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JANUARY 2019 MONTHLY QUIZ PRIZE WINNER

Bailey Sims, Nashville, TN

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We’ll post the answers and the names of the winner(s) in next week’s quiz.

Here’s last week’s questions and answers:

WHAT IN THE WORLD? QUIZ

WEEK OF JAN 21-27, 2019

1. After failing to get approval for the Brexit deal in the British Parliament PM Theresa May did not rule out an extension of the process set in motion under THIS arrangement.

A. Chapter 5 of the Atlantic Charter
B. Sixth Amendment to the European Economic Community Compact
C. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union
D. The Second Treaty of Maastricht

Correct Response: C. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/14/theresa-may-refuses-to-rule-out-brexit-article-50-extension

2. Which headline best characterizes China’s economy based on reporting this week?
A. China set to post slowest growth in 28 years in 2018, more stimulus seen
B. China growth bests 2018 forecast but slowdown signals worry
C. Slow growth ignites aggressive Beijing economic stimulus
D. Slow China growth does little to deflect global economic gains

Correct Response: A. China set to post slowest growth in 28 years in 2018, more stimulus seen
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/china-set-to-post-slowest-growth-in-28-years-in-2018-more-stimulus-seen-idUSKCN1PE02Z

3. The Arab Economic and Social Development summit in Beirut called on global support to repatriate many of the 5.6 million Syrians who have fled their homes mainly to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. WHICH country does not share a land border with Syria?

A. Turkey
B. Lebanon
C. Jordan
D. Egypt

Correct Response: D. Egypt
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arabs-summit-syria-refugees/arab-economic-summit-in-beirut-urges-syrian-refugee-returns-idUSKCN1PE08W

4. London’s Brexit mess has produced frustrations that resulted in UK Prime Minister May’s office warning against THIS prospect.

A. Scotland’s Parliament taking up a “devolution” referendum initiative to separate from the UK.
B. The government in Dublin opening a review of the “Good Friday Agreement” to pressure the UK against a “hard border” between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
C. A group of cross party MPs taking the initiative in Parliament to block the Withdrawal Bill and block a “no-deal” Brexit.
D. An initiative among EU leaders, Merkel and Macron, to reopen Brexit terms negotiations with London.

Correct Response: C. A group of cross party MPs taking the initiative in Parliament to block the Withdrawal Bill and block a “no-deal” Brexit.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/20/uk/brexit-lawmakers-plot-downing-street-gbr-intl/index.html

5. THIS country’s President signed a decree this week loosening restrictions on gun ownership. There are an estimated 600,000 registered guns, but millions are smuggled illegally throughout the country. A pollster reports that 61% of citizens think guns should be outlawed as they represent a threat to human life.

A. Venezuela
B. South Africa
C. Brazil
D. El Salvador

Correct Response: C. Brazil
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/amid-a-spike-in-slayings-brazils-president-loosens-restrictions-on-gun-ownership/2019/01/15/62360b58-18d8-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html

6. As the standoff between the US President and Congress continues over a border wall, a US 2018 Drug Enforcement Administration report the majority of the heroin sold in the United States is channeled through legal entrances, and only a small percentage is moved “between ports of entry.” Court testimonies in THIS person’s trial provide further evidence that a physical barrier, whether it’s fencing, steel slats or a concrete wall, would probably not stop drug trafficking.

A. Roberto Suárez Gómez
B. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
C. Pablo Escobar
D. Joaquín Guzmán

Correct Response: D. Joaquín Guzmán
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/16/trump-says-border-wall-would-help-stopdrugs-
el-chapos-smugglers-suggest-it-wont

7. Al-Shabab, a militant group based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaeda, has asserted responsibility for an attack that killed at least 21 people at a luxury hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya. THIS was the reason cited.

A. Retaliation to the Kenya Defense Force’s incursions in Somalia.
B. A “response” to US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
C. Retaliation for Kenyan negative media coverage of their activities.
D. A response to Kenyan reprisals against its Muslim population.

Correct Response: B. A response” to US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46888682

8. The prospects for talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about giving some portion of THESE disputed island spurred demonstrations in Moscow with one placard reading, “We’ll hand over Putin rather than…”

A. Aleutian Islands
B. Kuril Islands
C. Kamchatka Islands
D. Senkaku Islands

Correct Response: B. Kuril Islands
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/20/russians-protest-putin-abes-talks-returning-kuril-islands-japan/

9. North Korean nuclear envoy Kim Yong Chol was in Washington last week for talks with U.S. counterparts that resulted in THIS.

A. Secretary of State Pompeo announced a new round of “Five Party” talks on Korean Peninsula denuclearization.
B. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan announced the spring time round of U.S.-South Korean military drills were postponed as a gesture of American good faith in future North-South talks.
C. President Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un in February.
D. Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced a delegation of U.S. nuclear inspectors would travel to North Korean in March for consultations.

Correct Response: C. President Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un in February.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/19/trump-says-a-lot-of-progress-on-north-korea-but-sanctions-stay.html

10. As a consequence of the U.S. government shutdown the Trump Administration announced its delegation to the World Economic Forum was cancelling its participation. The event is held at THIS place.

A. The Hague
B. Davos-Klosters
C. Singapore
D. Rio de Janiero

Correct Response: B. Davos-Klosters
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/trump-is-going-to-dominate-davos–even-though-he-wont-be-there.html

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