers-idUSKCN0ZA2AB
4. U.S. diplomats met with President Nicolas Maduro, in an effort to re-start relations between the United States and his country. Mr. Maduro is the president of ________________.
A. Colombia
B. Nicaragua
C. Venezuela
D. Guatemala
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-usa-idUSKCN0Z82A4
5. Which nation has failed in its efforts to reconcile its ruling Sunni minority with its majority Shi’ite citizenry, according to a report from the U.S. Department of State that was published this week?
A. Iran
B. Yemen
C. Kuwait
D. Bahrain
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-bahrain-exclusive-idUSKCN0Z8288
6. Which world figure risked angering Turkey this week by using the term “genocide” to describe the mass killings of Armenians in 1915?
A. Pope Francis
B. Barack Obama
C. Angelina Jolie
D. Ban Ki-moon
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-armenia-idUSKCN0ZA2SU
7. After detonating a car bomb, gunmen stormed a hotel frequented by lawmakers and government officials in which African capital Saturday?
A. Mogadishu
B. Ouagadougou
C. Bujumbura
D. Kinshasa
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/25/africa/mogadishu-hotel-explosion-gunfire/
8. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with 10 of 51 diplomats who issued a memo last week expressing dissent with current U.S. policy and calling for more direct action vis-à-vis which world crisis?
A. Burundi
B. Syria
C. Venezuela
D. Israel-Palestine
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-cable-idUSKCN0Z731A
9. A mosque was destroyed as religious tensions boiled over in which Asian nation?
A. Laos
B. Myanmar
C. Vietnam
D. China
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-muslims-idUSKCN0ZA12J
10. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), an international body that aims to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons by limiting the sale of items that are used to make them, met in Seoul this week, and discussed allowing India to join its ranks. Because India is not a signatory of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, its candidacy for NSG membership was blocked by which nation?
A. Italy
B. China
C. Argentina
D. Japan
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-nuclear-china-idUSKCN0ZA0IF
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